How have we managed to be only two points behind Hull put with a PD 174 worse, almost twelve points per game?

At the moment I would say you are a fair bit off top 8 standard. Some good signs today of it was a bit laboured at times.

2 points is a fair bit off the play offs? Massive gulf that to over turn with over half a season left!

Your opinion counts for zero the number of competition points on the table counts for everything. It must really grate on you that however bad the Bulls have been this year we are only 1 win and a draw (due to the points difference) off the play off places!

Whatever happens this year right now we are 2 points off a play off spot - FACT!

And 174pd.

It would be nice if this was the start of a good run! Friday is a big game.

The thing that strikes me is the fact that we could qualify for the play offs in eighth, and be in the same play off competition as Wigan, Warrington and Huddersfield, who in reality are in a different league entirely.

IF... we were to beat Quins and KR were to beat FC in the derby, that would leave matters in our own hands - level with FC, a point ahead of KR and with both due to visit Odsal.

Appreciate that some really don't like the crystal ball gazing, but I think it's useful to know where we stand and what the possibilities are. Short version is, pull our collective finger out of our collective backsides and we could have a very pleasing nothing to lose date at Headingley in September.

That's true enough and some teams, like the ones from position 4 to 8, are there basically to make up the numbers and give some (hopefully) good games for the Sky viewers. It was ever thus. Even when we only had the top five in the mix. I guess the biggest difference for us, is that now we are one of teams making up the numbers..........and that's only if we pull our socks up and get a bit of luck!

One fly in the ointment: FC have a pretty soft run-in, with seven winnable games (not including their visit to Odsal). Even if we were to beat them, given the PD situation we might have to win a further seven to finish above them.

Tbf, this is a decent advert for the play-off system. Every game counts. Looking at the fixture list, only the games at Wigan and Wire look like write-offs, and after KR two years ago, you never know...

Lets hope it doesn't come down to us relying on Saints to win their last very winnable game at home again...

It will be a damning indictment on the overall standard of super league if we get into the play-offs. This is the worst Bradford team i've watched in the last 30 years. The fact that almost half the league could potentially finish below us is a very sad state of affairs!

Worse than 1991? Or 1995?

This team will have to win two thirds of its remaining games to make the eight, if it does so I would say it deserves to be there in the mix. And them it will either be knocked out or progress, and whichever of those it does, it will probably deserve that too.

Yes, in 91 we finished in the top half winning more than we lost and got to the Regal trophy final and in 95 we also finished in the top half winning 5 more than we lost!