H Dragons - Must Win
H Wildcats - Should Win
A Tigers - Crap
H Taipans - Should Win
A Wildcats - Slim Chance
A Breakers - Slim Chance
A Kings - Slim Chance
H Bullets - Slim Chance
A Slingers - Should Win
H Tigers - Slim Chance
A Dragons - Should Win
H Taipans - Should Win

I think we will win about 6. Which should hopefully be enough to sneak us into the playoffs.

Dragons at home and the two Taipans at home games are winnable. The rest are all very tough games. Hopefully the team has 'gelled' by now.

Skip, I hate being a doubter, and this team could definitely do it, but other sides will be looking at these same games as must-wins. I think even 6-of-12 is optimistic.

Those Taipans games will be especially interesting.

6-6 from here would make us 14-19.

I agree. Although I think one of those slim chances will come good for us and we will probably drop one of those should win games. I think the 2 key games will be the Dragons game this week, as it will give us the series against them, giving us a slight boost.
And the final game against the Taipans.
I would put money on it now that for us to make the playoffs, we will have to win that last game.
Which just brings back bad memorys of our last game last season. But, that is 7 weeks away. Bring on the Dragons first.

Must be in the festive spirit Skip. I don't see how the Taipans games are "should wins" and Perth too.

Dragons are marginal too, maybe even Slingers away as they seem OK at home.

At best I think we will win 3 or 4 from here in.

Doc - Why shouldnt they be 'Should Wins'?
Cairns havnt been that convincing this year. They have only won 2 more games than us and a few of those are thanks only to Catt in the dying seconds.
As for Singapore, yeah, maybe they havnt bee easy beats at home, but they are 2nd Bottom for petes sake!! If that isnt a must win, then we might as well write the season off now.

Skip, they have an average road record, but they're about to add another import remember.

I dont see why anyone cares if we make the playoffs. its not as if we have a chance in hell of winning the title. I mean id love to think we do but we just dont!

If anyone watched the Bullets/Dragons game last night, you have to ask the question what difference does it make if the Sixers make the top eight when they have to get past a team like the Bullets or the Tigers in the playoffs for the final. If they couldn't beat Wollongong last night, they are not likely to win many more games from here on. Up until now, they have struggled against the lowest teams even if they did win. They beat Sydney in Sydney which was great but Sydney are not the team they have been in the last 4-5 years. While a win is a win, it did nothing to prepare them for the tough teams in the league.

My take on Skip's outlook:

H Dragons - Must Win (agree)
H Wildcats - 50/50 at best
A Tigers - Crap (agree)
H Taipans - Should Win 1 of 2
A Wildcats - No Chance
A Breakers - Slim Chance
A Kings - Slim to none
H Bullets - Slim Chance (agree)
A Slingers - 50/50
H Tigers - Slim Chance
A Dragons - 50/50
H Taipans - Should Win 1 of 2

So whilst I would like to be optimistic and think we could win 6 out of 12 (which would still be a poor year), I expect we can only get about 3 to 4 games.