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We'll put a run together to finish the season but not one good enough to get us 3rd.

Depending on results, we could be 5th this time next week, that's looking a lot better than just a couple of weeks ago.

And that's why the stupid results at Celtic, Hull and at home v Saints, Wakefield, HKR and Cas are so annoying.

Catalan are winning 19 -12 with 3 minutes to go.

I started a thread the other day saying if we win our next 3 games of which we have already won one against Quins then we could be in 5th already. There are no games left which we cannot win. It has not been the best season but we always finish strong under Brian Noble. With abit of luck this year we could be right up there come the play-offs.

This season is not over although it is SO FAR a poor one.

Alot of teams are starting to fade, Hull KR, Quins, Wakey and Hudds who are all above us.

I am still confident we can shake this competition up abit this season.

I agree but it is crap isn't it? I was shocked how poor Quins were on Friday. The old "standard of SL" thread springs to mind.



Depends what you mean by that. Does shaking the competition up mean being the best of a very poor lot (Us, Hull KR, Quins, Wakey and Hudds) or actually beating Leeds or Saints in the play offs to at least get to the GF?

As far as I am concerned playing 2nd fiddle to Leeds and Saints does not equate to shaking this competition up.

Dave

No!! great if we did.

I said 4th or 5th and I stand by it. Injuries may take its toll though.

Let's have a look at the table in three weeks.

Wakefields next three games are Huddersfield away, Leeds home and Saints away

5th at best - a win against Catalans at home next week would set us up nicely (not a given by any means in terms of injuries) but then we have a very tough run of fixtures - Bradford (away), Leeds (home), Saints (away), Warrington (semi), Warrington (home).

6 wins could make our season, 6 defeats could break our season - I'd be happy if we managed 4 wins including the semi, but given our inconsistency and injuries that may be beyond us.

NOt a chance of third without T Smith and more importantly Mcilorum and Lockers..

Lockers has been immense and we only have to look at the celtics game to see how we play without him.. Big loss .......

he is back for the semi..

Agreed, Lockers in a huge loss - been our best player this season by an absolute mile - he seemed to have regained his gamebreaking ability and some of the pace that appeared to have gone with the knee injuries and that added to his undoubted quality / workrate in defence makes him invaluable - the best 13 in the British game at present.

McIllorum is a shame, but an absence that could be accommodated by moving TL to hooker on the interchange, ST to scrum half and giving Gleeson a run at stand off. Added bonus of then giving Pryce a run in the team from the bench, which I think will help him kick on - there were a few positive signs on Friday, especially in his one on one defence which has improved markedly.

T Smith is an enigma, I can't decide whether him being missing is a good thing or a bad thing. He can be unplayable on his day with his range of passing and organisation (i.e, the masterclass at Murrayfield), but can also be appalling and lose games single handedly with poor decision making and terrible defence. Also his presence keeps ST out of the team, which is a major negative.

Class.