Quote: The Eagle "Its a harder run of games, that is true, but as has been pointed out over various seasons.
Taking the 7th team out of it (if we don't win that then we have failed), we have an away game against one of the top 4 teams, followed by another.
The differences between that and what top has to do is that its home vs away , which is something that I don't think should worry a champion team. Its certainly something this group of players has shown capable of in the past in games which really matter.
the other difference is that we get a week off in the top 4 if we win the first game. Again, at this stage of the season the jury is out on whether the break is useful or not with regards to momentum or fatigue.
It is harder to win from 6th, but its not as hard as it was back in the day of the 5/6 team playoffs where every spot mattered.'"
I would hope most top sides would consider a home venue an advantage? especially in what is likely to be a tight game. Unless you have injuries to key players a week off is no real benefit in some case it can be the opposite.
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