It’s not mutually exclusive. If we do make the 5 I’d still like to think certain players cards are marked and we have a few more signings lined up. We’re clearly still some way behind the competition’s benchmark side.

Having said that, stranger things have happened and Saints aren’t invincible in a one-off game.

Still lots of hard work to do. Let's get next week out of the way. Win that and pressure will be much reduced

Already looking forward to it. So many ex Leeds connections there, they’ll bust a gut to stick it to us.

We need to play a bit smarter than tonight.

Are you now saying relegation isn't a threat??? Lol.

That Hull KR match will be a tough game.
We need to put a massive effort into it.
Looking at the fixtures we play Hull fc at home a week before their cup semi and presuming Saints beat fax we play Saints at home a week before the final.
I think the top 5 is probably unachievable but the fixtures are definitely in our favour now.
Our defense looks good, if we can improve our attack then we will give ourselves a chance.

There is almost nothing between the teams battling relegation and the teams fighting for a playoff spot this year.

A win against Hull kr on Friday will see us leave the relegation battle and join the race for the playoffs.

Let’s not get carried away here fellas, we’ve been shoite most of the season and are still far from out of the woods yet.

One thing at a time.

Don't want to put a downer on the great win last night but let's not get carried away, one game at a time. Looking back a week or two we were all ready to accept safety and I haven't changed on this view. KR next week and the way this league has played anyone can beat anyone, possibly with the exception of stains and dire

Agree. If we cop a key injury or two we could be back in the mix again too.

Never known a season like this to be fair, in terms of how equal/ equally inconsistent the lower sides are.

What I will say is that we’ll be safe if we can keep the attitude of the last two or three weeks, our squad is now better than relegation.

It would be very interesting to see how it pans out. Wigan were in the more with us, and have put a real run together. They're an outside bet for a run in the playoffs

Confidence and momentum are powerful things

May be adding 2 and 2 and making 5 here, but the team spirit seems extremely high just after we've got rid of a couple of supposed "bad eggs".

Attitude is such an important aspect of this game and I honestly don't think KS will stand for a bad one, and rightly so.

Yep, I was wondering about that. So who exactly are we talking about?

Lolohea - gives the impression of being a bad trainer, rumoured bad attitude off-field. Probably on relatively big money. Something between him and Singleton (not been a huge fan of his this season, but probably a popular player in the squad?).

Parcell - must have been unhappy being displaced by Dwyer and with his mate Garbutt leaving.

Watkins - perhaps unfairly carrying too much expectation coming back from injury, with the captaincy etc. Can't have been happy with his treatment towards the end. While his efforts on the field were unquestionable, could he have been part of a negative culture off-field?

To be fair we started showing a bit of spirit at Wakey and Watkins, Lolohea and Parcell was still Leeds players.

In fact I think one of these "bad eggs" scored a 70m try and another "bad egg" made 50 tackles in the win.

Catalans winning puts us 6 points from the playoffs now.

Wouldn't it be fun though if we did do the unthinkable? Remember 2011 and 2012 winning from 5th and they all had the cheek to call us whinos