We played in 5 Grand Finals in 5 years and now look where we are

yeah and you dont have the players who won those trophies for ya, leeds still have the core of their team

Very true, however you just never know what's around the corner

Who is this 'leeds' of which you speak, and how has this here 'core' been going recently?

You surely can't mean the 'core' that recently lost to our team of 'dont have the players who won those trophies'?

Is that as in " Caw, I can't believe this load of tosh is the same team that won the Grand Final last year".

No, it's as in wan-core. I think.

Pale shadow of last year...

Still got the same core team..

wan-core...

Who is one clever bugger of a 'Vark then!!!








Looks like we have this year's new nickname for our Whino Loiner friends then...the WanCores?



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Loincores?

P!sspoors.

Up to tenth now... thought a results comparison with last year might be interesting

[codeHull KR h -1
Hudds h -2
Wigan a no change
Hull FC h -2
Catalans a no change
Cas a -2
Leeds h +2
Wakey a no change
Wire h -2
Saints a +2
Wakey M +2[/code
So we're still three points behind where we were last year, but on the flip side the last month has seen us make significant progress on digging ourselves out of that hole.

Is it just me who doesn't understand....

We drew with Hull KR at home which is one point worse than our 2008 result, so it's -1. We won at Saints wheras we lost last year, so that's a +2. We won at Catalans this year and last, so that's a no change. Capiche?

Got it now. Thank you.

For us to make 4th we need to do something,before today, we've not done yet this year. win back to back games.

Our next 2 games are Celtic and Salford. I think both of those are win-able
however, we've come unstuck in recent years at Salford. But we've looked good for our last 2 wins. If we can keep building I'd say we're dark horses for a return to OT

Important to win the next two games for many reasons, one of which is that we would reach the almost-halfway stage of 13 games on 13 points - almost the equivalent as 'as you were'. This would then mean that however the rest of the season went, our final total would reflect that - win more than half our games from then on and we finish in the top half, most likely.

Predictions are difficult, now that we know there are no unwinnable games and no unloseable ones either.

I think we will win our next three or so, but we have some tough games lined up after:


Warrington
Saints
Leeds
Castleford
Hull KR
Wigan

I'm thinking the Quins game may be thrown in there aswell, depending on cup fixtures.

We could potentially win all of those, but as standards are improving we will have to maintain and improve on our form from the last couple of games.

One important fact is we haven't won more than 4 games on the trot since 2005.

Yes I was thinking along those lines, but I'll keep the faith. I will be bitterly disappointed if we lose either of our next two, but I hope and believe that we can build on our performances, get the confidence back and hopefully go on a run into the top 8.

To have any real chance it's the top 4 that you need.

Yes I know, I said a run into the top 8, by the end of the season we'll be up there!



Keep the faith

so now weve hit the two on the bounce target maybe winning five in a row should be next target


one small step at a time rather than worrying about where we finish.

not sure theres a massive difference between 3-4 and 5-6 anymore. 3-4 means an away game first but with a 2nd chance at home. 5-6 means a home game that you have to win followed by an away game against a team thats lost the previous week, Always prefer to play every week as you can get a roll on without losing momentum/focus which can happen with bye weeks.

Yes, but it's also good to have a rest.

hows that 8th spot looking??