You think we will beat Huddersfield and not Leeds?

Well, not really; my default brain mode is to expect that we will win every game. I have been doing this for eyfdwuqetfduw years. But having had to swallow a healthy dollop of realism for the purpose of my arithmetic, I reckon that realistically perhaps we may win one of those games but not both; and it doesn't really matter which, as neither are rivals for our top 8 spot.

But of COURSE we'll whup the bloody Whinos!

Cas to have a a stinker, eh? Suspect they'll put more than one win on the board but it might not be a lot more.

Can only viably see 6 wins amongst the above. None of which against the Wigan to Wire games.

Defo need to bookmark this thread, to see who ends up with bragging rights?

My forecast? Haven't got a fekking clue. Depends which Bulls team turns up for each match, and what further injuries we have. If the team they CAN be turns up, and we avoid undue further injuries, we will be in the eight and maybe not just eighth. If the team we have seen they ALSO can be turns up, and we pick up more injuries (announced and unannounced) to key players, we'll be grubbing for the droppings at the bottom of the pond.

At the start of the year, I DID forecast a slow start but then gradually picking up more wins as the team gelled and the advantage of a bigger squad started to tell as injuries mount across the competition. On balance, despite "slow" start actually being "dreadful", I am still sticking with that prognosis as it stands now.

The biggest concern as a game is the growing number of serious injuries for each team, with likely, an average of around 6 front liners missing for each game for many teams.

That the RFL haven't undertaken an injury audit for it's athletes is embarrassing at best. Albeit if it was carried out by the same bunch of jokers who assess the salary cap then they will report a full bill of health for every club.

FA, theres only four results I would change on your spreadsheet,

Bulls to lose to Hudds, Cas to beat Wakey, Cas to beat Hull KR and Hull to beat Cas.

Meaning the table would be

6. Leeds 33
7. Hull 25
8. Bulls 25 (due to our terrible PD)

9. Cas 21
10. Hull KR 20
11. Salford 18

I have to say that these sorts of discussions make me smile

Results simply aren't that predictable, especially this season e.g Catalans winning at Warrington when they'd hardly won a game at that point, Crusaders walloping Huddersfield at Easter. Even Cats beating Wigan on Saturday was not really expected

There'll be loads of twists and turns, odd results and things that no-one expects. I'd not at all be surprised to see us turn over Saints, then blow it against Hull the following week...

TBF, the consensus on the equivalent threads last time out was pretty much correct - pipped at the post in '09.

Yes there will be twists and turns but chances are they will even themselves out. These threads are just an attempt to incorporate the fixtures yet to be played into the league table n order to give a better picture of where everyone stands right now.

So not really much changed from rlhererl then. Bar of course the catalans surprising a few of us.

I suppose one way of looking at it is that if we manage to beat Hull, then no other results matter, as long as in the rest of our games we total no worse than them , KR or Salford.

And even then, a collapse by Cas could get us out of the mire..

another important weekend with another must win to get near Hull in the table and possibly back to 8th IF all other results went for us.

If we can beat Hull it will be great for us, also gives us a 4 match unbeaten streak (and confidence) going into Leeds game. Hope we smash Hull then take apart Leeds.

I would be happy with one out of the two, especially Leeds, but a win against Hull would be a banker as you say four unbeaten and a bit of momentum going

looks like you will need to beat Hull to stand a chance of play offs. 6 behind us with a much worse GD so you basically got to win 4 more than us in 10 games so i think sunday is a must win for you.