Wakey didnt have Tonga,Higham,Hock,Higson,Hansen,Clare and Ridyard to call on though
PS : Also, Weston and Green

Paul McShane had already signed for Cas for the following season, Dean Collis and Micky Peua asked to be released along with a couple more, if you add those to our injuries at the time plus add those extra bodies to the squad we needed to compete in the middle eight's like you say you do, that just about leaves us in the same situation as you, except maybe you don't have players wanting to leave as we had, and we certainly did not have the same numbers as you have with the players, maybe now that you can see for yourself the problems you have, you might not be as quick to criticise us.

We have 5 grand finals coming up..... all the games we can potentially win ... I might put a cheeky bet on Leigh to stay up without going in the bottom 8s

So in a nutshell over the last 5 rounds and assuming the giants lose their game in hand, we have to....

Match Widnes AND Win 1 more than Wire AND Win 2 more than Catalan AND win 2 or maybe 3 more than the Giants.

Easy......win at least 3 of our last 5 but will possibly need 4 or probably all 5

The beauty is Derek,we play them all,making each game a 4 pointer. The two teams above Hudds could yet fall into the equation.You couldn't write it.

We won't get in super 8s we are in the middle 8s

I can 100% assure you of the fact we will be in the Super 8's.

How much you want to bet

Atomic, what are you using?

What's important is the team going into the middle 8's with the belief that they can beat whoever is put up against them and after the last couple of wins I think their confidence will be sky high.

Indeed - and as frustrating injuries etc have been a good number of players will be relatively fresh for the 8s, which can't do us any harm at all. Majority will be back for the game after Cats, which gives us a few games to gel

It'll be another season when the middle 8's will be far more exciting and intriguing than anything happening at the top, bar seeing if Cas can actually get some IMO deserved silverware when all's said and done.

You can feel it building watching the Leigh lads and the truly remarkable performance against Wigan made everyone sit up - yes there were two maybe tries, but once they had the bit in their teeth it was magical to watch. I don't think you can call it, but someone has to get into the top 8 and it could be Leigh.I suspect they will have to go through the pain of the middle 8, however the way they are playing now makes me more confident that they will survive

I've got to say I love the middle 8's and the excitement last year was up with there with any of the best games I've ever seen. Obviously we're coming at it from a different angle this year but it will still be as exciting.

How can you 100% assure anyone that Leigh will be in the Super 8's atomic
*For the sake of pedantry* 'there are no Middle 8's'.

Super 8's
Qualifying 8's
Championship Shield

Leigh will be in the Q8's.

Just to add more pedantry, isn't it called, Super 8s - The Qualifiers. Hence the 100% guarantee we would be in the Super 8s?