Jack Toft
Years ago
The run home. Can we sneak into the 4?
With 10 more games to go (7 of these on the road) can the Sixers sneak into the top 4?
We have completed the series against Townsville and they have this 1:2 despite a thrashing. Cairns have dominated us at Cairns and have the series, but we have 1 game left at home. We still have 2 away games to play against the Gold Coast and I believe these will be the clutch games.
After a dismal away performance against Melbourne (insert Malcolm Blight "Pitiful"), we get a chance to redeem ourselves with 2 more home games against Luke Nevill and the 60 odd foot of grunge.
New Zealand (away) is our last game and probably the only loss you could plan on, but then again we can all hope the Breakers have a feed of bad mussels the night before and end up subbing every 2 minutes for a comfort break.
We have the series over Perth an one last away game. Seems we have tamed the injury ridden cats and I expect that this might be another clutch game.
The two away games against Sydney should be pencilled in as wins. A 2 point win against Wollongong gives us the series.
I believe that a win% of 60% is needed for the top 4. This means 17 wins, but 15 or 16 might mean you fall over the line with series wins etc.
Looks like 9 wins from 10 will guarantee us a spot, and 7 wins (with those wins including over Wollongong, at least one from Sydney, 2 away wins against GCB, 2 home wins against MEL) might see us into the top 4 with some series wins and results falling our way.
Is the glass half empty, or half full?