Same old bobbins coming from your mouth Cronus.

Ive been through the thread to find all the times you said you were players 'missing'...

1. Bury beat Westhoughton 42 - 18 yesterday. A little worried in the run up as we were missing some of our better players

2. Anyway, we lost 20-12 at Wigan Bulldogs. Had 8 first-choice players missing at a wedding

3. Pleased to get the win today over a previously undefeated Orrell. Several first choice players still missing

4. New Springs conceded to us Friday night. Would have been a tough fixture for us with at least 8 1st teamers out

5. A big win considering we were massively depleted this weekend

6. We'd been struggling for a squad the last few days

7. Same as last week, not surprised we lost - too many key lads missing again

Shame all these lads show up to put 100 on Mancunians but wont play against us or Orrell, that's the measure of where Bury are as a club, Orrell to win your play off semi by 50, or 70 if you have lads 'missing'

Good to see you're so obsessed with us! Not sure what your point is though - that we win some with lads missing and we lose some with lads missing? And we've already beaten you and Orrell this season.

Just a reminder before you carry on, WidnesTigers wrote:

1 - we need to get our best 17 together and get a result soon

2 - we will probably get the usual 7/8 let downs and end up with a scratch side

3 - Last minute pullouts etc could give all the excuses in the world

4 - had we been able to field our strongest side, we would have dispatched Ashton comfortably

5 - we were 8 players out yesterday who would almost certainly have featured

6 - Travelled with 12 lads unavailable and still managed a solid win

7 - This was the one week we knew would be tough on our numbers

8 - We are starting to get our strongest 17 out regularly now (lucky you!)

p.s. we were several lads down against Mancunians.

Tigers host likely league winners Orrell tonight. Change in weather will make it interesting! Will be a good yard stick as to how we are looking ahead of the Play Offs and how we have developed since we lost up at Orrell in the first week of the season.

Tigers 15 Orrell 0

Great all round performance in difficult conditions. Cheers to Orrell for the game!

Mancunians have conceded to us tomorrow. Sorry state of affairs when all these teams start giving games away at end of season. Last game for us is away at Little Hulton, which wont move us up or down anywhere, the top 4 is already decided and I just hope the playoffs don't get sacked off too!

Irlam Hornets rang me yesterday looking for a friendly, might be too late but worth a try.

And so here they are....

NWML Div 4 playoff semi finals;

Orrell St James Vs Bury Broncos
Wigan Bulldogs Vs Widnes Tigers

I think Orrell will beat Bury on their own patch and our game vs the bulldogs will be too close to call, they are the only side we haven't beaten this season!

Wigan Bulldogs 18 Widnes Tigers 20

Tigers controlled this early and should have really put it to bed early in the second half when we went 16-4 up. Credit to the Bulldogs they fought back and got their heads up which made them more difficult to contain which lead to a nervy last 10 minutes.

Should be a good day out next week at Hindley for the final against Orrell. Orrell will go in favourites having dominated the regular season. I think if we can keep the penalty count down we stand a good chance of sneaking it.