ComeOnYouUll wrote:It's going to be very tight, if we win the next four we should be OK. Potentially we could do it with three wins from five but we'd need a couple of big wins and have some luck with other results. We can close up the PD gap with Rovers and possibly Salford but probably not Warrington or Leeds. It'd be nice to still be competing going into the last couple of rounds.
5 Warrington 22 +21
6 Salford 22 -3
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7 Hull KR 22 -23
8 Leeds 20 +59
9 Hull FC 20 -81
10 Hudds 18 -80
Warrington - Hull FC (A), Cas (H), Salford (A), Saints (H), Hudds (A)
Salford - Wakefield (H), Wigan (A), Warrington (H), Hull KR (A), Catalans (H)
Hull KR - Leigh (H), Catalans (H), Hudds (A), Salford (H), Wakefield (A)
Leeds - Hudds (A), Hull FC (A), Wigan (H), Catalans (A), Cas (H)
Hull FC - Warrington (H), Leeds (H), Cas (A), Hudds (H), Saints (A)
Hudds - Leeds (H), Leigh (A), Hull KR (H), Hull FC (A), Warrington (H)
Looking at the remaining fixtures for each of those six clubs, what stands out is how many of the games are 50/50 calls, predicting upcoming results is an exercise in chance determination.
Our three remaining homes games, for instance, could go either way. Win those three, along with Castleford, and we're almost there. Lose even one of them and we are up against it. The same goes for the other contenders, a series of 50/50 games which could go either way.
All we can hope, from our perspective, is that we prepare well and play well enough in the upcoming weeks to gather in the wins needed to keep the season rolling along for as long as possible.
But I can't rid myself of the gnawing feeling that ultimately, our negative points-difference is going to cost us in the end.
We shall see soon enough, one way or the other!
