Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:27 pm  

Huddersfield were many people's tip for top 4 based on squad depth. Are they missing any? Has Watson been found out?

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Apr 23, 2023 7:24 pm  

Douglas Black wrote:

Huddersfield were many people's tip for top 4 based on squad depth. Are they missing any? Has Watson been found out?

Didn’t appear to be a weak team but as you mentioned they are supposed to be one of the best squads.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Apr 23, 2023 7:42 pm  

The Catalan form isn’t holding up…
It weakens our impression of the win.
The big 3 games just got worse for us.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:25 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

The Catalan form isn’t holding up…
It weakens our impression of the win.
The big 3 games just got worse for us.

You're probably looking too deeply into this.

Simple facts are, there are 2 genuine contenders who you could confidently put your cash on and get a good run for your money and that's Wigan and Saints.

Then there are a bunch of sides who could easily put together a run of results that somehow sees them upset the applecart, and that includes us.

Form is irrelevant in a play off system comp, it's all about squad management and making sure you're ready to challenge at the right time, of which this time of the season isn't.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:56 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

You're probably looking too deeply into this.

Simple facts are, there are 2 genuine contenders who you could confidently put your cash on and get a good run for your money and that's Wigan and Saints.

Then there are a bunch of sides who could easily put together a run of results that somehow sees them upset the applecart, and that includes us.

Form is irrelevant in a play off system comp, it's all about squad management and making sure you're ready to challenge at the right time, of which this time of the season isn't.

Absolutely.
It’s slightly tongue in cheek, because I don’t believe the term form. You don’t keep winning just because you won the week before. You win because you have the ability, and made preparation to execute it at the right opportunity.
But there’s no getting away that Catalan are getting beaten.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:09 pm  

Catalan beat Wigan away in the non-too-distant past.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Tue Apr 25, 2023 7:55 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Absolutely.
I don’t believe the term form. You don’t keep winning just because you won the week before. You win because you have the ability, and made preparation to execute it at the right opportunity.

Lots of peer reviewed studies correlate performance to confidence which I think is broadly termed "form".

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:52 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Lots of peer reviewed studies correlate performance to confidence which I think is broadly termed "form".

Confidence comes from being content with one’s ability and preparation, not through beating a team that is poorer the week before.
The only way the confidence can be carried over, is if the coming match up, pits you against at team, no better than the one you beaten the week before, with your own team in at least the same condition from the last game. Then you have stability, that can then be called form. However, identical scenarios never happen.
I suppose if you accept a margin of error in the match up, then form becomes reliable and then valid, and why around 1/4 of all favourites get beaten.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:41 pm  

Couldn’t care less about this game, just don’t want any of our lads injured.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Apr 29, 2023 4:11 pm  

40/20 from Walker.