Widnes beating a very sloppy Cas side and they will leapfrog Trinity and push us down to 8th spot.

The need fro a result at Shudds is getting greater if we want to finish in the top 8.
Of course, it could be in our favour if we can win as we would go up to 6th but, it's starting to get a bit more nervy.

Was just gonna post the same thing sunday is massive a win put us back to 6th a loss 8th and potentially gap down to 3 pts

Mixed feelings. Would've like Cas to have won but I put a nice few quid on Widnes @ 3-1 (stake now going onto Hull kr win @ 2-1).
Maybe the Cas players though that 3-1 was too good an opportunity to turn down because if that had been a game of cricket there would be talk of Asian betting syndicate involvement.
Cas were dire. Powell straight out to Aldi in morning to refresh that turd polish stock.

Poor game all round, Solamona at F/B ? Big mistake.

bad RESULT for us maybe!!! but what it does is make the cap between 8th and 9th bigger so maybe those teams below us might think now we are in the middle 8's for sure- eg hudds may just now concentrate on the CC

Totally agree about Sundays game. It is a game we need to win now. Need to keep the gap between us and the bottom 4.

Agree with this
What was powell thinking
Best strike player playing fullback, saw hardly any ball.might as well of put him in a field full of sheep to stand round looking gormless!

Dream on.

Every club below us will be busting a gut to try and scape into 8th spot and IF Salford get any points back on appeal, we could be in trouble.
Although we have traditionally struggled against Shudds, we really need to win this one but, the bookies don't think we will (although they were wrong last night)

The bookies have Shudds at 2/9 and give us 12 start.

We've not performed in the last two games, both of which were winnable & would've cemented our spot in the top 8. Sadly any game against Shudds I never have a good feel about. Just wish Moore was back this week as I feel he will spark this lot back into action!

That's ridiculous you are clear favourites against a team that is next to the bottom of the league and has half your number of points.

Mindst if the pussycats of last week turn up then Shuddersfield have no excuse for losing either but at 12 pts start every one of you Pussycat fans should have had a bet can't see how you could lose

A win on Sunday would be massive but it wouldn't be the end of top 8 if we lost. Can see us losing this and picking up unexpected wins towards end of season. Love us to win on Sunday though.

Up the Trin

Despite your feeble effort in the league this year, we are in worse form than the Barracudas. I think it'll be a tough game and we'll either tough out a narrow win or get walloped again.

I can feel a shellacking coming our way - regardless of Shudds' form, history tells us that they have the beating of us; Brough will have a field day, and we'll make Big Eorl look like he's actually any good.

Bad feelings about this one. Think Huddersfield will win by 30+.

We need a win that's a given, but forgetting Salford getting points back, we're looking over our shoulders at Salford and Hull KR upwards, if we can keep them at arms length then we will make the top 8, I actually think the Leeds v Salford and Hull KR v Wigan tonight are massive, if both results go our way then time is slowly running out for these teams. But a win on Sunday would help us leapfrog Cas and as near as damn it a top 8 place. I'd sooner be in our position than the four teams below us.

That's how I see it. Tbh if we do lose, as long as we don't stink the joint up, it's not the end of the world. We've got Leeds and Saints at home, neither of those 2 are playing well and knowing us and how unpredictable we can be, we could go to Catalans or Wigan and win. Ideally though a win would put us right back on path & settle the old nerves.

On the plus side.
If anyone had said, during pre season, that we would be in 8th spot after 17 rounds, with a chance to go into sixth with a win in round 18, we would have snapped their hand off and they could have been committed to an institution for being delirious.
So lets just hope we can do the business against our bogey team.

And also be in the cup quarter finals.

I really don't see us getting much from this fixture. I thought Hudds defeat of Saints was the most impressive display of attacking RL this season. We will certainly need to be at the top of our game just to compete and I'd be happy with that win or lose.

I agree with you about the style of football we played at Newcastle, but shows like that are a rare treat from the Giants, We have not been getting thumped but we have a real talent for letting games go that we have really had the winning of.
Obviously I hope we win but I am far from confident, Think we are very much on a par, will as ever depend which teams turn up.

Even bigger now with hull kr beating wigan i can see 8th slipping away

I bet you would just love that

But they lost

Never can understand some people.
Our fate is in our own hands, we have won 7 out of 11 under CC.
I could understand if we had lost 7 out of 11.
Anyway your dream has been shattered by a late Tomkins try for Wiggin!