I put £20 on us to be top of the pile at the end of the year. After studying our main rivals' games, we have a massive chance to achieve the top spot. Sod the hubcap, I want a WCC game and a Grand Final place.

Shame Rovers didn't do us a favour and put Catalans a bit more distant but hey ho.

On the subject of them, what a shambles of a club - they get a young kid to hop on a plane hours after playing one game to play for the first team, yet Cramp-easy is sat at home with a Cornetto and a bottle of Vimto like a poor ickle soldier.

Peacock is now scanning his contract for a get-out clause.

I'm enjoying this season, not because of where we are but because of where others are....namely the usual suspects.
If we beat Saints next up that puts a bit of daylight between 4th and 5th with only Wigan being an almost consistent SL top 4 team.

If it stood like this now
Hull v Wigan
Wire v Catalans I'd have loved to have seen the odds for that in January.

Those putting a bet on FC finishing the regular season above Rovers probably didn't expect a pay out in May.

Are people forgetting that the league season ends after 30 games, not 23? You don't get the LLS until then. Being top after 23 rounds means nothing. No trophy. No WCS. Literally nothing.

The league continues with the bottom four eliminated.

An interesting side note though, the LLS has been won by a different club every year for the last 5 years:
2011 - Warrington
2012 - Wigan
2013 - Huddersfield
2014 - Saints
2015 - Leeds
2016 - Hull/Catalans?...

Maybe the league isn't as predictable as some people think...

Quote ="Wellsy13"Are people forgetting that the league season ends after 30 games, not 23? You don't get the LLS until then. Being top after 23 rounds means nothing. No trophy. No WCS. Literally nothing. The league continues with the bottom four eliminated.'" True enough. But regular season betting I think is based on 23 rounds https://m.skybet.com/rugby-league/super ... t/18413321

Quote ="Wellsy13"Are people forgetting that the league season ends after 30 games, not 23? You don't get the LLS until then. Being top after 23 rounds means nothing. No trophy. No WCS. Literally nothing. The league continues with the bottom four eliminated.'" True enough. But regular season betting I think is based on 23 rounds https://m.skybet.com/rugby-league/super ... t/18413321

This thread is rammed with examples showing that nobody is forgetting anything. Would you like a stepladder to get down from that horse?

People are simply enjoying the ride, rather unsurprisingly.

means nothing? finishing top after 23 rounds means you have a far better chance finishing top 4 after 30 rounds than you would finishing 6,7 or 8th

i noticed on cas tigers other forum, some of their fans now want points to be reset to zero after 23 rounds! i bet they weren't thinking that last season!

I heard that a bit last year but if you reset the points after the 23 rounds then teams that were far ahead at the top would ease off and surely games would be more boring, less entertaining. Plus, resetting the points means that teams at the top aren't being rewarded for playing well for most of the season.

Correct. Most enjoyable season for a decade so far. Even if/when it goes tits up, the scale of our unexpected quality up to the end of May has been marvellous and provided some great moments to savour.

Table shaping up a bit with 7 games left. Gap between 4th and 5th, and 8th/9th. Intrigued to see whether Salford get points back or get more taken off when their appeal is heard.

If we beat Widnes next weekend and Warrington beat Saints then we would be eight clear of fifth with just six games remaining before the split. Four homes games in the Super 8s is a big advantage notwithstanding our generally good away form so far.

Certainly looking very likely that Rovers, Huddersfield and Leeds will all drop to the middles eights which is remarkable.

Hudds and Leeds certainly is.

Wigan could be missing a couple of key players for a while if the rumors are to be believed .

Our last four games before the split are against the current bottom four. Looked a tough run in at the start of the season.

What rumours?

Doubt it. If they were fringe players maybe.

sounds bad as well not just handbags

No names mentioned but venture on Twitter or even the RL banter page on FB and you'll find out. Both integral players one of which has been the best player in that side this season.

Im not naming them but both will be big losses to Wigan .

if its who I have heard one will be a massive loss the other no great loss,

SPOT ON

If it's as bad as it seems to be , He could be looking at shower time at Strangeways , Nevermind a club disciplinary .