It looks to me, it smells to me like '89

Coxey · Post by **Coxey** » August 18, 2016, 1:35 pm

greeneyed wrote:Yes there's pre sale for members if there's a home final.

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Awesome, thank god for that. Luckily I've got ANZ memberships tickets avail for any games there...knowing my luck we'll be at Allianz. But hanging to be at Bruce for the semi's.

-TW- · Post by **-TW-** » August 18, 2016, 2:18 pm

Sid wrote:When do grand final tickets usually sell out?

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Probably within a month or so, there's reserves for the clubs who make it

Post by **greeneyed** » August 19, 2016, 7:04 am

VIDEO: Daley: 'Raiders will win the comp': http://www.foxsports.com.au/video/leagu ... omp!540908

Coxey · Post by **Coxey** » August 19, 2016, 2:43 pm

greeneyed wrote:VIDEO: Daley: 'Raiders will win the comp': http://www.foxsports.com.au/video/leagu ... omp!540908

I wish the 'ol boys would keep a bit of a lid on it...but hey..i'm excited too and I guess they are just as much as everyone else.

TBH Loz picked the winner of the GF last year didnt he..?

Post by **dubby** » August 19, 2016, 2:53 pm

Coxey wrote:
greeneyed wrote:VIDEO: Daley: 'Raiders will win the comp': http://www.foxsports.com.au/video/leagu ... omp!540908
I wish the 'ol boys would keep a bit of a lid on it...but hey..i'm excited too and I guess they are just as much as everyone else.

TBH Loz picked the winner of the GF last year didnt he..?

He tipped the cowboys would win in extra time by a Thurston field goal.

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Bay 67 · Post by **Bay 67** » August 19, 2016, 3:26 pm

dubby wrote:
Coxey wrote:
greeneyed wrote:VIDEO: Daley: 'Raiders will win the comp': http://www.foxsports.com.au/video/leagu ... omp!540908
I wish the 'ol boys would keep a bit of a lid on it...but hey..i'm excited too and I guess they are just as much as everyone else.

TBH Loz picked the winner of the GF last year didnt he..?
He tipped the cowboys would win in extra time by a Thurston field goal.

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Picked it by a nose.

Northern Raider · Post by **Northern Raider** » August 19, 2016, 3:54 pm

Don't want to get ahead of ourselves here so I will word this strategically. For the the purpose of this question lets say we're all Melbourne Storm fans. If Storm make the Grand Final what ticket allocation is reserved for us Storm fans to attend?

I'm sure most of us would want to go see our beloved Melbourne Storm play in the Grand Final but don't want to commit to it until we know we're there.

twistedbydesign · Post by **twistedbydesign** » August 19, 2016, 6:00 pm

jedski wrote:How good would a repeat of 89 be? Wins to Canberra and Hawthorn!

Preach it mate! What an incredible weekend that would be if both teams were to make a grand final. Huge game for the Hawks today...

Lui_Bon · Post by **Lui_Bon** » August 20, 2016, 12:05 am

twistedbydesign wrote:
jedski wrote:How good would a repeat of 89 be? Wins to Canberra and Hawthorn!
Preach it mate! What an incredible weekend that would be if both teams were to make a grand final. Huge game for the Hawks today...

And horrible it turned out to be. Well my mates, let's not be greedy - I could live with just a Raiders GF win, if it comes to that...

Guy Incognito · Post by **Guy Incognito** » August 20, 2016, 7:14 am

Northern Raider wrote:Don't want to get ahead of ourselves here so I will word this strategically. For the the purpose of this question lets say we're all Melbourne Storm fans. If Storm make the Grand Final what ticket allocation is reserved for us Storm fans to attend?

I'm sure most of us would want to go see our beloved Melbourne Storm play in the Grand Final but don't want to commit to it until we know we're there.

The last few years they have held back 14,000 tickets for members of the two teams.

Raiders Fan · Post by **Raiders Fan** » August 20, 2016, 8:43 pm

Brew wrote:Laurie would know what the smell is like with his nose

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CJ42 · Post by **CJ42** » August 21, 2016, 9:05 am

jedski wrote:How good would a repeat of 89 be? Wins to Canberra and Hawthorn!

yep!!!

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DarkRaider · Post by **DarkRaider** » August 21, 2016, 11:21 am

Freddy and Justin Hodges both tipping Raiders to win the premiership this year on the Sunday Footy Show. Joey tipping us to make the GF but lose to Melbourne.

pickles · Post by **pickles** » August 21, 2016, 1:09 pm

Hodges was writing us off about 2 weeks ago! I'm ok with it though. This bandwagon is big enough for everyone!

Brew · Post by **Brew** » August 21, 2016, 5:16 pm

I hate bandwagoners. As Ricky said last week we have long memories and been bagged from pillar to post.
Channel 9 and go jump.
Except Joey who did rate us. The fact we didn't get another Channel 9 for the last 6 weeks speaks volumes

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Azza · Post by **Azza** » August 21, 2016, 5:47 pm

Listening to Ricky in today's presser he's pretty keen to talk down our chances, saying that this year is about gaining experience and holding us in good stead for the future as semis are a different kettle of fish in terms of intensity. I know where he is coming from, but I believe (and I honestly never thought I'd say this about a Raiders team ever again) we can win it this year if a few things go our way - and it would be a breath of fresh air for rugby league.

Shano · Post by **Shano** » August 21, 2016, 7:23 pm

Smart words from Ricky, the boys are gunna learn a lot in the finals

Seiffert82 · Post by **Seiffert82** » August 21, 2016, 8:30 pm

DarkRaider wrote:Freddy and Justin Hodges both tipping Raiders to win the premiership this year on the Sunday Footy Show. Joey tipping us to make the GF but lose to Melbourne.

Justin Hodges. Please.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » August 21, 2016, 8:47 pm

Seiffert82 wrote:
DarkRaider wrote:Freddy and Justin Hodges both tipping Raiders to win the premiership this year on the Sunday Footy Show. Joey tipping us to make the GF but lose to Melbourne.

Justin Hodges. Please.

Hodges also said he was joking about the Raiders wooden spoon prediction.

Post by **greeneyed** » August 21, 2016, 8:49 pm

Oh yeah.

Sun Coast Raider · Post by **Sun Coast Raider** » August 21, 2016, 10:40 pm

Sid wrote:
Seiffert82 wrote:
DarkRaider wrote:Freddy and Justin Hodges both tipping Raiders to win the premiership this year on the Sunday Footy Show. Joey tipping us to make the GF but lose to Melbourne.

Justin Hodges. Please.
Hodges also said he was joking about the Raiders wooden spoon prediction.

Yes it was an inside joke with the producer I believe he said. Everyone else went Newcastle so he'd thought he'd wind someone up who is a Raiders fan.
He must be deeply hurt at all the remarks on this forum over it

Johns also tipped a wet GF for some reason....

gangrenous · Post by **gangrenous** » August 22, 2016, 6:24 am

Sun Coast Raider wrote: Johns also tipped a wet GF for some reason....

No way he's doing dry October mate!

Raidersfan · Post by **Raidersfan** » August 22, 2016, 9:05 am

They often say you need that first experience of the pressure a GF brings before winning one.

In my opinion we've played pressure football for a good part of the season. The last month has seen us dropping out of the four but only regaining it on completion of the round. We were doing similar mid season when we were pushing for 7th or 8th. Add to that we have had four golden points winning two, drawing one and losing the other. We've also often started off slowly only to run down the opposition in the 2nd half.

Another stat we've played five of a possible six games against top 4 sides, winning four, losing one (at the beginning of the season without Austin and Sezers's first game back from injury).

Bullraider · Post by **Bullraider** » August 22, 2016, 9:44 am

gangrenous wrote:
Sun Coast Raider wrote: Johns also tipped a wet GF for some reason....
No way he's doing dry October mate!

That would be Octsober

Notaroboticfish · Post by **Notaroboticfish** » August 22, 2016, 4:12 pm

Raidersfan wrote:They often say you need that first experience of the pressure a GF brings before winning one.

In my opinion we've played pressure football for a good part of the season. The last month has seen us dropping out of the four but only regaining it on completion of the round. We were doing similar mid season when we were pushing for 7th or 8th. Add to that we have had four golden points winning two, drawing one and losing the other. We've also often started off slowly only to run down the opposition in the 2nd half.

Another stat we've played five of a possible six games against top 4 sides, winning four, losing one (at the beginning of the season without Austin and Sezers's first game back from injury).

None of the last 3 premiers had any recent Grand Final experience. I think Thurston and SBW are quite possibly the only players from those 3 teams to have played in a Grand Final before losing one (don't quote me on that though)

CJ42 · Post by **CJ42** » August 22, 2016, 4:20 pm

Notaroboticfish wrote:
Raidersfan wrote:They often say you need that first experience of the pressure a GF brings before winning one.

In my opinion we've played pressure football for a good part of the season. The last month has seen us dropping out of the four but only regaining it on completion of the round. We were doing similar mid season when we were pushing for 7th or 8th. Add to that we have had four golden points winning two, drawing one and losing the other. We've also often started off slowly only to run down the opposition in the 2nd half.

Another stat we've played five of a possible six games against top 4 sides, winning four, losing one (at the beginning of the season without Austin and Sezers's first game back from injury).
None of the last 3 premiers had any recent Grand Final experience. I think Thurston and SBW are quite possibly the only players from those 3 teams to have played in a Grand Final before losing one (don't quote me on that though)

You could argue world cup finals and state of origin make up for that though.

Notaroboticfish · Post by **Notaroboticfish** » August 22, 2016, 4:58 pm

CJ42 wrote:
Notaroboticfish wrote:
Raidersfan wrote:They often say you need that first experience of the pressure a GF brings before winning one.

In my opinion we've played pressure football for a good part of the season. The last month has seen us dropping out of the four but only regaining it on completion of the round. We were doing similar mid season when we were pushing for 7th or 8th. Add to that we have had four golden points winning two, drawing one and losing the other. We've also often started off slowly only to run down the opposition in the 2nd half.

Another stat we've played five of a possible six games against top 4 sides, winning four, losing one (at the beginning of the season without Austin and Sezers's first game back from injury).
None of the last 3 premiers had any recent Grand Final experience. I think Thurston and SBW are quite possibly the only players from those 3 teams to have played in a Grand Final before losing one (don't quote me on that though)
You could argue world cup finals and state of origin make up for that though.

Yes, but it's not as if the entire team played Origin or World Cup finals. And World Cup Finals are lower down compared to the other two in terms of big game experience.

PabloKang2620 · Post by **PabloKang2620** » August 22, 2016, 5:44 pm

DarkRaider wrote:Freddy and Justin Hodges both tipping Raiders to win the premiership this year on the Sunday Footy Show. Joey tipping us to make the GF but lose to Melbourne.

Didn't Hodges tip us for the wooden spoon at the start of the year? I'm sure I read that he had on some League Nation show.

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Post by **dubby** » August 22, 2016, 6:03 pm

South's didn't lose a GF before they won it, neither did the cowboys.

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Fair Cop · Post by **Fair Cop** » August 22, 2016, 6:05 pm

For all our inexperience I think we have a good smattering of big game players. Hodgo and Whitehead have played in finals in the super league, Sia and BJ have finals experience and Paps with origin. We also showed in that storm game that when the level has to be lifted we thrive on it.

Until we're there we won't know but I think it's not as big a deal for us as some people may think.

Post by **dubby** » August 22, 2016, 6:08 pm

Tigers won it in 2005 with an inexperienced team

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