Quote: Cibaman "Not really. We should gradually improve leading up to the Middle 8's, the team will be more settled and our season is geared up to peaking at the back end.
The SL teams that end up in the Middle 8s will gradually have had their morale sapped by big defeats and the disappointment of ending up outside the top 8. At this stage none of them are without a chance of making the top 8 so there's no question of them aiming to peak later in the season.
That could easily account for a 40 point turnround at the end of the season.
I did say that it could be close if HKR do not take the game seriously and I think its quite unlikely that they will be going all out. Finishing 8th would mean much more to them than a cup run. Whereas a cup run would help rather than hinder our league prospects.
But I still believe that just now they are 40 points better than us.'"
Sorry Cibaman , I just can't take this one in. A team at the bottom of SL being 6/7 tries better than us now would not be acceptable.
Many of our squad have been full time for more than just this season while the others who haven't have had quite a few months full time training and have been recruited due to their potential to be full time professionals. Also HKR have had quite an influx of new players so why should that affect us more than them.
I believe that the squad is stronger this season than last so anything other than a competitive performance would be really disappointing.
