Being midway through it's an appropriate time to predict the final standings
1. Crabs
2. Norths
3. Cooks Hill
4. Southern
5. Lambton
6. Bolwarra
7. Nelson Bay
8. Minmi
9. South Maitland
10. Merewether
11. New Lambton
12. Mayfield
The top three are a league above the rest, especially Crabs and Norths. Did not expect Norths to push Crabs this far in the season but it makes for some entertaining stakes. Cooks Hill have been too inconsistent but on paper are definitely up there.
The development of Croudace Bay will be very interesting to see next year as they've got the building blocks for a proper club - a lot of young families flock around for their matchdays, I wonder if it's in there plans to introduce MiniRoos/Womens/Interdistrict youth next season?
4th-8th at the moment are split by 4 points, an absolute cooked situation to predict:
Southern have been so unfortunate with washouts, but the commitment to the midweek catch up games and to pull results from these is a testament to the players. A finals spot is deserved.
Jaffas are arguably the more well-rounded team and should take 5th. Nelson Bay and Bolwarra will push hard and miss out by a smidge.
Minmi have pulled some great results recently, but there defence is a huge worry. Will finish a comfortable 8th but will have to fight off Merewether and South Maitland, both on their day can pull a result (Merewether 6-1 Minmi, South Maitland 3-0 Bolwarra) just are very inconsistent.
New Lambton dropped points to Mayfield, says it all for their season really. Mayfield cannot be serious, on track to almost hit -100 goal difference by the end of the season. The fact Mayfield Jrs pay players a win bonus is laughable.
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Originally Posted by riverboy
They lost every game since then and are 20 points behind Crabs. It happened to Kotara as well. They lost two games in a row since they went to the show. Lol
