Quote ="Bully_Boxer"Well I don't think it's changed our target too much, we still need to beat Leigh to ensure we make the £1M game. Lose and we need to rely on Widnes not fielding a weakened side, whilst needing to beat a confident Fax side with little to lose and perhaps something to gain if they beat Wakey too! Next week is still a big one and Leigh will be even more desperate now, because they simply have to win to keep their dreams ">alive.'" I agree it doesn't change much, though Halifax winning margin has helped us a bit. It could come down to points difference for 4th or 5th which was always likely. I don't really get why Lowes was so dismissive about point difference in the post match interview last week. Even when it's clear we are going to lose, every point matters. Our heads seem to drop a little too easy.

Quote ="Bully_Boxer"Well I don't think it's changed our target too much, we still need to beat Leigh to ensure we make the £1M game. Lose and we need to rely on Widnes not fielding a weakened side, whilst needing to beat a confident Fax side with little to lose and perhaps something to gain if they beat Wakey too! Next week is still a big one and Leigh will be even more desperate now, because they simply have to win to keep their dreams ">alive.'" I agree it doesn't change much, though Halifax winning margin has helped us a bit. It could come down to points difference for 4th or 5th which was always likely. I don't really get why Lowes was so dismissive about point difference in the post match interview last week. Even when it's clear we are going to lose, every point matters. Our heads seem to drop a little too easy.

It's been amazing really. We do our level best to kill [i:sme4zjobourselves[/i.



anyway, onwards and upwards, next stop Leigh!

Some talk of Lauaki getting 8 games, which is nuts, what did he do? He pushed the guy in the face, that's it, not good and not clever, but he didn't gouge and he certainly didn't make any movement across the face despite what the red signalled. One of their players did almost the same thing yet for some reason nobody has said a word. Weird. It isn't worth more than a 1 match ban.



If he gets more I think it's a favour to us as the cameos he puts in are too short, and he's a penalty machine at the moment.

It wasn't a malicious gouge, it was just dumb.

But he's a waste of space anyway so if a ban is what it takes to force Jimmy's stubborn hand, so be it.

Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"Some talk of Lauaki getting 8 games, which is nuts, what did he do? He pushed the guy in the face, that's it, not good and not clever, but he didn't gouge and he certainly didn't make any movement across the face despite what the red signalled. One of their players did almost the same thing yet for some reason nobody has said a word. Weird. It isn't worth more than a 1 match ban. If he gets more I think it's a favour to us as the cameos he puts in are too short, and he's a penalty machine at the ">moment.'" Agree with that. It was stupid, to be honest but no "gouge", he pushed his head back, that's all. If Luaki had been the ball carrier it would just have have been called a "hand off" and not even commented on. It will be a hard decision finding someone to do the 15 minutes per match we'll lose if he's banned.

Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"Some talk of Lauaki getting 8 games, which is nuts, what did he do? He pushed the guy in the face, that's it, not good and not clever, but he didn't gouge and he certainly didn't make any movement across the face despite what the red signalled. One of their players did almost the same thing yet for some reason nobody has said a word. Weird. It isn't worth more than a 1 match ban. If he gets more I think it's a favour to us as the cameos he puts in are too short, and he's a penalty machine at the ">moment.'" Agree with that. It was stupid, to be honest but no "gouge", he pushed his head back, that's all. If Luaki had been the ball carrier it would just have have been called a "hand off" and not even commented on. It will be a hard decision finding someone to do the 15 minutes per match we'll lose if he's banned.

If we lose him for a few games it's no great loss. In fact I'd say it's a bonus since he's a waste of space.