That’s probably the most impressive thing about them tbh, to lose a top quality player like Walmsley and hardly have an issue replacing him is some going. I think the bulk of the praise on that front needs to go to Luke Thompson and (through gritted teeth) McCarthy-Scarsbrook. They’ve been excellent in his absence and drove them forward. The other two props in Amor and Douglas look pretty average even in a team playing that well.

So we’ve got Saints, Huddersfield and Catalan away, Warrington, Hull, Cas and Wakey at home. I’ll take that all day long!!

We'll have to play a sight better than we did tonight to retain 2nd spot and get a home semi.
That list is very doable.
Winder said that Lockers and Williams will be back for round 1 with Sutton the week after.

Lam will be the coach soon!

Tomkins and Williams half backs for the rest of the year, it's our only hope.

Is this confirmed?or just going off previous years? Gotta say we couldn’t have asked for better fixtures, really glad to get Warrington,Cas and Wakey at home. Top 4 you would imagine is in the bag but I really think we need to get that second spot but if I’m honest I’m not confident of beating any of the other 7 on current form (bar maybe Hull).

Sam was excellent last night in the halves, Escare was very good at full back, Woods struggled and Powell was just horrendous again but I have no faith that things will be changed.

Powell is being hung out to dry. If we don’t get him out the halves then we can wave any chances of getting to Old Trafford goodbye. He is a hooker and a hooker only.

Yes mate. The outstanding results from this weekend won’t impact on top 8 positions. I’m not taking any credit, good old Bilko worked the fixtures out. The fixtures will be announced at noon on Wednesday.

Perhaps he read the first paragraph of the thread's first post....

Found em online on rugby-league.com

I think that is fair enough but our pack doesn't give those guys a platform to play from. Sam Moa showed our guys how props should play.

I am not convinced about the Saints pack, I think the Wire 6 showed how to beat them.

Sam Moa did some eye catching things but I’m not sure it was a great deal more impressive in real terms then say Flower or Clubb. He made 19 tackles, missed 6 and ran for 80m from 13 carries. Not too bad but not really a lesson in how to play the position. I think the flying challenges on Navarette maybe made it look a bit more impressive then it was (my eyes probably played tricks on but the first one I felt was a really poor challenge to the head).

Hamlin in comparison made 30 tackles, missed only one and made 95m from 13 carries.

An injury to Thompson would really hurt them IMO but I’ve got to credit how some previously average (and in some cases awful) players have stepped up to a level I felt they were incapable of previously. In saying that I tend to agree and I think in a big game (semi or final) we can take them if we’re on and play as we can.

I’ve said it before but we need Farrell to heal quickly. He’s so important to our whole game plan and interchange plans. We let him wheel away at an incredible intensity for 80 minutes and spell the rest of the team around him. We’ve missed him massively these past few weeks.

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.