Stand-Offish wrote:
What is the betting for this game?
We quite possibly will have neither halfback.
God knows if Feka is fit or can play.
All this and Brexit .....
I think we could be on the verge of a stinking run.
Not sure whether to attend ... think we are asking for it.
But, it seems (as usual) an eternity since we saw any rugby, so will probably go.
Contributions?
What's this "contributions" to pay for your ticket?
The bookies haven't got any prices for the weekend games yet.
Either Rochdale had an off day last week or Barrow are improving now it matters, probably the latter as Barrow were a man down for most of that game.
I think Jordon Howden is our key man. If he doesn't play I can't see where the creativity will come from. If he stays fit, I think he'll develop into a very good player indeed. I think I'd play Tom Carr at half-back as cover for Jordie Hedges, with Louis Sherriff at full-back.
We're going to have to seriously challenge Barrow up front. Hopefully Feka will play as he adds something extra.
I'm not quite as pessimistic as S/O but we will definitely need to step up our game over the coming weeks if we're to be serious promotion contenders.
The good news is that we only need to stay in the top five to reach the play-offs.
We'd need to get to third to get a home semi-final spot. Barrow are currently third (one point in front of us). If we lose to them on Sunday, it'll probably be hard for us to then make third place. Would we fancy our chances in an away trip to Barrow, York or Rochdale in the play-offs?
Sunday's game will probably tell us whether we should be looking up, or whether we should be getting worried about the sides below us catching us up.
The wheels would have to fall off at Rochdale for us to catch them as they're second at the moment. They're 5 points in front of us. The wheels may come off especially if they get no help from Warrington. We can't rule that possibility out. Rochdale are away to Skolars this weekend and home to Keighley next weekend.
If we lose to Barrow, I think we can forget about second spot.
Throughout the season, I've been of the opinion we're probably the fourth best team in the league. With the York situation adding more uncertainty to events, and Barrow improving, I'm still probably of the mind we're 4th best.
If we lose on Sunday, we certainly can't afford to slip up at Hunslet next weekend. Two consecutive losses could mean we'd be down in 7th place as Hunslet and Keighley are both two points behind us. They play each other this weekend. We've then got the Toulouse game at home. S/Os fear that we could be on the verge of a bad run would probably mean the bad run wouldn't end in this game.
All the games really matter now and no one can afford to slip up. This is what the season is all about. I'm looking forward to the game hoping we can secure the points but I don't rate our chances of winning to be much more than 50/50. It wouldn't surprise me if the bookies are giving us something like 4 points start.
Although I consider us under-dogs to go up, we really need to do it because next year means everyone will be playing for one promotion spot behind Toronto. Another season in this league, with the current format, will be too much for many of the fans to stomach.
We'd definitely have to club together to get S/O a ticket then!
