Featured Tip from Mike Wilson

Pick Details

Sport / league:: NRL
Event / fixture:: Eels vs. Sea Eagles
Event date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 at 7:45 PM
Market:: Head-to-head
Tip:: Sea Eagles @ 1.58 (Pinnacle)
Tip Result:: Loss

Defeat the first placed team in the comp; that’s the challenge in front of the Eels following their narrow, controversial loss against the Bulldogs last Friday night which now sees them just outside the top 8 on differential points.
Despite the loss, the Eels were actually a bit fortunate in Round 23 that the Warriors and the Cowboys both lost their respective games, keeping the Eels much closer to a finals berth.
The Cowboys and Warriors have tough games against the 2nd and 4th placed sides respectively and if they both lose and he Eels snatch an upset win from the Sea Eagles then they will rocket from 9th to 7th on the ladder.
The Sea Eagles had a close game of their own winning by a mere three points against the struggling Titans with a relatively lacklustre performance by their standards. The win was achieved with that famous Manly defence but the attack was somewhat down on creativity and could certainly be improved this week.
And improve they no doubt will as they certainly seemed to play a few points short of their best footy last week as they have a bad habit of doing when they face lower ranked sides.
The Sea Eagles will be well aware that the Eels can be quite the force when playing at home and the Parramatta boys will no doubt be motivated knowing that a loss will make acquiring a finals berth so much more difficult.
Manly will up the tempo and grind the Eels into eel stew.

Mike’s Tip: Sea Eagles
Mike’s Best Bet: Sea Eagles Head to Head @ $1.58 (Pinnacle Sports)

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