tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46345532943264385962024-03-12T15:53:19.549+11:00W D Nicolsonwww.wdnicolson.com Feed.W D Nicolsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16784053632489633790noreply@blogger.comBlogger120113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634553294326438596.post-7481736707966384232024-03-11T20:03:00.002+11:002024-03-11T20:03:55.484+11:00NOT The Footy Show Episode 295: It's Our Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NDG0Llh4wPYhaInYRbQob8FFQkGPpxm_J5ryJ-MncHZSHt4-gZQaf5jdox1T4tcgwzictDgZFGNwwV7kDzK6erXdDFt0SY9uc4KyyOwXfZr2r6eFlw4b-TKC8uk1n6clgdl5Is0eI8s3fTpQqDgl3rQwCUq96pCCRVpuGxcI6Pn-6XL_bvvQ59uUvBs1/s1920/NTFS%202024%20Episode%20295%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NDG0Llh4wPYhaInYRbQob8FFQkGPpxm_J5ryJ-MncHZSHt4-gZQaf5jdox1T4tcgwzictDgZFGNwwV7kDzK6erXdDFt0SY9uc4KyyOwXfZr2r6eFlw4b-TKC8uk1n6clgdl5Is0eI8s3fTpQqDgl3rQwCUq96pCCRVpuGxcI6Pn-6XL_bvvQ59uUvBs1/w640-h360/NTFS%202024%20Episode%20295%20Cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">NOT The Footy Show - Episode 295 </span></b></span></b></div></div><a class="twitter-follow-button" color="#FFFFFF" href="http://twitter.com/NRLTweet">Follow @NRLTweet</a> <div><b>Published March 11, 2023 </b></div><div><span><div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span>Join <b>Robb Cox</b> and <b>Warrick Nicolson</b> for <b><a href="https://archive.org/download/not-the-footy-show-episode-295/NOT%20The%20Footy%20Show%20Episode%20295.mp3">Episode 295 of NOT The Footy Show</a></b> </span><span>as</span></span></span><span> they review second half of Round 1 with St George-Illawarra and Canberra booking their spots in the 2024 NRL Grand Final already. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a very Dragon centric Podcast to open with as we try to douse the unbridled enthusiasm from some Red V fans over the impact of Shane Flanagan - all aboard the Shane Train! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Plus we talk some of Canberra's win over Newcastle, Penrith's 'attack' and the rest of Round 1. And we finally give our Top 8 and actual Grand Final Predictions for 2024. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Thanks for listening everyone. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>🔘 </span><b><a href="https://youtu.be/lyJ8XWCBLww">Watch Episode 295 on YouTube</a> </b></span></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lyJ8XWCBLww?si=JKTIG8uv5_16Vk9G" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>🔘</span><span> </span></span><b><a href="https://archive.org/download/not-the-footy-show-episode-295/NOT%20The%20Footy%20Show%20Episode%20295.mp3">Download the mp3 version</a> </b></span></div><div><div><span><div><span><span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>🔘 </span><b>Stream the New Podcast </b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="60" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/not-the-footy-show-episode-295" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="350"></iframe></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><div>Cheers </div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: large;">==</div></span></div><div><div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGCC8jm5fnxj-jwb-njgrhCZx48AqH-4D_hcChs5viYjaOm6xnkIqBuDUdcevouOR-fqRkX7At68iUP32bo4xSM7vYnQ2UIveOBtpodXEGdrOg8q7PGiMIldFvhJZHzo3U2fyQC58qpifkJaOPv5MzJnn_7QZhKRZkbfPIIxExU4ZsdRgyAqptN_oPA/w200-h200/2022%20NTFS%20Edit%20Logo%201400x1400%20Base.jpg" width="200" /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>You can subscribe to the </span><span>subscribe to the </span><b>NOT The Footy Show Podcast</b><span> </span><span>on </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/not-the-footy-show-nrl-podcast/id370905391">Apple Podcasts</a><span>,</span><span> </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3IzsKbeS1o3Z4pNNo9zi6r?si=y50vwitOSoq0Z7cqVr84vQ">Spotify</a><span> and catch each episode on our </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/wdnicolson">YouTube Channel</a><span>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>We are also on Instagram so please give us a follow </span><b><a href="http://www.instagram.com/notthefootyshow">@notthefootyshow</a></b><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">==<br /></span><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy great moments from the Winfield Cup Era (1982-95) on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/winfieldcup/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/winfieldcup">Twitter</a>.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EHgRrwQSvr-E9Hvp-3WaUz4CBZoZHV4kRwJU7xagZloGHIpa4rRHQ2Z-ZXOYgBxrGvgs3V4_v-dFIzInq4bswZqRzP0sg5V8vlFjiqh27i3JdBHX0cMJiysYgWkqZyTtmQXWCtBAVWi9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EHgRrwQSvr-E9Hvp-3WaUz4CBZoZHV4kRwJU7xagZloGHIpa4rRHQ2Z-ZXOYgBxrGvgs3V4_v-dFIzInq4bswZqRzP0sg5V8vlFjiqh27i3JdBHX0cMJiysYgWkqZyTtmQXWCtBAVWi9/d/Winfield-Cup-1994---Canberra-Lineup-Prelim-Final-v-Norths-33.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div>===<br /><a class="twitter-follow-button" color="#FFFFFF" href="http://twitter.com/NRLTweet" style="background-color: white;">Follow @NRLTweet</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/nrltweet" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IyHbetQawzrZsQeWs01usrClbCfwVugH4uwXA21sSHq4w6iOb3f8UrhaDKKtlqY_57q1PA1GNKO6HA-I7Y1_ZXWlMbDeN4ZrplcoFugDnSOwJ49s9FXuaxjL-54_7W-pkXxgpV3IE8Zk/s1600/nrltweet11_small.PNG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div></div></div></div></div>wdnicolsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160494910336725465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634553294326438596.post-80793312027397394192024-03-04T20:17:00.005+11:002024-03-04T20:44:43.274+11:00NOT The Footy Show Episode 294: Vegas Baby, Yeah (We're back for 2024)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://archive.org/download/not-the-footy-show-episode-294/NOT%20The%20Footy%20Show%20Episode%20294.mp3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6dyW7ZX0UMCT-NahbrbpvG8EpedMdFJjyBgf2lk_-TSOVAXfLHLdf7bY604MpPU322cK1XH_7hPXNZXfbOxYhuYzFpIl_o5yo5SUdXSQwYbfk5VzfVvpDKgeBlTomclfAZPcd5wcRJJyU0tlD11nqTFSMacTjkPXE2AMjTGtQtymIxZAp_NFGgZRrPFe/w640-h360/NTFS%202024%20Episode%20294%20Cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">NOT The Footy Show - Episode 294 </span></b></span></b></div></div><a class="twitter-follow-button" color="#FFFFFF" href="http://twitter.com/NRLTweet">Follow @NRLTweet</a> <div><b>Published March 4, 2023 </b></div><div><span><div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Join <b>Robb Cox</b> and <b>Warrick Nicolson</b> for <b><a href="https://archive.org/download/not-the-footy-show-episode-294/NOT%20The%20Footy%20Show%20Episode%20294.mp3">Episode 294 of NOT The Footy Show</a></b> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">as they review the NRL kicking off Season 2024 in Las Vegas over the weekend. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We discuss the best way to keep the Las Vegas experience fresh and more importantly, attractively scheduled for future Australian visitors. Plus we break down our views on both games as Manly beat Souths 36-24 and Easts beat Brisbane 20-10. </span></p><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>🔘 </span><b><a href="https://youtu.be/rA_axDi_xms">Watch Episode 294 on YouTube</a> </b></span></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rA_axDi_xms?si=fU8tkDBo_MGtz17o" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We will give our Top 8 Picks next Pod. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for listening everyone. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>🔘</span><span> </span></span><b><a href="https://archive.org/download/not-the-footy-show-episode-294/NOT%20The%20Footy%20Show%20Episode%20294.mp3">Download the mp3 version</a> </b></span></div><div><div><span><div><span><span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>🔘 </span><b>Stream the New Podcast </b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="60" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/not-the-footy-show-episode-294" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="350"></iframe></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><div>Cheers </div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: large;">==</div></span></div><div><div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGCC8jm5fnxj-jwb-njgrhCZx48AqH-4D_hcChs5viYjaOm6xnkIqBuDUdcevouOR-fqRkX7At68iUP32bo4xSM7vYnQ2UIveOBtpodXEGdrOg8q7PGiMIldFvhJZHzo3U2fyQC58qpifkJaOPv5MzJnn_7QZhKRZkbfPIIxExU4ZsdRgyAqptN_oPA/w200-h200/2022%20NTFS%20Edit%20Logo%201400x1400%20Base.jpg" width="200" /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>You can subscribe to the </span><span>subscribe to the </span><b>NOT The Footy Show Podcast</b><span> </span><span>on </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/not-the-footy-show-nrl-podcast/id370905391">Apple Podcasts</a><span>,</span><span> </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3IzsKbeS1o3Z4pNNo9zi6r?si=y50vwitOSoq0Z7cqVr84vQ">Spotify</a><span> and catch each episode on our </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/wdnicolson">YouTube Channel</a><span>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>We are also on Instagram so please give us a follow </span><b><a href="http://www.instagram.com/notthefootyshow">@notthefootyshow</a></b><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">==<br /></span><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy great moments from the Winfield Cup Era (1982-95) on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/winfieldcup/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/winfieldcup">Twitter</a>.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EHgRrwQSvr-E9Hvp-3WaUz4CBZoZHV4kRwJU7xagZloGHIpa4rRHQ2Z-ZXOYgBxrGvgs3V4_v-dFIzInq4bswZqRzP0sg5V8vlFjiqh27i3JdBHX0cMJiysYgWkqZyTtmQXWCtBAVWi9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EHgRrwQSvr-E9Hvp-3WaUz4CBZoZHV4kRwJU7xagZloGHIpa4rRHQ2Z-ZXOYgBxrGvgs3V4_v-dFIzInq4bswZqRzP0sg5V8vlFjiqh27i3JdBHX0cMJiysYgWkqZyTtmQXWCtBAVWi9/d/Winfield-Cup-1994---Canberra-Lineup-Prelim-Final-v-Norths-33.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div>===<br /><a class="twitter-follow-button" color="#FFFFFF" href="http://twitter.com/NRLTweet" style="background-color: white;">Follow @NRLTweet</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/nrltweet" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IyHbetQawzrZsQeWs01usrClbCfwVugH4uwXA21sSHq4w6iOb3f8UrhaDKKtlqY_57q1PA1GNKO6HA-I7Y1_ZXWlMbDeN4ZrplcoFugDnSOwJ49s9FXuaxjL-54_7W-pkXxgpV3IE8Zk/s1600/nrltweet11_small.PNG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div></div></div></div></div>wdnicolsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160494910336725465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634553294326438596.post-91356962112688354572024-03-02T09:43:00.008+11:002024-03-02T09:49:49.521+11:002024 NRL Season Preview and Top 8 Predictions from NOT The Footy Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpySboyLU3inG6Xa-s8ttCq1isNbUJPL3ZTmqus818AF8wT7dKs5plTa0SMPWT-52zQIKavSetQ6z4ria_1yugH5x7SsTUMn9cnN6tNvIqtqAdm7uwJ4-eDclK6KDiRseRF5UPtZ1tDChyphenhyphenXAF9ZKh6joYWFWdqfYhVEbOI27T9twPeEliJLLsieDuRfNW/s1280/NTFS%20Season%20Predictions%202024.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpySboyLU3inG6Xa-s8ttCq1isNbUJPL3ZTmqus818AF8wT7dKs5plTa0SMPWT-52zQIKavSetQ6z4ria_1yugH5x7SsTUMn9cnN6tNvIqtqAdm7uwJ4-eDclK6KDiRseRF5UPtZ1tDChyphenhyphenXAF9ZKh6joYWFWdqfYhVEbOI27T9twPeEliJLLsieDuRfNW/w640-h360/NTFS%20Season%20Predictions%202024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">2024 NRL Season Predictions</span></b></span></b></div><a class="twitter-follow-button" color="#FFFFFF" href="http://twitter.com/NRLTweet">Follow @NRLTweet</a><div>Published March 2, 2024.<br /><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There won't be a podcast version of NOT The Footy Show's 2024 NRL Predictions but hopefully we get a chance to record next week with some initial thoughts on Vegas games and to reiterate these selections.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Robb Cox has yet to pick his 1-17 finishing positions for the upcoming NRL Season, but Warrick Nicolson's are below.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span><blockquote><i><span style="font-size: large;">At this time of year you build the predicted ladder based on 60% last year's form plus 40% gut feel to get the 1-17 Ladder - cue the triggering.</span></i></blockquote><p style="font-size: large;"><b>Warrick Nicolson's 2024 NRL Predictions </b></p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32EQ1yBz8d8YcG4RizNXHgkCEvFA0HXlTIwskPUAJzyA7Ay4LLUL4AfL1uRf9oydbegLXtcudeLoEuwujY-tBJtIO6bgFcyMJFmWFZRyWpJ5fQEJLz4thUxSjyjOzeqZ2VBTKsdJQA6nbxxyFpx8W6gOitOi57yUFS14xJb1gc6TDLEILscCOJNhRoJb6/s552/nrl%20badge%20wide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="552" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32EQ1yBz8d8YcG4RizNXHgkCEvFA0HXlTIwskPUAJzyA7Ay4LLUL4AfL1uRf9oydbegLXtcudeLoEuwujY-tBJtIO6bgFcyMJFmWFZRyWpJ5fQEJLz4thUxSjyjOzeqZ2VBTKsdJQA6nbxxyFpx8W6gOitOi57yUFS14xJb1gc6TDLEILscCOJNhRoJb6/s320/nrl%20badge%20wide.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>True Contenders</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Penrith Panthers</b> - Minor Premiers</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Brisbane Broncos</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">These two look to be a class or three above the rest of the pack entering 2024. Penrith have lost some pieces but still look excellent across the park and Cleary has a Dally M he has to tick off his bucket list so don't back against him getting Penrith to another Minor Premiership. Brisbane will still rely on Adam Reynolds and his hamstrings holding up, but even with Tom Flegler and Herbie Farnworth moving to Redcliffe - they have a lot of firepower to challenge the Panthers for the JJ Giltinan Shield. I've got these two sides back at Accor Stadium on Grand Final day for good reason.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><u>Should Play Finals</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Parramatta Eels</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>New Zealand Warriors</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Melbourne Storm</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>South Sydney Rabbitohs</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sydney Roosters</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the end of the day the reason these six teams make up the rest of the Top 8 is they have more of the higher quality top level players on their rosters. That doesn't mean they'll all play great as a team but game-breaking talent matters at NRL level. Cronulla, Parramatta, Melbourne and the Warriors could all end up in the Top 4, whilst I feel Souths and Easts may have to scratch and claw their way into the Top 8. I almost left the Chooks out entirely but they just have too many good players to do that - I will stick the neck out and say they won't make the Top 2 and probably not the Top 4 though... Sharks and Eels will beat up on the bad teams like they normally do and that's why I've got them in 3rd and 4th, Warriors keep winning at home and they won't lose their mojo, and Melbourne have so much elite talent but a forward pack that is suspect when Nelson Asofa-Solomona is the forward you must rely on most outside of hooker Harry Grant. Souths need Lachlan Ilias to take a step forward and make up for when Cody Walker and Latrell Mitchell aren't firing too.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><u>Missing the Cut</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>North Queensland Cowboys</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">10.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">11.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Newcastle Knights</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">12.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Redcliffe Dolphins</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">13.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gold Coast Titans</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">14.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Canberra Raiders</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cowboys and Manly are probably the next closest to the Top 8 talent wise so that's why they are 9th and 10th. Scott Drinkwater and Tom Trbojevic can carry their respective sides into a Finals spot, but I don't rate Le Chad at all and think the North Queensland pack is overrated - plus DCE has been playing otherworldly footy in recent years but Manly just don't make the Semis without Tommy fit and he turned 35 last month. Newcastle - I'm more than happy for you to prove me wrong and play like it's the last 10 weeks of 2023 again for all of 2024 but that felt like lightning in a bottle v the norm. Redcliffe won't fall off the pace in Wayne Bennett's final season in charge there - he simply won't allow them to give up but their halves must lift big time for them to threaten the semis. Gold Coast with Des and Canberra with Ricky will have plenty of fight in them but both need a reset in their approach - the Titans in regards to their defence and Canberra in terms of their attacking structure with a badly needed injection of youth. Hard to see those delivering week in week out so they sit visually further out of the Top 8 than I think they may actually be with a month left to go in the season.<br /><br /><u>2024 Spoon Bowl</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">15.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">16.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wests Tigers</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;">17.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>St George-Illawarra Dragons</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sorry if you love your Bulldogs, Tigers or Dragons but this is going to be a long, long, long year. Any one of these three teams have excellent Wooden Spoon credentials - so may the worst team win!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2024 NRL Grand Final: </b>Penrith v Brisbane</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't see a good reason amongst the other 15 teams to be against the Broncos and Panthers going at it in a repeat of the 2023 decider.</span></div><blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>"Only one team can stop Penrith from 4 in a row... and that's the team that got run over in the GF after leading by 16 with 25 to go (maybe)."</i></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2024 PREMIERS:</b> Penrith</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Clive Churchill Medal: Nathan Cleary.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Reason? See CCM pick above - Nathan Cleary.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Regular Season Awards:</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dally M: Nathan Cleary from Nicho Hynes and Reece Walsh,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tryscorer: Brian To'o, from Dominic Young and Alex Johnston</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pointscorer: Nicho Hynes from Nathan Cleary and Mitchell Moses,</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>State of Origin</b> - NSW 2-1... surely Tom Trbojevic and Latrell Mitchell show up for at least two games in 2024???</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading - hope to have a Podcast out soon and will add Coxsmith's predictions here when I get them.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">===</span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/wdnicolson" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGCC8jm5fnxj-jwb-njgrhCZx48AqH-4D_hcChs5viYjaOm6xnkIqBuDUdcevouOR-fqRkX7At68iUP32bo4xSM7vYnQ2UIveOBtpodXEGdrOg8q7PGiMIldFvhJZHzo3U2fyQC58qpifkJaOPv5MzJnn_7QZhKRZkbfPIIxExU4ZsdRgyAqptN_oPA/w200-h200/2022%20NTFS%20Edit%20Logo%201400x1400%20Base.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span><b>We are aiming to be back for at least a few shows in 2024</b> - so you can subscribe to the </span><b>NOT The Footy Show Podcast</b><span> <br /></span><span>on </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/not-the-footy-show-nrl-podcast/id370905391">Apple Podcasts</a><span>,</span><span> </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3IzsKbeS1o3Z4pNNo9zi6r?si=y50vwitOSoq0Z7cqVr84vQ">Spotify</a><span> and catch each episode on our </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/wdnicolson">YouTube Channel</a><span>.<br /></span><span><br />We are also on Instagram so please give us a follow </span><b><a href="http://www.instagram.com/notthefootyshow">@notthefootyshow</a></b><span> </span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">==<br /></span><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy great moments from the <b>Winfield Cup Era (1982-95)</b> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/winfieldcup/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/winfieldcup">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/winfieldcup">Instagram</a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0mXWJZEA_ho/XtBbGxalniI/AAAAAAAAByI/Pk9nHtuFVTQgxSyirdGESOy2IRu1ucy4ACK4BGAsYHg/Winfield-Cup-1994---Canberra-Lineup-Prelim-Final-v-Norths-33.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="385" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0mXWJZEA_ho/XtBbGxalniI/AAAAAAAAByI/Pk9nHtuFVTQgxSyirdGESOy2IRu1ucy4ACK4BGAsYHg/d/Winfield-Cup-1994---Canberra-Lineup-Prelim-Final-v-Norths-33.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div>===<br /><a class="twitter-follow-button" color="#FFFFFF" href="http://twitter.com/NRLTweet" style="background-color: white;">Follow @NRLTweet</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/nrltweet" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ES5UHaNDim4/TXWC84_G__I/AAAAAAAADlw/rOtWXf-TWoM/s1600/nrltweet11_small.PNG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
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