its surprising how many tries are scored both here and in aussie on the back of penalties.

I don't see why it matters what 2nd-4th do for us to pull away from 5th? If we pull away from all of them, surely that's better?

If 2nd-5th keep losing, we'll pull just as much in front of 5th as we would if 2nd-4th kept winning.

better for 2nd, 3rd, 4th to keep losing, that puts pressure on them and loss of confidence, we've seen time and time again how losing a few games can have further ramifications. IF and that of course is a big if, we are well ahead in the race for the LL trophy come the 8s we could choose to rest a couple of players (more pro-actively than we have currently) alternating for a few games so all the big hitters are getting some game time off or at the very very least anyone with a hint of a knock gets rested properly.
If those big hitters are coming in to the back end of the season a bit fresher due to our better form earlier on and other teams losing ground and forced to play as many big names as possible to try make the 4 then that surely gives us an advantage come the play-offs.
All hypothetical but as I said i would prefer to see 2-4 losing ground on us than worrying about distancing 5th

I'm loving it

Backed Hull at 20/1 and 10/1 and 3/1 to win Hub Cap

Those nice people at Sports Bet are offering juicy cash outs at 7/1 on the 20/1 bet
Should I do a Leicester ?

A new verb - I Leicester'd my bet by cashing out early

Well done.
I just can't bring myself to bet on FC them playing has me on edge to have money on it would make me have a mental breakdown! icon_lol.gif

Obviously, if we keep winning it doesn't matter what everyone else does,
but if the top 4 keep winning then 5th and 6th will lose at least 2 or 3 more games, and then we are nearly in the semis before the last 7 games are played.
If 5th place gets closer, and we have a bad spell, the last 7 games could be very difficult.
Anyway, it's much easier to just wait and see.