Just furthermore on this, and for anyone legitimately concerned about winning the spoon, it is not a concern.
We are on 18 points with 10 rounds and 9 matches to go. The Titans are in last place with 12 points also with 9 games to play (plus 1 bye).
So lets say worst case scenario and we lose all 9 games, which would, despite a tougher run home, be a dramatic fall from grace considering we have won 47% of our games thus far. That would still mean the Titans would have to win 3 (and make up just over 180 PD) or more likely 4 games out of their remaining 9. This is essentially doubling their current win rate.
Now, the above is unlikely as it is, but say we don’t win another game and the Titans have a revival.
We are also 4 points clear of the Knights, Tigers, Eels and Rabbitohs., so you would need all of those teams most likely to make up 6 points on us (4 may be enough with PD). Now Knights and Rabbitohs have two byes each so a little easier but the fact remains still we are talking 4 clubs that in the last 5 rounds have won 3 of 18 matches. So a 16% win ratio that would need to increase evenly to over 30%
And this is not to mention those teams will play each other and cannibalize each others point scoring potential.
Essentially, the form of the entire comp would have to almost completely flip for us to win the spoon. It isn’t happening.
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