Post subject: Re: Who do we want in the play-offs?
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:40 pm
easyWire
Player Coach
Joined: Jan 27 2008 Posts: 3258 Location: Dubai
The Speculator wrote:Great news about Dufty
This is brilliant. I had a feeling we'd be without Dufty until into the playoffs, resulting a snap decision to play him in a big game when not match fit. If he's really on the mend this means we can ease him back into it. Look at the difference French is making to Wigan now he's back.
Post subject: Re: Who do we want in the play-offs?
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:20 pm
Boss Hog
International Chairman
Joined: Mar 24 2013 Posts: 33743
The Speculator wrote:Great news about Dufty, but a pretty concerning update on Fitzgibbon. That shoulder is clearly not right yet, and even if he is declared fit to play, there must be some concern that the shoulder could go again. Not sure it would be worth the risk, really.
The Fitzgibbon injury looks like he could be heading for a shoulder operation.
The temporary recruitment of Bateman, was a very shrewd move by the club and hats-off to whoever negotiated it.
If Fitzgibbon isn`t available for the play-offs we can cover his absence with Nicholson, and we have adequate cover with Holroyd after him.
I was one of the fans who didn`t like/want Bateman, but I am happy to be proved wrong..........again.
Post subject: Re: Who do we want in the play-offs?
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:04 pm
Barstool Preacher
Academy Player
Joined: Sep 04 2022 Posts: 108
If we finish third and win our home game, am I right in thinking we will be away to the second placed team - most likely Hull KR - on Friday 4th October?
I don't normally go to Friday night games in Hull as there's no trains home from there at that time of night, but I won't be missing the semi final, so need to look at hotel options.
Post subject: Re: Who do we want in the play-offs?
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:11 pm
MorePlaymakersNeeded
Club Captain
Joined: Aug 24 2018 Posts: 4307
Douglas Black wrote:I don't really care and I don't think it matters. Any of the top 8 are more than capable of beating anyone else and I know we can beat them all. Whether we can do so three weeks running is what we are about to find out.
This. We should fear nobody, disrespect nobody and make sure we are just better than our playoff opponents, whoever they are, on the day.
Post subject: Re: Who do we want in the play-offs?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:10 am
easyWire
Player Coach
Joined: Jan 27 2008 Posts: 3258 Location: Dubai
I think I'd rather finish 3rd and play Leigh, Leeds or Cats at home, and go to HKR fresh from battle. If we sneaked second I just feel that we wouldn't benefit from having a week off, and would be caught off guard. This year especially, we don't seem to get complacent away from home, and are always up for the battle.
Post subject: Re: Who do we want in the play-offs?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 11:02 am
Barstool Preacher
Academy Player
Joined: Sep 04 2022 Posts: 108
It's a fair point about going into the play offs under cooked. It's obviously extremely unlikely that we'll finish second, but if we do it will mean we've had a couple of landslide wins. When you consider we would then have a week off, and even Saints last Saturday wasn't all that competitive, we would play our semi final having not really been in an intense game since Leigh which would be five weeks ago by that point.
Whoever we played in that situation, I reckon we would probably lose. We need that 3rd V 6th game to keep us ticking over.
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