I don't see Widnes at home as 'very winnable' and I'd say we're underdogs against Salford. I agree with Sensie, next week is pivotal.

Sounds like a good start.

Big test will be on Saturday against SL opposition - should be an interesting one for sure

Not saying w'ere favourites, but i firmly believe we'll be in with a shout in both those games. Widnes's struggles on grass were evident again yesterday (Taking nothing away from Fax)
Also no one has any idea which Salford side will turn up.

Well they all count for 2 points at the end of the day but we're probably going to be fighting for 3/4/5 spots with the likes of Wakefield so a win would be massive. Make no mistake, Wakefield will be fighting for their lives on Sat and we'll have to be very good to get another win. We have enough quality in our side to get the job done though, so the players should be confident.

Certainty is. Also, if Leigh lose to Salford and Wakefield lose to us, they'll both be on 0 points and they play [ieach other[/i next week. It's a long way back for the loser of that one if results go our way.

Saturday is probably more important for Wakefield than us and there'll be more pressure on them. If they lose, their chances at finishing top 3 are all but gone IMO. If we lose, we still have the Halifax game, and 2 home games against a very unpredictable Salford and a Widnes team hardly comfortable on grass. Not saying they'll be easy games, but I think we have a good chance. I think we're very capable of winning at Leigh too.

Tend to agree with this.

This it's important to play our game and be competitive. Though they finished bottom, they have improved and are at home.

A solid performance to build confidence and take in to the rest of the comp is all I'm looking at - a win would be a massive boost (and certainly not beyond us)

Only 2 bookies (Sky and Hills) with prices up at the moment and we are +8 with Sky and +6 with hills. Basically that means the layers can't separate the teams, and so give Wakey a single try favouritism for being at home.

Must say the way we played with Gaskell back, the 8 points start is very tempting.

It may come down to the desire to want it more.

Sure Jimmy will have them fired up.....

If they need to be 'fired up' by the coach at this stage of the season, there's something amiss, imo.

Replace "fired up" with "instilled with self-belief" and I agree. Lowes has to make them believe that they are better and that they can do it.

Had a quick look at the stats on SL site for this game (Been a while since we had this privilege). Jay Pitts take a bow. Made almost double the amount of tackles (42) than our next player (Sidlow 24) Missed one all game. Also that hit on Knowles was a beauty.

Unsung hero for us is Pitts. Always has at least has an 7 or 8 out of 10 game. In fact i can't remember him having a poor game all year.

Take your point.....but sometimes that motivational speech just before you go out there can have a big impact.

Self belief and a desire to "bleed and die" for your "brother" on the battle field is very powerful

Very impressive stats those. To attempt 43 tackles, and only miss 1 of them, is very efficient. He's our best option at Loose Forward for me.

Clough's stats are impressive too. 21 tackles, none missed, and ran for 104 metres.

If we beat Wakey, then we basically need 2 more wins to be at least in the playoff game. That is very do-able. If we lose, we likely need 3 wins from 5 and that is hard. So the team will never have a bigger incentive to motivate them than this game.

Anyone got a link to the stats from the Sheffield game?