I quite like schofoeld as s pundit. Says what he actually thinks without towing a party line. I may not agree with some of what he says, but I appreciate an Honest opinion. Yorkshire radio on Mondays is a fantastic 2 hours listening.

Yeah I've got to admit that he's grown on me the last couple of years, He's still a bit of a pratt at times but he's certainly isn't afraid to tell it how it is. The way he's torn into teams like Wire, Saints, Catalans and even Leeds last season were pretty funny tbh.
As someone else mentioned he's taken a bit of a liking to Trinity the past couple of seasons and he loves Finny. Like you say I watch the Yorkshire Radio show on Youtube and it' s well worth the watch.

Well!! A win on Sunday and we finish 3rd. Would you believe it??? Well done Leigh!!

Even a draw will give us 3rd

True enough FT

The thing about Schofield is he's judging us on our merits....the team we are, the way we are playing and is not judging us on just the name Wakefield...a name in recent times that means a struggling side, making up the numbers and happy to nick the odd win now and again against the big boys...

Trouble is...the big boys...the Wigans, Leeds, Saints etc...the teams who've dominated since super league began just aint those teams no more...they are shadows of them, but some...for some strange reason still believe Saints just need to turn up to win...

They're not bad side but are certainly no better than us, and on every single piece of evidence i've seen this season, and recent games, then we should be favourites! I'm a little concerned the way the results have gone tonight and the fact a loss could still mean 4th place...it's a mentality I hope the players don't adopt, and of who we might play home and away etc...

The simple equation we need to have in our heads is a win takes us 5 points clear of Saints and Wigan which is massive going into the super 8's...we should be looking at putting that gap and giving ourselves a real genuine shot at a semi final place and the higher up we can finish the better...no cup distraction could be one thing that's in our favour!

Don't think I've looked forward to a game as much as this for a very long time!

Completely agree with that, really hoping they don't get in the mindset because that was the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the results.

Aren't you thinking of the old Wakefield Trinity of last season? I think we've more or less eradicated that ethos now.

There is absolutely no doubt we COULD finish second after the 8. This season has been absolutely brilliant and long may it continue!

you only have to listen to barry mcdermott and he expected us 11-12 last night
a lot of them are just are guessing from previous years even though we have different players so how can they make a educated decision

like you say you have to question their knowledge of the game

what there is at wakey is a set pattern to escape the drop, this is finally changing to be more competitive

I give Schofield full credit for galvanising our pack and Fifita in particular - don't think we've come second best very often since he called us soft.

Great post.

What do the bookies know eh