And with 110 not out...

[And Williams runs to the breathaliser!]

There's one thing wrong then having your best player injured.

It's having him caught drink driving.

And there's one thing worse than that...

[Memories... light the corners of my mind...]

And that thing is when your team gets smacked by a cricket score over two weeks.

In the past two weeks last years premiers - that's right ten months ago they won the bloody thing - have been smacked by over 50 points each match.

If it were a score card it would be Parramatta-Wests 110 defeated Bulldogs 6.

Six? Six!

That's right, in 160 minutes of football the Bulldogs have scored one try and one goal.

But let's rewind a bit to tonight's match.

Seven minutes into the game the Doggies had the majority of the ball and it was down the Tigers' end of the field. Canterbury gets a penalty in front of the sticks.

Put yourself in the boots of one Andrew Ryan - apparently the best man for the job for the captain - he decides that "hey we can't score a try - so let's take two points".

Stand-in fullback Luke Young kicks the goal and we're up by two.

Fast forward to 73 minutes later and that's the only points that they scored - the Tiges got 54.

[Former Panther Paul Whatuira made the right choice going from out west Penrith) to Wests!]

So EQ, why are you crying about the Dogs losing again? Surely, you must be used to it by now...

Well no - I'm not and no Bulldogs fan should ever sit in their seat and smoke their pipe like nothing is wrong!

Mathematically there is a chance they could get in there, but it's too bad - we don't deserve it.

In the meanwhile - go the Jets in reserve grade!

Doggies get a roll on

[The doggies can't get in a sticky situation now they have a roll on!]

Well it's two weeks into our winning streak of two and I have a bold prediction for you all.

It will suprise some, annoy others and no doubt be no suprise to one slippery snaked man person.

[Roll on! Roll on! We'll roll on with our heads held high!]

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs will go back to back.

The Telstra Premiership will be ours and the boys from Belmore will have another NRL ring to add to their other NRL ring.

And the winners are...

Here's our run to the finals:

v Melbourne Storm @ Sydney Showground (home) - probable win
v NZ Warriors @ Ericsson Stadium (away) - possible win
v Penrith Panthers @ Penrith Stadium (away) - probable win
v Brisbane Broncos @ Telstra Stadium (away) - possible win
v South Sydney Rabbitohs @ Aussie Stadium (away) - probable win
v Newcastle Knights @ Telstra Stadium (home) - probable win
v Parramatta Eels @ Parramatta Stadium (away) - possible win
v Wests Tigers @ Telstra Stadium ("away") - probable win
v Penrith Panthers @ Telstra Stadium (home) - probable win
v Sydney Roosters @ Aussie Stadium (away) - possible win

So that's 6 more wins - enough to get us back in the 8 (we're currently 10th).

But Earthquake, I hear you say, what about all those injured players - you doufus?

Well, first off - don't call me a doufus. Secondly we have heaps of
good players coming back but the good thing is we're already winning
matches against teams higher than us.

Sonny Bill can be cheeky at times...

• Adam Perry - back in 1-2 weeks
• Willie Tonga - back in 3 weeks
• Willie Mason - back in 4 weeks
• Reni Matua - back in 6 weeks
• Sonny Bill Williams - back in 9 weeks
• Shadow players Brad Morrin, Trevor Thurling and Brett Oliver are out for the season.
  
  So, a warning (I seem to be giving a lot of warnings lately) to other
  NRL teams - the Doggies are back and are ready to be the first NRL team
  to go back to back!