: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:48 am  

On, closer inspection of the run in for those teams I believe are in with the best shout, the French have the easiest run in and should finish 5th. Then it's a foot race between Wire, Castleford, Wakey, us and the goons. No disrespect to Bradford or Hull, I just can't see them getting the run of results they need. Looking at the run ins, if we can get the wounded back and fully fit, then I think we still stand a chance of nicking 6th spot and believe that the Wire game will be a straight play-off for home advantage. So, I may well be looking at flights to Perpignan on the weekend of the 18/19/20 september.
Bristol to Perp, leave Friday, back monday, £10 including taxes
Stanstead perp, same dates £63 all in.......

Re: Playoffs -can we hang on? : Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:56 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Explain.



Why are you optimistic when they have clearly shown they are not good enough yet?



Can't argue with that!

Looked a lot more committed than in the first half against Wigan, can't speak for Hudds game.

Maybe the youngsters haven't shown they are up to SL thus far but surely they will have learnt more in one first team game than 6 months in the reserves . To be honest I think you might be harsh on Gale and O'Callaghan who i think show signs of promise. The problem with us is the se guys don't get the chance of a run out from the bench when things are going well, they have to be chucked in at the deep end when we have our usual injury crisis. I'm sure someone will prove me wrong but didn't the likes of LMS, TC , Will Sharp, Lamont Bryan and O'Callaghan all make their debuts in these circumstances ie when key players were missing? Perhaps you didn't rate LMS or TC at first but they've become 1st team fixtures and Englnad internationals?

As I said, I'm finding it strange not usually being given to optimism but with the injury list showing most first choice guys should be fit in 1-2 weeks time and some of the young 'uns being blooded, Howell's suspension up in a week as well I'm feeling more optimistic than I would have thought given we've just lost 5 on the spin.

: Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:06 pm  

Well you've got 4 easy points off of us to aid your cause.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:05 am  

gutterfax wrote:

[b]Huddersfield at Home:[/b] Can't see us beating them. Twice this year they have controlled the game from the forwards and then used the ball efficiently in the backs.......Only way we can get the points here is if Hudds have a mare Nil Points
White flag waving surrender Monkeys away. This will be a high scoring game and as usual, close. We need to get on top quick and shut the crowd up, but I think the 2 points will be ours.
St Helens at home. Nil Points
Bulls away: The next 2 are season defining games IMO. 4 points from this and we will make the 8.....but even 1 loss and it will be a real battle to stay in touch. The seem to be getting a bot of confidence back, but losing to Cas in a 78 point thriller might just work against them. Alas, they will have played Celtic the week before us and unless the welsh can do the double over them, they will be on their uppers.
Bulls at home. See above. 4 points
Salford at Home. We should have too much for them, but after beating Saints, they will be looking for consistancy. They have fixtures against teams they will think they can beat in the run up to the game at TW2, but if they only get 2 points from the possible 10, then their season will be over and they will be there for the taking. 2 points
FC away. Like Salford, the result of this one will be determined in some way to their results running up to this. I can see them only getting 2 points from 12 before this one and therefore, their season will be over and we should have too much for them. 2 points
Castleford at TW2: Tough one to call as I believe they will still be in the mix for the play offs and this game may well the tie of the round (ie...on SLYTV). I think we will need to win 1 of our last 2 to be sure of a home tie in the play-offs and that will be enough for us. 2 points
Wire away: Sad to say, I can see a certain amount of revenge being dished out to us in this. They are a diferent team to the one we hammered earlier in the season and will have too much all over the park for us. Nil Points

So there you have. Gutters Guide to the run in. 12 points from the 18 0n offer leaving us in either 5th or 6th place with a home play off game against either Wakey or Castleford IMO.

Okay......the season now gets serious. We need nothing less than 6 points from the next 3 games or we can kiss any hopes of the play-offs goodbye. Bradford aren't as bad as their position in the league and have lost a few games by the odd try, so the lads need to be fully focused on this........and Salford are no mugs either. Anything less than 3 wins and that's the season over and done with.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:56 pm  

With the exception of Rob Purdham we could be at full strength on Sunday, but as 'Kiss of Death' Chronicler's going to be there it probably won't make much difference

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:44 am  

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but on the Quins site, when McDermott was asked if he was confident about making the play-offs, he answered
"100%"
Again, not sure if anyone has mentioned this or not.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:44 am  

The Chronicler of Chiswic wrote:

With the exception of Rob Purdham we could be at full strength on Sunday, but as 'Kiss of Death' Chronicler's going to be there it probably won't make much difference

And Clubb

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:26 am  

If we lose to Bulls then id say no.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:32 am  

Tre Cool wrote:

If we lose to Bulls then id say no.

wash your mouth out young man
We will have a full squad to pick from apart from Purdham and Clubby (who would have been on the bench IMO).
In the forwards, Bradford a a shadow of their former selves and we should be able to handle them. In the backs, we are far superior if we do the basic right and stop trying to play harlem globtrotter type stuff.
I predict a 20 point win this week and a 10 point win at the stoop the following week.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:35 am  

gutterfax wrote:

wash your mouth out young man
We will have a full squad to pick from apart from Purdham and Clubby (who would have been on the bench IMO).
In the forwards, Bradford a a shadow of their former selves and we should be able to handle them. In the backs, we are far superior if we do the basic right and stop trying to play harlem globtrotter type stuff.
I predict a 20 point win this week and a 10 point win at the stoop the following week.

After how we played last week I wouldn't sy you'll be getting a big lead like that. I expect it to be a hard, close fought game.