Quote: Nogga "We won't win the Grand Final because we're not good enough to beat the top sides, especially when it matters. Nothing to do with winning the Cup.'"
So how did we win the cup? They were all in it.
I know we had a very easy route and that is IMO the main reason why we did. I am not suggesting we were any more likely to beat the top sides in a CC final than we are to win a GF.
What I [iam[/i suggesting is luck can play a part in winning the GF almost as much as the CC. It's why the play-offs just like the CC don't tell you who the best team over the year is.
Under the old top 5 system I reckon we'd have no chance as we'd have to beat all the sides above us.
Under this system we will avoid playing one of the sides above us completely (if we progress) and even if we lose v Hudds our next game is against a side lower down in the league.
It's easier to get to a semi-final from 4th in this system than the top 5. So despite poor form and with luck such as Hudds getting nervous we could find ourselves in a semi final.
By rights based on form I don't reckon we have any right to expect that but that is the system we have.