We're in a false position. If we'd had a training ground and a nigh on full strength squad for just a couple of the first 20 matches, we'd be comfortably in the top 8. Nobody will beat us

Your not in a false position everybody has had injuries and I don't buy the training ground been a major factor in were you are you haven't been good enough simple one thing I do agree with is that you'll sail through probably losing 1 at most

i meant they too normally ask to have a month playing away to have the pitch reseeded

The other Super League teams fixtures at the moment (still Championship games to be decided)

SALFORD - HKR, Hudds, Bradford, London (H)......Leeds, Leigh. Batley (A)

HKR - Hudds, Leigh, Batley (H)......Leeds, Salford, Bradford, London (A)

HUDDS - Leeds, Bradford, London (H).......HKR, Salford, Batley, Leigh (A)

Personally looking at that I think HKR have it trickiest. Only three home games and two of them are Hudds and Leigh which won't be easy, just one loss and it leaves them in a spot of bother needing a couple of away wins that don't look easy. Winning against them on Thursday looks very significant now. Also for the same reason Hudds really need to beat us at their place which is possible but isn't a gimme either, otherwise they need to travel well.....the advantage of the extra home game really is noticeable when you look at those fixtures.

Apologises, but apparently they will be away anyways as Hudds Town are playing at home that weekend.

As do Leigh.

Then your wonder why people don't like Leeds with comments like this.
In the words of k k I would love it if we beat um.

Of course we're in a false position. We've won 5 out of 6 including Hull and Wigan who were top at the time. We are the form side. The backs had not trained with the forwards until the Wakey away game. Apart from Stevie Ward (maybe McGuire and Moon), we are at full strength. Something we haven't been all season. It's a title winning side now at the wrong end of the table.

We should treat all these games as knock out cup matches in which we have a reasonable history.

A title winning side without a strong 6 (or 13).

Not requesting who we play, but the order in which they are played. Staring out by playing three SL teams on the bounce didn't do us any favours last time around. Our pitch was re-laid in June - and it looks very good too.

The key phase in the season was the easter period. The season was at a crossroads. Win the games at easter (all winnable with our form and team at the time) and we put ourselves in a position at that stage of the season where we could challenge top 4. Instead we lost the games, all of them. Which took us down the route of battling to get out of the bottom 2 and into the top8. From there injuries and poor confidence compounded and it's been a struggle ever since.

Interestingly hull went totally the other way. After a decent few games to start they'd fallen back and at easter were down a big score to Hull KR, but then they came back to win the game. Over something like the next 16 games they only lost one (against us) which catapulted them to the top and the CC semi. Their season is built on that run, which start with the derby day comeback. If they'd lost they could have just as easily slid into mid table mediocrity again.