How convenient. You said

I took your hypothesis, based on your subjective view that FC are misplaced, and tested it on the team directly below us, Leeds. What that test showed was that Leeds have had an easier set of fixtures than us thus far as they have still to play all the teams above them (plus Huddersfield). If Leeds are indeed better than us, using your hypothesis, they should be well ahead of us in the league table due to their soft fixtures thus far and more difficult run-in. But they're not. How strange. Even stranger that you then try to squirm out of actually applying your theory when it's disproved

So far this season based on performances/results we are 4th best. Why is that difficult to understand. You know we are all right you just can't bring yourself to admit it.

So you're flatly denying that after 19 games of the season we're not the 4th best team? Also Wigan are not the best?

I honestly thought you had more about you Jake.

He has the ability to see more than what's right infront of him which is something you seem to lack. I could list at least 4 teams that I'd put money on beating us in a playoff game, are you saying you couldn't do the same?

And yet we've beaten saints twice, or is it just failing to win over teams below us that count on this as yet unseen ranking system?

This is the post I was originally responding to, since then there's been some horrific backtracking going on

To suggest the league table isn't a true reflection of how strong teams are until the season is over is just bollox.

The table usually takes shape after about half a dozen games. Very rarely will a team either collapse and plummet down the table or suddenly go on a long run and shoot up it. Take us, for example, we've been between 4th and 6th since round six back in March.'"

I'd be happy to if you're willing to ignore the league table just for a moment and write a justification of how you can see us having a better chance of winning SL than Wigan, Warrington, Saints, Leeds and Hudds?

I really hate pulling apart our big wins as it opens me up to the 'you're gutted when we win' clowns but we beat Saints on opening day which is known for freak results and then with a once-in-a-generation epic comeback win.. do you genuinely think this means we'd have any better chance of beating them in a playoff game?