NRL Final Eight

The NRL is only 4 rounds from finishing for this year and it's time for me to make a quick prediction on who will make the top 8 and who will miss out.
1st - Dragons - Put simply they won't be caught for the minor premiership. They'd have to lose a couple and the Dogs would have to go undefeated for the final 4 weeks. Neither is likely to happen
2nd - Bulldogs - They seem to be a little out of sorts just at the moment, but they are the Bulldogs. They will come back in time for the finals, and that means they'll get some wins to finish off the season.
3rd - Storm - They have a good run home and are likely to sneak ahead of the Titans if the Titans falter. Which is possible!
4th - Titans - The top 4 is fairly solid and the gap between 4th and 5th is likely to be around 6 points! The Titans are safe in the top 4, but look for them to hit a slight hurdle at some point, there will still be a lot of nerves given their history of choking in the second half of the season
5th - Cowboys - Another team with not too bad of a run home. They'll play themselves into form against some lesser teams which will hold them in good stead for the finals
6th - Eels - They are in brilliant form but the first half of their season means that one slip up and they could end up in 9th. They have a game against the Tigers in a couple of weeks. The winner of that game finishes 6th. The loser finishes 9th. It's that simple.
7th - Rabbitohs - They have a good points differential which may be the difference at the end and they play the Sharks in the final round which will be a big help. They need to win against the Titans or the Dragons to finish here. It won't be the Dragons, but it could be the Titans in Sydney on Friday night.
8th - Panthers - They are a better side than 8th position seems, but they come up against the red hot Bunnies and white hot Eels in the coming weeks so may be forced into a scrap for the final spot.

As mentioned before if the Tigers can beat the Eels in a few weeks, they take 6th spot and the Eels end up here. The Eagles are sliding and even Brett Stewart's return in the coming weeks won't be enough. The Knights and Broncos will be lucky to win one more game this season and will have a lot of work to do to next season.

Feel free to disagree, but that my prediction and I'm sticking with it...For now