Taking the Wakefield games out of it, there's only the York (A) and Widnes (A) game for me where it sounded like we weren't within a sniff realistically.

Widnes (H) 13-14 - better game management would have seen us win
Batley (A) 21-20 - as above
Toulouse (A) 12-12 - arguably a fair result?
Barrow (A) 24-24 - better game management would have seen us win
Fev (H) 21-22 - as above

If you were to add those 7 points to our tally, we'd be comfortably 2nd!

I know its all ifs and buts; think what I'm trying to say is there are some positives to build on though the results are disappointing....

Initially, his past raised some concerns, but Nigel has proven to be an invaluable asset. His leadership and strategic vision have not only stabilised the club but also propelled us up the table. Under his guidance, our performances have improved, leading to increased profitability and new investors and a renewed sense of stability within the club. He has his critics, and rightly so, but he's done a decent job so far at Odsal.

I for one agree with BullPen, we’ve had a very good season so far, yes we’ve had a few poor results but almost every team has them, we’ve made some terrific signings this season a lot better than I could have imagined.
We’ve had our fair share of injuries, and we’ve been reliant on a few key individuals who are now feeling the strain.
Hopefully if we can get a few back we can have a good crack at the playoffs.
As for social media, I don’t partake and think it does a lot more harm than good these days.

I would imagine we are among the top 3 spenders in the league as well, so we are probably about where we should be. The positions from 2-6 are extremely tight at the moment so I'd imagine we will need at least 4 wins from 5 to stay there. If we can go on a bit of a run we might have an outside chance of 2nd place as Toulouse are also inconsistent.

The biggest banana skin game I see is Fax away, they will throw absolutely everything at that game to get a result in their final home game of the season.

Last I heard Bulls had the 5th highest budget, Sheffield had 3rd highest believe it or not. Bulls probably not far off, but by no means underachieving, just bloody annoying!

Annoying yes, the end of the world no.
This was a point I was making earlier in the thread around better game management.

Frustrating as it is, sometimes you have to suffer those to learn and lock in the mental toughness to see out a result. I'm sure the recruitment for 2025 has some of this in mind and I've no doubt this element of our game will be a topic in the post season review and the pre season build up.

I guess you need to look at where we are at a macro level, rather than a micro level.
The curve in the last 2-4 years is definitely on an upward trajectory.

Bumps in the road? Yes. Need to make wholesale changes? No.