Unfortunately I don't foresee any defeat as unexpected this season.

heard the game on the radio

Well words can be deceptive.

plenty of people have said both teams were poor!! but you help yourself to a big slice of false hope!! be my guest


your up and down like a yo yo you are mate!! all but 2 weeks ago you said you couldnt argue with me anymore after i said you were gash and would not make the play offs!!

Nothing wrong with faith and hope. I said I couldn't argue with you at the time, you would have to be an idiot to think that I wouldn't argue again.

100% correct, so try showing some when ya team is down and out! thats a true test of faith

Ewen changes his mind more often than most people change their underpants.

Well that depends on personal hygiene really.

. I don't change my mind on many things really, although the players have forced all of us to do so at some point this season.

Those two defeats to Celtic and Salford are looking crucial now - win them and we'd be just over the 50% win ratio and only need to maintain that to pick up a spot. Now, we need top four form just to make the eight.

If we had a better home record of 5 points from 14 we'd be in a better position.

I have. The only time I haven't was after the Wire match when I felt truly let down and disheartened.

St. Helens h
Leeds a
Castleford h
Hull KR a
Wigan h
Celtic a
Harlequins h
Harlequins a
Huddersfield a
Catalans h
Salford h
Hull FC a

Seven from twelve needed...

Well, we're now 1 point behind the 4 teams directly above us with at least 1 game in hand over each of them. However, the next 2 games are against Saints and Leeds. They're going to be hard, but if we can dig down like we did the last times we played them then we'll be in a far stronger position going forward

I was just thinking that about the table. Wigan have played two more than us, and are 1 point ahead. And if Cas, Wire, Hull and Wigan all lose next week and we win we would go into seventh. Big if I know, but I have faith

Another big thing is we have almost got a full squad to choose from haven't we?

Macca is going to have a big call next week, Keep Beaver at centre, where in my books he's played his best or switch him to second row or bench.

Interesting.

Same

I think he'll be at centre because I think Sykes will be left out just to make sure he's 100%

I think Menzies plays better at centre, given we've got Morrison and Burgess back for next week and with Cook and Worrency up for selection we can afford to move him

As it stands today all we need to do is win or game in hand to be in a playoff spot, never mind what the others do yet. Its not an easy game in hand but at least its do-able and then we'd be there.

we have tough games coming up but so does everyone, saints probably wont be thinking it'll be easy at Odsal next week, we have a very good chance of the playoffs now.

If we win both of our next two I will be confident of not only reaching the play-offs, but having a good run in them aswell. If we win one, I'll still be confident, but not as confident obviously. If we lose both, but perform well I'll still believe we can scrape the play-offs. If we lose both with lack-lustre performances I will be disheartened again.

If Sykes is back next week it has to be him at SO with Jeffries at SH for me. Our kicking game needs to be more varied if we are going to beat Saints. Plus they will hammer at Sheriffes side if Sykes plays centre, with Menzies there I fell a lot safer.

IMO we need to win one of the next two matches to maintain the push for the play offs.

fair comment - but don't think its an impossible task if we lose both. They are toughest two games left and every over game left is potentially winnable.

If we lose both games which hopefully won't happen then we will b in the position of needing 7 wins from 10 games. But the most important thing will be all the momentum will have been stopped dead again.

I'm confident of winning both games. We've got nothing to fear, let's just do it. Lets all get behind them at every game till the end of the season.