I AM CALLING IT EARLY KNIGHTS TO FINISH TOP 4!

YES YOUR RIGHT, OR NO, NO MORE GOON!

  • YES YOUR RIGHT!

    Votes: 3 25.0%

  • NO MORE GOON NO

    Votes: 9 75.0%
  • Total voters
    12
Being abit optimistic but top 6 for me, only team in NRL I can see with no major changes to team apart from Bailey which be a welcome one.
That's one thing Knights have advantage over other clubs this year plus new coach which is a plus I believe, Brown for all the good in recruiting and getting Knights out of a messy roster did deflect a lot of losses/ bad game plans away. Which feels it like reflected a lot on players performance especially on the back end on last season.
I think Broncos and Sharkies( seems to be some drama going on there) 2 teams that dropout of 8 this year. Not sure how Rorters go without Cronk awsell.
 
We could have been top 4 last season, if we didn't ruin our start, and our finish to the season was truly horrible, we could have easily been right up there. We had one of the easiest draws in the comp last season, do again this season.

If the boys can't get themselves motivated every game and get their chit together this season, new coach, new vibe at the club etc, I can't see a premiership happening for a long time.
 
Ak-47 said:
Being abit optimistic but top 6 for me, only team in NRL I can see with no major changes to team apart from Bailey which be a welcome one.
That's one thing Knights have advantage over other clubs this year plus new coach which is a plus I believe, Brown for all the good in recruiting and getting Knights out of a messy roster did deflect a lot of losses/ bad game plans away. Which feels it like reflected a lot on players performance especially on the back end on last season.
I think Broncos and Sharkies( seems to be some drama going on there) 2 teams that dropout of 8 this year. Not sure how Rorters go without Cronk awsell.
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Broncos and Sharks basically Stephen Bradbury'd their way to the last two spots. We were better then them for periods of the year (including beating them) but stunk up after Origin. We would have made a better effort in the Finals had we played the Eagles or Eels, and not gotten beaten 58-0 lmao.
 
Kurriboy said:
We could have been top 4 last season, if we didn't ruin our start, and our finish to the season was truly horrible, we could have easily been right up there. We had one of the easiest draws in the comp last season, do again this season.

If the boys can't get themselves motivated every game and get their chit together this season, new coach, new vibe at the club etc, I can't see a premiership happening for a long time.
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That's it mate the Ponga 5/8th experiment didn't work and went on for too many weeks, that's one mistake the coach did last year, just cant start bad otherwise playing catch ups on points for the rest of the season.
I like how the new coach is like Ponga is fullback, Watson is utility and Mann 5/8th (which he was in the 5 game winning streak we had)
We just had too many 5/8ths and hookers last year once we had ppl playing in the right positions for long periods together we had good attacking flow lead by Pearce.
And like you said if that's not enough to make the 8 this year then that's sadly it.
 
It's probably still too soon to say, but after the 9s I'm really starting to think that all the usual pre season hype might have some substance his year.
So many of the young guys looked better than my highest hopes for them at this stage, so I'm really keen to see if the older guys have also been able to make big strides in what seems to have been our best ever off season, with very few glitches from injury or controversy undermining our efforts.
It feels like everything is coming together perfectly.
 
Hard not to get excited our forward pack is rock solid, Pearce is in his prime years, Ponga should surely bounce back and Brailey will be outstanding.

Best coaching staff we've had since the false prophet.

Lots of ducks in rows.
 
I care where we finish, the higher the better but I wish the season would just get started, I’m thinking 8 is more realistic than 4, would be over the moon if in top 4 though.
 
We finished one win out of the eight last year with a better for-and-against than some of the teams above us, even though we **** the bed late and were (apparently) poorly coached.

Who behind us is going to improve enough to leap us? I say no one (talking to you #cowboyman)

Broncs, Sharks, Tigers, Rabbits and Manly could all slide.

Barring critical injuries, I'd be devo if we don't finish in the eight, and don't see why top 6 (even 4) shouldn't be realistic goal.
 
Kurt Gidley said the other day that top 8 should be the minimum we are aiming for this year.
 
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