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    Post by No Worries Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:24 pm

    my tv broke wrote:
    Aardvark wrote:Just here waiting on the Rabbits21 draw reaction Very Happy

    Came here to make this post.

    2024 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
    EASIEST TO HARDEST
    FOX LEAGUE

    SHARKS
    ROOSTERS
    KNIGHTS
    COWBOYS
    WARRIORS
    RAIDERS
    DRAGONS
    SEA EAGLES
    WESTS TIGERS
    BRONCOS
    EELS
    DOLPHINS
    PANTHERS
    STORM
    BULLDOGS
    TITANS
    RABBITOHS
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    Post by rhinoceroo Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:15 pm

    It's about time the Rabbits had a tough draw after they were gifted a route to the top 4 last year.
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    Post by Rabbits21 Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:27 am

    No Worries wrote:

    2024 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
    EASIEST TO HARDEST
    FOX LEAGUE

    SHARKS
    ROOSTERS
    KNIGHTS
    COWBOYS
    WARRIORS
    RAIDERS
    DRAGONS
    SEA EAGLES
    WESTS TIGERS
    BRONCOS
    EELS
    DOLPHINS
    PANTHERS
    STORM
    BULLDOGS
    TITANS
    RABBITOHS
    Don’t start me. Mind you it’s nothing new to us we often get one of the hardest draws whilst the Sharks and Rorters have it piss easy! Not much can be done about it quite obvious Politis pulled a few strings to make sure they got such a favourable run it’s been happening for years…… same at the judiciary! Same when Atkins is reffing us too…..

    Oh well backs against the wall we will fight hard we are used to having such a hard draw as I said! We will have to overcome it! Gonna be very hard to make top 4 if we do I’ll be overcome with emotion but it’s a big mountain to climb.

    No Sunday arvo game at all either at home and only 1 for the year in Canberra that’s bullshit.

    Anyway no excuses for the Rorters I expect them to be top 2 with that draw! Anything less is a failure!

    Play Penrith, Broncos, Storm, Rorters and Sharks all twice do Souths.
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    Post by robelgordo Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:35 am

    Isn’t strength of schedule based on last years finish?

    So unless the exact same 8 teams make the finals again - which they never do - it’s wrong

    Like who cares?

    Plus I have this hunch you might have to beat the hard teams in the finals anyway to win the comp.

    Souths always the victims. It’s the basis on their existence. In their DNA
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    Post by rhinoceroo Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:50 am

    If Souths had finished top eight last year they wouldn't have so many top eight sides to play this year.
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    Post by Camo123 Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:46 am

    robelgordo wrote:Isn’t strength of schedule based on last years finish?

    So unless the exact same 8 teams make the finals again - which they never do - it’s wrong

    Like who cares?

    Plus I have this hunch you might have to beat the hard teams in the finals anyway to win the comp.

    Souths always the victims. It’s the basis on their existence. In their DNA

    Does the strength of schedule consider Dragons an easy matchup
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    Post by robelgordo Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:52 am

    We were the only team Souths beat at home* after mid-May, so it’s pretty easy

    *where “Home” = Cairns

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    Post by No Worries Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:54 am

    robelgordo wrote:Isn’t strength of schedule based on last years finish?

    So unless the exact same 8 teams make the finals again - which they never do - it’s wrong

    Like who cares?

    Plus I have this hunch you might have to beat the hard teams in the finals anyway to win the comp.

    Souths always the victims. It’s the basis on their existence. In their DNA

    I think it's based on whatever they want. interstate travel, short turn arounds, home games, run into the finals.

    That said how could the Broncos draw be any easier ??
    and will Walters be resting stars on mass before the final ? lol!
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    Post by easytiger Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:05 am

    I think everyone is missing the key point of that Strength of Schedule.

    Tigers are 9th, all is right in the world
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    Post by easytiger Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:09 am

    robelgordo wrote:Isn’t strength of schedule based on last years finish?

    So unless the exact same 8 teams make the finals again - which they never do - it’s wrong

    Like who cares?

    Plus I have this hunch you might have to beat the hard teams in the finals anyway to win the comp.

    Souths always the victims. It’s the basis on their existence. In their DNA


    It would be interesting to see retrospectively what the strength of schedule was last year.
    Originally based on '22 standings, Canberra had by far the easiest, the Broncos the hardest.

    Which leads into a next point: Broncos had "the hardest" draw but were grand finalists... if you're good enough, you're good enough
    No point blaming the draw (unless you're Irish and it's the RWC)

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    Post by robelgordo Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:10 am

    Well yeah I imagine Warriors and Knights were "easy"

    It's just so simplistic.

    For example, the Tigers have been absolutely dudded by that bye schedule - they are getting 1 midseason break when half the teams get 3! - and it doesn't even seem to factor in these calculations.
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    Post by robelgordo Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:11 am

    If I was a Souths fan I'd be more worried about losing 7 in a row at home in Sydney. Obviously not standing and applauding enough.
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    Post by multiple.scoregasms Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:18 pm

    No Worries wrote:

    2024 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
    EASIEST TO HARDEST
    FOX LEAGUE

    SHARKS
    ROOSTERS
    KNIGHTS
    COWBOYS
    WARRIORS
    RAIDERS
    DRAGONS
    SEA EAGLES
    WESTS TIGERS
    BRONCOS
    EELS
    DOLPHINS
    PANTHERS
    STORM
    BULLDOGS
    TITANS
    RABBITOHS

    Of course Rabbitohs have the hardest schedule, they don't get to play the worst team in the comp
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    Post by multiple.scoregasms Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:19 pm

    Rabbits21 wrote:
    Don’t start me. Mind you it’s nothing new to us we often get one of the hardest draws whilst the Sharks and Rorters have it piss easy! Not much can be done about it quite obvious Politis pulled a few strings to make sure they got such a favourable run it’s been happening for years…… same at the judiciary! Same when Atkins is reffing us too…..

    Oh well backs against the wall we will fight hard we are used to having such a hard draw as I said! We will have to overcome it! Gonna be very hard to make top 4 if we do I’ll be overcome with emotion but it’s a big mountain to climb.

    No Sunday arvo game at all either at home and only 1 for the year in Canberra that’s bullshit.

    Anyway no excuses for the Rorters I expect them to be top 2 with that draw! Anything less is a failure!

    Play Penrith, Broncos, Storm, Rorters and Sharks all twice do Souths.

    Roosters have such an easy draw because they don't have to play the Roosters at all
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    Post by Rabbits21 Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:45 pm

    robelgordo wrote:Isn’t strength of schedule based on last years finish?

    So unless the exact same 8 teams make the finals again - which they never do - it’s wrong

    Like who cares?

    Plus I have this hunch you might have to beat the hard teams in the finals anyway to win the comp.

    Souths always the victims. It’s the basis on their existence. In their DNA
    It still benefits teams like the Sharks who are flat track bullies. And look again only play 9 of last years top 8.
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    Post by Milchcow Tue Nov 14, 2023 2:10 pm

    https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-draw-winners-and-losers-broncos-raiders-dolphins-sea-eagles-rabbitohs-bulldogs-eels-panthers/news-story/fe264a805141dd56199dce2a77d55fa9

    For the 2023 season, Canberra were judged to have the easiest draw, based on the following matchups
    Forecast numbers first, actual in brackets
    Top eight: 8 (11)
    Top four: 5 (6)
    Bottom eight (nine): 14 (13)
    Bottom four: 7 (7)


    Broncos had the hardest draw, because they had the following draw (followed by actuals)
    Top eight: 14 (10)
    Top four: 7 (5)
    Bottom eight (nine): 8 (14)
    Bottom four: 5 (5)

    Note that each team was only rated for 22 of their 24 games, because they both played Dolphins twice, who were neither a top 8 nor bottom 8 team in 2022.
    In the end the team with the "easiest" draw had more hard games than the team with the "hardest" draw. Which is mostly explained by the team with the hardest draw being in the top 4 and unable to play themselves.

    My stats make no attempt to analyze games around origin when a "hard" game could be made easier due to player availability. broncos had to play Warriors (another top 4 team) in R13 when Broncos were missing heaps of players and Warriors were basically full strength (Broncos still won 26-22)
    Also you can't predict stuff like Newcastle being average for the first half of the year and then going on a massive run in the 2nd half and being a much tougher opponent.

    In short, I wouldn't pay too much attention to analysis of draw strength, other than playing Panthers is probably bad, and playing Tigers is probably good.


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    Post by robelgordo Tue Nov 14, 2023 2:19 pm

    Also playing Dragons is good too

    Is it worth noting both SMH and NRL.com have Storm as toughest schedule. Rabbitohs still 2nd. And Roosters are middle, nowhere near easiest. They are both factoring in 5 and 7 day turnarounds as well top 4/8 and bottom opponents I think. Whereas I think Fox has just done x games vs last years top 8

    So even if you buy into this stuff, the Fox article is the worst analysis
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    Post by Milchcow Tue Nov 14, 2023 2:34 pm

    robelgordo wrote:
    So even if you buy into this stuff, the Fox article is the worst analysis

    When your analysis ends up with the "easiest" draw being harder than the "hardest" draw, just picking teams out of a hat is probably a better method of checking draw toughness

    In Fox's defense, they came in 2nd in this site's ladder 2023 predictor
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    Post by No Worries Tue Nov 14, 2023 3:47 pm

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    It still benefits teams like the Sharks who are flat track bullies. And look again only play 9 of last years top 8.

    Bulldog is that you ? If you include their byes they are top of the table.
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    Post by L-Jimmy Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:52 pm

    No Worries wrote:

    Bulldog is that you ? If you include their byes they are top of the table.
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    Oh so only bulldogs are innumerate now? That's a bloody strong call for someone from a country where people can only count up to sex. At least the faces are bulldogs are practical with their blood channels that drain the oppositions fluids away from their face. What does yours do? Confuse pigeons?

    There's a bit more retrospection required to really engage with these concepts. Consider, for instance, sitting randomly in just another f****** airport bar. Yeah? Does that make the shine on the


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