Yes, if we can just start picking up wins in the games we should fancy winning i.e. not away at Wigan.

Try putting in your idea of the likely result of every remaining fixture and see what you come up with. Surprisingly - because of the way the fixtures fall for the teams around us - it still seems to me our most likely finish is 7th. Here's my predicted final league table as it stands.

Wigan 45
Warrington 39
Leeds 37
Hudds 36
Hull FC 34
Catalans 30
Bradford 28
St. Helens 25
Hull KR 24
Widnes 20
Wakefield 17
London 11
Castleford 10
Salford 8

Who are you thinking our six wins are going to come from? Widnes,wakey,London and cas seem likely but can't see where your getting other two from. Catalans and hull fc are potentially winnable but think they would be classed as upsets tbh. Think 8th is more realistic and that depends on hull kr not picking up another upset like Fridays.

We'll need a huge amount of improvement to win 6 out of the final 9 games and I'd consider myself reasonably optimistic!

I expect we'll probably put in a brilliant home performance against Hull FC and then throw all that effort away by losing to Wakefield.

Sorry FA but got to disagree with you on this one

Without checking I think Hull KR have got Salford,Widnes and London in their remaining games,if they were to win just them 3 that means we would have to win 4 of our remaining games just to draw level on points with them

They are on a decent run now,apart from Magic weekend robbery,whereas we are complete opposite

The last 2 games really have changed things for us,played both the teams which were immediately below us and now they are both immediately above

No point for if,buts and maybes,last 2 weeks will probably go some way to us finishing 9,which will mean we have been the 9th best team in the league out if 14,not good enough

I feel we need to win against all the teams below us plus some against the big boys. Catalans at home is a key one for me, we really need to win that. I think we also need to pull off a victory against Wigan/Wire/Hull or Hudds as I can't see us beating all the teams below us. Cas and Wakey away is no gimme.

Predicting what KR will do is impossible. They will beat Wire one week then lose to London.

Our home games are key for me.

I can see Rovers getting at least another 6 points, with the games away to Saints and home to FC being crucial - depending on form at the time they could well get a win or two from those matches.

We have some away games at Cas and Wakey that are tricky, but in all honesty if we are expecting to make the playoffs then those are the games you need to be winning. If we can pick wins up in those matches, plus the home games against Widnes and London (Widnes will be tricky too if Friday night is anything to go by) then that gives us a further 8 points.

That would put us both on 24 points. Currently we have the better points difference by 36 points, which could be very important come the end of the season.

On top of that you have to look at home and away fixtures. Rovers are only at home 3 times in the last 9 fixtures. We are at home 6 times.
The home games against Hull, Catalans and the Giants could be where we pick up some bonus league points if we put the effort in.

Short answer......no.

Non, nicht, niet, nulla, nie.

Been out in the sun too long FA?

No chance of making the top 8.

Bradford City's late season success shows that if you believe things are possible, they just might be! 11 points of the playoffs with just 10 games left and they won the thing. Now obviously, the circumstances are different, but until its over, its still on! This week off could be a blessing. Maybe, a couple of sore/busted players will recover, maybe the whitehead situation might be solved one way or another, maybe we will see our players training more, and visiting Nandos and Costa a bit less. who knows???

In my heart of hearts, I think we've lost too much momentum, and those who were below us have built the momentum into their seasons at just the right time (like City did with theirs). but until its mathematically over, lets get behind the team and believe!

When I looked at your remaining fixtures a few weeks back I commented that you might only have 1 or 2 games remaining where you might be expected to win. Nothing has changed for the positive since then.

Tigertot unfortunately you are correct

Bull-ieve!

It ain't over 'til it's over!

Know who said that? Rocky Balboa and look at him he beat Mr T!

And we got Widnes next and Phil Joseph might be playing

Don't forget Patrick Ah Van!

Oh yes,Patrick with his new hair do

On a serious note what a jolly nice thing Patrick did,2 year old little girl with cancer,doesn't bear thinking about does it

Well we SHOULD beat Widnes at home, with all due respect to them but the problem is now that things are no longer in our own hands. Hull KR are now in the box-seat to complete the 8 as I expect Saints will get it together finally.

The rest are all safe.

Results went against us again this week though. Running out of time to make any impact.

Anythings possible in Rugby League,but Bulls making top 8?Can't see it as every other team in the SL has more pace than the Bulls and with the hard grounds now with us we just don't have the fire power imo.I said we would struggle come the hard grounds and struggle is what we are doing.
Time to add a John Woods and a Lamb/Redfern imo.If you haven't got the initial pace to catch an opponent,you can't tackle them.You are born with raw pace,you can't coach it,therefore----

Escare/Riley/Dixon will do nicelyicon_smile.gif?Yeah right.

We weren't disgraced at Saints but think 24 points our most likely haul. hard to see how with the size of our squad and that prat Whitehead's stunt we can build the pressure for the run in. We did look as if we were on track for the playoffs at one stage, but have lost momentum. Still at the begining of the season most pundits had our name on the wooden spoon and as was pointed out on another thread we lost several good seasoned pro's after last season: Elima, kopout, Hargreaves. I suspect with those three in our pack, and maybe Burgess we would still be 6th ot 7th and probably goen a bit further in the cup.

As long as we're in the mix there's always a chance with all these games left. There's plenty of opportunity for a number of teams to put in a run, [either good or bad so it's far too early to make realistic guesses. If we can get a few of our best 17 back it would help.

We have to beat Widnes no ifs not buts, if we dont we and KR and Saints win we are 3pts away and we wouldnt make it back up.

Lucky we have 2 weeks off before we play Widnes, who play wigan in the CC, which could be a silver lining to the cloud.

We have had these problems for the past few years now with us not being able to tackle or score enough points nothing to do with the lack of money or our small squad, like i said we need some seasoned back room staff who can get us moving along mainly and offensive and defensive coach would be great, think our board may need to put their hand in their pockets at some point.

Sadly I think most of you have missed the point. I don't want you to tell me whether you THINK we can make the 8. I want you to predict the outocme of every remaining fixture, and then see where that gets you. It may, or may not, be the same thing. The other thing to remember is that every other team has to play its fixtures out as well. They won't all score 2 points a week. Anyway as you are all lazy here's a link to a spreadsheet with my forecasts. But don't argue with my forecasts, and don't tell me your forecasts, do your predictions and tell me where we end up!! That's what I want!!! As you can see there's a line for each fixture and I have put a 2 and a zero as per the fixture list. You can even use a 1-1 if you predict a draw. tinyurl.com/2013SL-forecast

Sadly I think most of you have missed the point. I don't want you to tell me whether you THINK we can make the 8. I want you to predict the outocme of every remaining fixture, and then see where that gets you. It may, or may not, be the same thing. The other thing to remember is that every other team has to play its fixtures out as well. They won't all score 2 points a week. Anyway as you are all lazy here's a link to a spreadsheet with my forecasts. But don't argue with my forecasts, and don't tell me your forecasts, do your predictions and tell me where we end up!! That's what I want!!! As you can see there's a line for each fixture and I have put a 2 and a zero as per the fixture list. You can even use a 1-1 if you predict a draw. tinyurl.com/2013SL-forecast

Genuinely can't see Saints making the 8. That was my biggest unknown unknown.

May just be being stupid but i cant understand that forecast FA at all.