Quote: Bullseye "I’m sure Ferguson said in the T&A he was fully fit only a few weeks ago. He’s not been risked in any of the friendlies though. I hope he’s ok.
It’s a long season so I don’t think it’s a “must win” game. As has been said before the team finishing 2nd may actually get a better draw in the middle eight and someone also mentioned 2005 when we started off by losing away at Widnes but finished winning the GF. It’s how you finish that counts. That said it is important we give a good account of ourselves as the club is on the up and will want to maintain that momentum. Getting well beaten wouldn’t be good.
I think it’ll be close. It’ll be interesting to see how we handle it. Our game management has been pretty shocking over the past few years but with so many new players we will hopefully see a change in that.'"
In terms of the actual table, it's not a big game, really. We only need to finish in the top four and it'll be our results against the smaller clubs that ensure (or otherwise) that we do that.
However, in terms of the season and how it pans out, I'd say it is a big game. I don't suspect for one moment that any team will go unbeaten, but one club at least will dominate this league - and the nature of how they do this will pile the pressure onto any struggling SL clubs come the middle 8.
If we've all lost 5 or 6 games, the SL clubs will have the confidence to swat us all away, but if a team or two are really dominant, they'll be cacking it - especially if any of them have had a mid-season fire sale.