Are we there yet ? : Mon May 30, 2016 4:07 pm  

Some Batley fans who were staying in our Hotel at the weekend think that we are certain to be in the Middle Eights.
Leigh and ourselves have to win just half of our remaining games and we are there.
They think Bradford will be there too having an easy run in.
Batley they think have the hardest run of games but are are hopeful, but not too confident.
I do not want to be too confident either, but I can see the logic. Let us hope they are right.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Mon May 30, 2016 6:02 pm  

Famous last words, but I predict ..........

Batley 29 Oldham(w) Sheffield (w) Bradford (l) Dewsbury (w) Haven (w) Fev (l) London (l) Swinton (w)

Bradford 34 Dewsbury (w) Worky (w) Oldham (w) Batley (w) Halifax (w) Leigh (l) Haven (w) Oldham (w) Fev (w)

Fev 30 Swinton (w) Leigh (l) Haven (w) Sheffield (w) Worky (w) Batley (w) Halifax (w) Bradford (l)

Halifax 28 Sheffield (w) Haven (w) Dewsbury (w) Bradford (l) Swinton (w) Leigh (l) Fev (l) London (w)

Leigh 42 Haven (w) Fev (w) Worky (w) London (d) Bradford (w) Halifax (w) Sheffield (w) Dewsbury (w)

London 37 Worky (w) Swinton (w) Oldham (w) Leigh (d) Dewsbury (w) Sheffield (w) Batley (w) Halifax (l)

Re: Are we there yet ? : Mon May 30, 2016 6:09 pm  

That's pretty much how they thought it my pan out. Fax's having to play the top three and a run of away games would go against them. Batley and Fev to fight it out for fourth place.

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Re: Are we there yet ? : Mon May 30, 2016 8:21 pm  

Fev's thumping loss against Halfax may have dented their confidence?

Re: Are we there yet ? : Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:51 pm  

Is there a preferential position to finish. Did I hear last year first spot wasn't necessarily the best??

Re: Are we there yet ? : Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:24 pm  

Exiled down south wrote:

Is there a preferential position to finish. Did I hear last year first spot wasn't necessarily the best??

Don't know, I'm sure I heard Brian Carney say at the weekend that 2nd place would get you 4 home times in the 8's

Re: Are we there yet ? : Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:44 pm  

First and second get 4 home 3 away as do the 5 6 SL position teams 7 8 SL and 3 4 championship teams get the 3 hone 4 away.
I can't off the top of my head quite remember how the fixtures actually worked out but if I recall from last year 2nd did seem to have in theory the slightly easier games against the lower placed SL teams

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:26 am  

Current standings for the middle 8's.Actual fixtures (order of play) are only revealed after the regular season.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:17 am  

The format of the super 8s as far as i am aware has not changed from last year, so who plays who depends on where you finish in the regular season. The better performers get rewarded eg SL 5/6 and Championship 1/2 are rewarded, and who plays who as in league position will be the same as last year I would assume. The only thing that changes is which teams are in those league positions

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:20 am  

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