This season I was referring.

The “if” is doing some really heavy lifting my petit canard.

Absolutely.
The effort required and scenarios to make the 6, is not less of a feat than winning SL from 6th. From 6th you are no longer reliant on the fate of results outside your control, in addition to having to win every game.

True duckie but even if you start from the assumption of us being 6th and in the playoffs, the probability of us winning every game against top teams is very small.

Just to debate your post - maybe it was due time for the coaches way or the highway? Perhaps this turbulence was unavoidable?

Maybe if the coach had come into an elite squad of proven winners decorated with GF winners rings it would be a different approach. The players had years doing things "their way" (i.e) in the playoffs but ultimately not troubling the title).

Next season will reveal all.

Perhaps we ,the fans ,have been only too happy to point a finger at the officials for our defeats ,although there have been some dodgy decisions in our games.

I bought a cheapo ticket for me and me littlun last Thursday and noticed something really odd....waiting for the conversion after Toulouse's (I think) second try, the team was stood behind the goal line and not a word was being said. By anyone. Nobody getting the team round and saying, "lads we've got to fix xxx and look out for yyy, we need to move up quicker on zzz and put more pressure on WHY"....I am struggling to see us as a team yet, just a collection of individuals who have yet to gel into a cohesive unit behind a recognised leader. Not sure we'll get very far next year without this happening....maybe a preseason together will help, but I can't see much hope for the rest ofthis season

Nobody speaks after we concede. Jack Hughes never did and ratchford just stares into space with his hands on his hips. Hopefully Powell sees sense and makes either Vaughan or mcguire captain. My preference would be for mcguire, he would thrive in that role.

Nobody speaks after we concede. Jack Hughes never did and ratchford just stares into space with his hands on his hips. Hopefully Powell sees sense and makes either Vaughan or mcguire captain. My preference would be for mcguire, he would thrive in that role.

You’d hope Powell sees a captain in Vaughan or McGuire. Ratchford can’t continue as a captain next season….as for me he should be bench at best and offers nothing as a leader, quite the opposite. Hopefully Vaughan offers us a Morley type figure of being a huge presence, intimidating and a leader. I think that’s what he’s being brought over to do.

If he shapes up and lives up to expectation in the last few games of this season, how about Dufty? Would send a serious message about meritocracy instead of past reputation....

My hope is that no one needs to speak, because we’ll not be behind!

Well we have conceded so many this season they have probably said all that needs to be said already.

Now mathematically impossible for you to make the playoffs.

More relieved than disappointed that we did not make the play-offs, given the way our season has gone.

Thanks for that Perry Boy, we were all so hopeful.

Apologies for being the crusher of hope.

This wins the award for most optimistic/crazy/amusing post of the year so fair play fella!





Genuinely (any p*ss taking aside), got to love a bit of optimism.

At least we don't need to pay for any more pointless play off games & the torture of this season will be over in a couple of weeks.

Gutted, I actually had us winning it from 6th.

BTW hope you get in the PO's and do well, there won't be many teams fancy taking you men on ATM

What about if one of the teams on the fringes of the playoffs calls off a match because of "players getting covid" in an attempt to get an unfair advantage and the league investigates and deducts points.

You always have to be ready in case you're the next team up. Remember Denmark in Euro 92.

Covid is one thing, but I think having a war is a bit extreme