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03/09: Catalans
23/09: Hull

So if we win on Saturday it's Castleford and Catalan either side of Wembley.

Crap coverage on Sky Sports News, spoke to Lee Radford and didn't even show the fixtures lmao, please BT take it over.

Hull away last game could be interesting.If we beat Saints we've got a bit of a chance to build up some momentum against Wakey/Cas/Catalan/Widnes before a big finish.

Going into the playoffs on the back of two tough games won't be ideal though.

Think we have been royally stitched up by Sky and RFL

Saints derby 5 days after a semi, when they could easily have had Hull Thursday and Us Friday

Then we end up with a trip to Catalans the week after a possible CC Final

They're doing all they can to derail us.

After these 7 games are out of the way is the format 1 v 4 & 2 v 3 ,winners of each game to OT ?

All I can say is. Eddie Hemmings must of soughted our fixtures out. Total stitch up

Yes.

It also says Super League Super 8s Sky selection will be made following the results of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Semi Finals. All fixtures are subject to change due to Sky Sports scheduling.

If my maths is correct, does that mean we have to win 4 of our last 7 games to guarantee a top 4 spot?

Yes.

So everyone has a minimum of seven days recovery time before the Super 8s except us we have 5 plus we lose a couple of thousand of one of our flagship home games. The Sky people are just THICK!!!!!!

Wire 33pts in 2nd
Cats 26pts in 5th

14 points available

Mathematically its 7 points we need with the points difference but in real terms 2 to 3 wins will probably do us but obviously we are playing for a home tie in the Semi's & the LLS

Yeah, the reality is that we'd be fine with a lot less wins than 4 from 7 but, given i'm a wire fan, I always have to err on the side of caution. Too many times in the past have we fallen at the last hurdle when everything has seemed rosy!!

can anyone tell me if cas game afternoon or evening kick of

besides which we could probably do with getting points early doors rather than having to go against wigan or hull needing a win.

2pm

Why not "Dragons" and "FC"?

The best answer to the unfortunate fixture planning is to beat Saints convincingly then use our 10 day recovery time to get ready for Wakey.

I can't believe we play saints after only a 5 day turnaround and they have a week off. I'll complain about the catalans match if we win on Saturday.

On the plus side if we win out first 3 games we could well be guaranteed a playoff spot.

Don't know I just copy pasted it as it was, but get your point why was it done that way.

The teams that finished in the top 4, after 23 games last season, were still in the top 4 after the super 8s.

It'll probably be the same again this season.

The Catalans have a chance to change that, but they've lost their last 6 games, so it's unlikely.

Here's a question would you want them to change it obviously not at our expense? I would for the good of the game as this part of the format surely shouldn't be a procession and also if we don't lose our spot one of our friendly neighbours would.....a double blessing

How would you change the format, surely you can't have everyone on zero points to start super 8's because what's to stop a team doing just enough to get into the 8 then eyeballs out to the grand final, also hardly fair on the team that was top after round 23. Granted it's not that good a system in that a few of the teams have very little chance of getting into top 4 but end of day it's their own faults for not winning enough games.

Haha, made me laugh as it reminded me of that Jean guy on the VT who always called them players by their full names but slips up sometimes forgetting and calls them their shortened name.