Featured Tip from Mike Wilson

Pick Details

Sport / league:: NRL
Event / fixture:: Knights vs. Roosters
Event date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 at 7:40 PM
Market:: Line/Handicap
Tip:: Roosters -8.0 @ 2.00 (bet365)
Tip Result:: Loss

The ‘Rise for Alex’ week in Round 19 was a fantastic initiative from the NRL community and one must commend the Knights’ playing group for the way they have gotten behind Alex and shown unwavering support for the young man.
Their match against the Titans last week was flooded with emotion and a Knights victory looked the goods.
Unfortunately the players couldn’t rally and were ultimately beaten by 22-8. Getting to my point and it sounds harsh to say it: If the Knights couldn’t get up during the ‘Rise for Alex’ round then do they have any hope of getting up for the first game of the year where it’s not possible for them to make the finals?
The Roosters defeated the top placed Panthers quite convincingly last week and believe it or not it was the team’s first win in over a month. Ironically that previous win was against the Knights in a game that was a bit closer than expected with the Knights hanging in for most of the game before the Roosters ran away with points late in the game.
The Roosters’ form has been pretty solid throughout the season and when they commit they are one of the best sides in the comp but their downfall is not playing for the full 80 minutes.
Especially against lower ranked sides where they have a tendency to either get off to slow starts before realising towards the end of matches that they need to get their butts into gear, or the opposite where they get out to early leads then take the foot off the gas thinking the fat lady has sung.
I’m not really interested in talking about Wayne Bennett. Enough has been said throughout the week and the players are already aware that he is leaving for the Broncos.
Jump on the Roosters to cover the Bet365 8.0 line.

Mike’s Tip: Roosters
Mike’s Best Bet: None
Mike’s Casual Bet: Roosters -8.0 @ $2.00 (Bet365)

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