Quote ="PopTart"Great post Belly. A touch of realism there.
I'll add to that,
for those that say we haven't done well this year compared to last there is really not much difference
We had 24 points after round 23 last year, we have 21 this time.
The difference is we lost to Warrington at home and Catalan at home where we won last year. Clearly both teams hit good form when we played them and Warrington was 2 points. We also lost the magic game against Giants where we beat Widnes last year.
And we lost to Salford away. This was a strange one and never really explained but every team has an off day I guess.
To balance that we drew at Leeds where we lost home and away last year and we beat Hull at home where we lost last year.
All other games went the same way as last year with a few H/A wins switched this year.
When you look at that, we would most likely have been 5th if we'd played Widnes again at Magic Weekend rather than Giants.
For me, we are a team competing in the 5-8 part of the league. Coming top and bottom of that group is marginal.
When you come top you can have a realistic tilt at 4th but in reality, we are not going to win the Grand Final from that position.
I'm happy enough with what we have done. I'd like a decent run of wins in the 8s with our best team playing then consolidate for next year and review individuals and decide whether change is needed anywhere.'"
We had 26 points after round 23 last year, but your point still stands I get that. We have not been far off this year, the difference for me has been those 3 or 4 really close losses mid season. That said, I am happy where we are at currently and hoping we can push on now and pick up a good few wins in the 8`s.
