Oh my word. WTAF?

You'll jump back into the 8 this weekend. Can't see you losing to Wakey twice and looking at our team at the final hooter on Tuesday we have no chance against a fresh Hudds team away. Could see that being a load of kids and a Wigan away type result being on the cards.

I think we still need 2 wins to make the 8 including the derby. Will be an interesting run in.

Looking more and more likely that the derby will be a shoot out to see who finishes in the top 8 and I dont fancy our chances at Craven Park.

I can only see one possible win from the remaining games.
I'm fed up to the back teeth of the same bollox week after week the same reasons and excuses from Radford it's clear he hasn't got a clue how to rectify the same reoccurring problems.
How can he honestly believe we will still make the top 8?
Middle 8's for me I think and for a club our size with our resources on top of last season I've had enough and definitely won't be going Sunday.
Wish Radford would do the decent thing for the good of the club and resign.
There's been many many lows over the last 2 seasons which have ruined my support and enjoyment for this club and last night really was the cherry.

Disagree. Ellis, Pryce, Mini, Talanoa all out. Shouldn't make a difference but it will. Home form is poor as well. We're done.

Still think you'll have enough. If Smith and Kirmond come back for them it might make it a bit tougher but home advantage and less fresh Wakey will tip the balance. Think it'll be a reasonably comfortable one. Not sure on the extent of Ellis's injury but if he's out for a period of time then that'll be a major blow to you, he's been head and shoulders your best player in every game I've seen you play this year.

We need to swap places with Rovers which means them losing and us winning. Hudds isn't an easy game and we might even turn up and beat Wakey. but we're still into matching or beating Rovers' results after that. At the moment I can't see that happening.

If we were to win this really exciting race to be 8th out of 12, do we all then look forward to 7 completely meaningless games against the top 7 teams?

I can't bloody wait!!!

I've thought that for a while, we have 2 sets of paying supporters that are striving to have there seasons effectively over and finished in 4 weeks time. I posted earlier that the middle 8 (as apposed to finishing 7th or 8th) will be a far better spectacle to be involved in, just a risky place to be if it all goes wrong.

Dont forget "every second counts"

Absolutely. Finish 8th and we can pack up and all go home. It's a very poor structure.

I think it will all come down to the derby. We have a significantly worse points difference than both you and Wire so the pressure will be on us to get the derby win. To be honest I'm not too worried. None of our teams will be in with a shout of the GF and I don't think any of them would come unstuck in the middle 8s either.

It does according to Hetherington and the muppets from the RFL.

Must finish in the top 8, even if we get beat most weeks, makes recruitment and retention easier and you can plan for the year after, also more money from TV, advertising and gates.

I wouldn't be massively confident of finishing in the top 3 of the middle 8's and I just couldn't take a play off game, if we didn't come back up that could potentially finish the club.

I think we will win on Sunday and we must try and get back to playing like we did in May.

Or Pearsons thoughts, "every second costs"

how about a F1 style finish, 4 for a win and 2 for a draw in the super 8's?

I think that you'll still make the eight, with Warrington dropping out.

I agree that is probably our best hope.

The derby is increasingly looking like a knockout game with the loser moving into the middle eights. As if we need any more pressure heaped onto a derby.

Looking almost certain at the moment the way Warrington are playing.

Warrington 13-0 up v Wigan at half time.

Warrington on paper still a class above Hull.

Doesnt look like it and Warrington have had a shorter turnaround .

I reckon we could lose to Rovers and still make the 8, I think we are very capable of winning all 3 home games, we just need to find some form and confidence, a win this weekend will help that.

I agree, I posted something similar a few weeks back. Finishing 8th just means we would be safe in SL for another year. How many of those super 8 games would we win? No chance of making the top 4.