Garry

They should still contend.

I don't know.

I haven't really looked into that too much.

Clearly Sydney, clearly Brisbane are the team I think will win it, but they're 3-3.

And what we're seeing, and we talked about this the other night as well, is sides that go deep into a season are finding it a little bit difficult earlier in the year, which is why you don't jump to too many conclusions, I don't think.

You get a good idea of how teams are going, but Collingwood go to a prelim and they're 3-3.

Brisbane go back to back.

They're three and three.

So teams that have had a good break, but Sydney don't play finals, hit the ground running.

Dogs don't play finals, hit the ground running, win the first four games.

So I think all those things are going to be taken into consideration.

No.

No, but that can change in the next 12 weeks.

They haven't lived up to that.

Like there was a lot of buzz around them pre-season as them a genuine flag team.

What they've shown and demonstrated early in the season is that no, they're not.

But in 12 weeks time, we might revisit and go, well, yes, they are.

I'm looking at this team, and this is –

If you're playing state of origin footy, and I want to get your, how you think that can work next year, because that's the point of conjecture.

But back in our day, it is around now where a state of origin squad would be announced with an eye to the game being played in maybe three or four weeks.