Looking at that list i can see you getting 5 more wins.
Crusaders h
Wakey a
Cas a
Quins a
salford h

The saving grace may depend on what happens to teams in the CC and whether that will affect the form of teams who are still in it.

If they rest players or pick up injuries you might win more.

Whilst we are getting ahead of ourselves, Wigan away is the week before the CC final. If they get there, and we need it - could be our first "big club" defeat in ages (if Leeds away isn't!)

Unbeaten till the play-offs? Will give us good momentum but I fear it may lead to complacency at Old Trafford.

I think this will be the "anti-wire" if we are comparing to last year. The game last year was the catalyst to a grim run of form - this year we have already had this and I hope it is a catalyst for something better. They did look gutted at the end - but they all stuck together and the team huddle followed by the appreciation to the fans was "look, we're better than we have been and this proves it" rather than a "that's all folks" dropping of the heads. Might just be blind faith on my part though

Why not?

It's happend before (2005).

Yeh I mentioned that on another thread and agree its a good sign. There were other points during the game aswell where you could see alot more talk going on off the ball in defense and attack, backslapping all that stuff. L'estrange was all over the place motivating people. Great intensity in defence for nearly the whole 80 mins too.

Got to hope the desire today wasn't because it was the cup and seen as their only chance at silverware and was instead the turning point we all want. Next week is now a massive game for us, need to get some momentum.

Some of the posts here are way too optimistic off the back of one good performance, we still lost, but I do think the play offs are doable if the team turnout with the same mentality as today.

L'estrange is an absolute revelation. So much passion. I have a lot of time for Diskin, but Heath is a genuine game breaker, running about 40 yards to be the first in a scrum. Most excitable man since Zane Lowe discovered Red Bull

I rekon we could do Saints at Home, it's the same weekend as England vs Exiles.

I'll go along with that!
I think the players going into a huddle before they came over to the fans seems to show there is clearly a spirit there and maybe a statement of intent. I'm filled with renewed hope after that showing, I know one swallow etc etc but they've shown they can do it for the first time in ages.

Also we could beat Warrington as it is the week after the QF and the week before the Semis. Also if Wigan beat Warrington and progress to te Final then our game against Wigan is the week before Final. Also beating Saints is a possibility as they will have half the team playing for England or Exiles.

And if my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle.

One match at a time, I suggest!

problem with that is any of teams youve mentioned could put out a weakened team and still be a big challenge for us unless we improve rapidly.

I watched the Bulls players after the game. They were clearly sickened to lose, but the togetherness and spirit was there for anyone to see.

I thought L'Estrange was MOM by miles, but Langley was outstanding on his return. Jeffires made a big difference. he and l'Estrange moved the Bulls around the park better than at any time this season.

Mistakes were cut down, sets were finished better and there was a real hunger to take the ball up and close the gaps.

On that showing, and with plenty of players to come back, the Bulls should make the 8.

I reckon, looking at past seasons, and the position and fixtures of the teams around us, we need 16 points from 13 games to make the 8. However, we have to start to make a serious charge SOMEWHERE and as it happens, our next 2 games represent our last chance saloon, Salford at home, and Quins away. We 100% definitely need to win both. And we have no clue whether good Bulls or bad Bulls will turn up.

If we lose either of those then the task is in my view too great.

If we speculate that these two wins did in fact materialise, then the outlook would seem different. We would be left needing 12 points from 11 games. Now THAT is do-able, and we could conceivably sneak in with a point or so less.

Of course the reality is that we will win all our remaining games, but I mention the above just for completeness

Right I have been hard at work all day looking at our remaining fixtures and I think that 25 points would be just about enough to claim 7th/8th.

To reach that target we need to win eight of the last thirteen games.

So if we throw away the games against:

St Helens (H)
Huddersfield (H)
Warrington (A)
Wigan (A)

That means we can only afford to lose one more game and the following games I would say are far from easy:

Hull FC (H)
Leeds (A)
Castleford (A)
Catalans (H)

I still think we'll fall about three/four points short but we'll finish with more points than we did last year.

Meaning Potter has improved the team