At this stage last year after 5 games we had 4 points.
But goals for were only 3 and goals against were 9. That was after 3 home games and 2 away games. We played NJ, BR, WSW, MC, AD.
Only 2 of those teams made the top 6, and they finished 4th and 5th.
So this year after 5 games we only have 1 point.
With goals for 5 and goals against 9. After 2 home games and 3 away games. Have played WU, SFC, PER, MC, MV
3 of those teams are currently in the top 4.
There is reason for optimism.
The big difference between last season and this is that last season there were essentially 3 wooden-spooners in the league. CCM's and Brisbane's point tallies were bad enough for a wooden-spoon pretty much any season, and WSW's was thereabouts too and they finished 8th. We really made hay against those teams (and the Jets, which basically got us into top 6) last year, but I get the feeling that the league is a lot more even this season, and getting the kind of points tally from the games against bottom 3 or 4 teams that we did last season is going to be more difficult. Which means that we will likely need to get some wins against the upper tier teams as well to have a shot at the top 6 and we likely haven't made a great start on that front, even though it's early days.
Just to bring in an appropriate amount of pessimism for this stage of the season.