I'd much rather we make the grand final and lose than not get there to be honest. I don't think we can win if we get there at the minute as we don't have the halves for it, but its a one off game and anything can happen so its surely better to have the chance.

Never mind GF talk, I’m really not sure we’ll make the top4.

Our record against the other top8 sides this season is:
W8 D1 L8

And our current form is bobbins. Last six games:
W2 D1 L3

There are five games to go and at that^ rate we may get two, possibly three wins. That would take it to the wire with Huddersfield who can’t stop winning. The game against them is the key!


As for the OP talking about our deficiencies...
Half backs are poor, second row is poor (in attack our second rowers bring absolutely nothing to the table), size and pace in the pack is poor and lacks numbers.

Also we lack a proper leader and captain. I’d go as far to say that we should sell Chris Hill in the Winter and buy someone else. I don’t ‘get him’ anymore, don’t know what he’s about. He used to be a hard grafter with a good passing game, these days I’m not sure what he is, but he’s not a leader and he’s too niggly. I think he needs a fresh start somewhere else and we need a new #8, captain and main go-forward man.

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if we go through our final five games with 2 wins and 3 defeats with Huddersfield pipping is to fourth. I think we’re quite an average team with just a few top class players.

Correct.............

But its a big Jigsaw to build, Only 4 out of Saturdays Final would make it into the 2010 winning team, not including the 2 that are still playing

our 2010 CC final
Mathers < Ratchford
Hicks
King
Atkins
Riley < Charnley
Briers
Monaghan
Morley
Clarke < Clark
Carvell
L. Anderson
Westwood
Harrison.

subs:
Wood
Solomona
Higham
V. Anderson. < Murdoch Masila

Can't disagree with any of those ratings, biscuit, but the quality of those players (and players at other SL clubs in that era) [iwalk all over[/i what we see in stadia or on TV, these days.

....and that's exactly why nothing is impossible. We CAN win SL. Saints look a shadow of what they were, pre July. Wigan can blow hot or cold, just like us and Cas. A late run of form for Cats and Hudds may we'll leave them a tad short.

Yes, we're a shadow of where we were, 6-8 years ago, but that shouldn't stop us.

Be positive. Despite the last month or so, WE CAN STILL DO IT ( rest assured, Mrs Goldblatt's housekeeping money won't be going anywhere near a Ladbrokes, though..... I'm not THAT confident)