Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:48 pm  

Huddersfield just beat Catalan and are currently 4 points above us in 4th. They play Wakey next weekend so assume they'll be 6 points ahead.

If we lose to Cas, we'll be 6 points off 4th, if we win we'll still be 4 points off 4th.

My question is; can we make it to 4th spot?

Re: Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:57 pm  

Well, mathematically speaking, it looks like our highest finishing position could be 5th if not lower so we will still get 3 home games.

Re: Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:26 pm  

I fear that going into the super 8s, four points might be too much to make up on the Giants, especially given their much better points difference. All we can do is keep playing as well as we have been, and see what happens.

Re: Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:04 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

I fear that going into the super 8s, four points might be too much to make up on the Giants, especially given their much better points difference. All we can do is keep playing as well as we have been, and see what happens.

If that's true and a club in 6th position four points behind fourth spot has no real chance of getting in the 4 then its a mockery of the "every minute matters" nonsense then isn't it?

Its really more of a " 23 out 30 games matter, then if your not in the top 4, the last 7 are a bit of a waste of time, but better than being in the middles eights"

bit of a mouthful but it could be a grower....

Re: Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:14 pm  

Cas have also got a potential 4 points to pick up...Wakey tomoz & us next week if we don't shape ourselves.

: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:52 pm  

It sounds a lot to say 4 points need to be made up over the next 8 games. But it's extremely tight at the top, and if Huddersfield are going to be picking up points then the teams above them are going to be dropping them.

The top 4 won't be winning each week as half the games will be against each other.

Re: Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:11 pm  

What I think. Our team is were it is on merit and unless we change the status quo we will remain where we've been for 2 seasons. An upper middle team.

For us to make the elite we need a difference. Something from outside our club. With Sandow it may be possible to win all our games and qualify, without him no chance.

Re: Top 4 : Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:07 pm  

the flying biscuit wrote:

If that's true and a club in 6th position four points behind fourth spot has no real chance of getting in the 4 then its a mockery of the "every minute matters" nonsense then isn't it?

Its really more of a " 23 out 30 games matter, then if your not in the top 4, the last 7 are a bit of a waste of time, but better than being in the middles eights"

bit of a mouthful but it could be a grower....

Well instead of blaming the new system, why not blame your team for not being in a with a shout of the top four???


Most of you on here seem to think that your club is on the same level as Wigan, St Helens and Leeds. If that is the case, you should be comfortably within striking range of fourth place instead of whinging about what what was brought in this season.

Re: Top 4 : Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:19 am  

Or we go into the second phase, pick up points off the teams below us, turnover Leeds again and then do Wigan again, get revenge on St Helens and ......................... in other words, anything is possible.

Re: Top 4 : Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:03 am  

the flying biscuit wrote:

If that's true and a club in 6th position four points behind fourth spot has no real chance of getting in the 4 then its a mockery of the "every minute matters" nonsense then isn't it?

Its really more of a " 23 out 30 games matter, then if your not in the top 4, the last 7 are a bit of a waste of time, but better than being in the middles eights"

bit of a mouthful but it could be a grower....

Sadly yes, it's entirely possible that the top four will already have been decided with maybe three rounds of the Super 8s still to play, resulting in some meaningless games, and the new system would then look like a bit of a fizzer. Obviously I hope that's not the case, and that we can make up the points on Huddersfield. I think it's unlikely but I would be delighted to be proved wrong.
Going off on a slight tangent, will the League Leaders Shield go to the side who are top after the 23 rounds or after the Super 8s?Given that the Super 8s is effectively the play-offs, I would have thought that it would be after the 23 rounds, but I haven't heard which it would be.