I always feel it’s better to wait a few days after a game before posting and let the emotion die down. After the game Thursday I said it was look increasingly difficult to see us pulling a Grand Final win out the bag but after this weekends results there is no reason why can’t raise ourselves to get through two games. There isn’t a team in the league who scares the life out of you other then ‘at times’ this Saints side. If we got to an 80 minute shoot out with them at Old Trafford our experience would put us in a strong position and I only need to think back to Good Friday to see that they’re not unbeatable even at full strength. We should’ve beat them that day minus our most creative player in Tomkins and we would be playing with a lot of emotion. You also don’t know what shape a Saints side would be in come that point, after what you’d imagine will be a Cup Final appearance.

We need a change of luck on the injury front and we’ll need to build some momentum at some point but I’ve seem far bigger shocks in sport.

Wigan, Cas and Wire pushing for that 2nd spot will be the only fun bit of the Super 8s. Suppose us 3 still have something to play for unlike the other 5.

Don't like travelling to you guys. Think the fixtures look pretty tide for you. You should have a 1 point advantage on us for Super 8s

Ours (if we win tomorrow vs Widnes will be)

Home:
Warrington - Huddersfield - Wakefield - Catalan
Away:
Saints - Wigan - Hull

4 winnable home games for us but 3 very tough away games.

I wouldn't say Hull away is a tough one - they are the side currently imploding, and with nothing to play for in the next 7 games, what is there to motivate a group who have got into a losing mentality?

I agree that the only interest left in the Super 8 season is who will get the other home semi-final. I expect Wigan, Cas & Wire to be on sky sports pretty much every week.

Also, three of the eight teams groundshare with professional football clubs. Looking at the fixtures for Hull City, Wigan Athletic & Huddersfield Town and assuming SL will not want to create a fixture clash situation, means that we will host Hull on the weekend of either 1 or 29 Sep, and travel to Huddersfield on either 18 Aug or 22 Sep.

Free weekends at the DW are 11 Aug, 8 Sep, 15 Sep, 29 Sep.
Free weekends at the John Smiths are 18 Aug, 1 Sep, 8 Sep, 22 Sep
Free weekends at the KCom are 11 Aug, 8 Sep, 22 Sep.

If my logic prevails, and Saints get to Wembley, then it means we have a 66% chance of playing them the weekend before the cup final or the weekend after.

The 4 home fixtures are frid 10aug castleford, thurs 6 sept Wakefield, frid 14 sept Warrington, frid 28 sept hull.

The 4 home fixtures are frid 10aug castleford, thurs 6 sept Wakefield, frid 14 sept Warrington, frid 28 sept hull.

I think it’s become very tough to call with teams having a rather dramatic upsurge in form or to the other extreme in that form has gone down the toilet.

In my heart of hearts I’d say us making the GF is unlikely, given our issues. But you can’t predict anything and I would of course be happy to make the GF (even if I’m bloody working on GF night! )