Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:55 am  

I'm think I may be a little over confident about his, mainly because we've often got a (weekly round) win against Leeds when we've needed a boost, so its making me feel a bit bullish.
Leeds are a tough outfit and when they put their mind to winning trophy, they're pretty hard to stop. If they've decided they're after the LLS, then tonight is massive for them and will be a tough 80 minutes for us.

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:06 am  

Im not confident at all, but perhaps hopeful of what will undoubtably be an upset if we win. Lance is ok, but has failed numerous times to guide the team round the pitch. I was impressed by Turners effort last time out, but he's no halfback either. Also Robes has been nullified by opposition teams recently as he's our only strike player.
Not at all confident

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:04 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

Im not confident at all, but perhaps hopeful of what will undoubtably be an upset if we win. Lance is ok, but has failed numerous times to guide the team round the pitch. I was impressed by Turners effort last time out, but he's no halfback either. Also Robes has been nullified by opposition teams recently as he's our only strike player.
Not at all confident

I don,t see why we can,t nullify Sinfield and Burrows as well with the doubt of McQuire not in the 17, if we do that then they will also be less creative and turn into a forward battle with Manu and Sol opening things up out wide.
My main concern is Sliverwood and how he is going to shape the way the game is played.

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:13 am  

Incredibly 1 win out of 3 could see us finishing top (we beat Leeds, Leeds beat Wigan, Cas drop points in France) and 0 wins out of 3 could see us finishing 6th. Regardless of the standard of Super League, this is one hell of an exciting finish. Just done my own calculations while I had a minute and I've come up with

Saints 40
Wigan 39
Cas 38
Leeds 36
Huddersfield 35
Warrington 33.

I'd have more chance of predicting the lottery numbers than that being right though.

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:29 am  

Sthelens RLFC wrote:

Incredibly 1 win out of 3 could see us finishing top (we beat Leeds, Leeds beat Wigan, Cas drop points in France) and 0 wins out of 3 could see us finishing 6th. Regardless of the standard of Super League, this is one hell of an exciting finish.

I've been saying 1 win out 3 could do it but you wouldn't like to predict it at this stage.

It is an exciting finish but if it was 1st past the post or a top 4 play off (like next year) I would be pooing my pants about tonights game as it is so close. As it's not and we're guaranteed a top 8 place there's not so much pressure riding on it.

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:22 am  

The bookies seem to be making Leeds favourites, and giving us a 4 point start on the handicap.

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:40 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

I don't think any of us fancy us winning the GF.
The league leader's shield is a trophy, it may the 3rd in the pile, but its more than we've won in a few years.
Get it in the cabinet.

Couldn’t agree more! It’s shiny and proves the side has achieved something, which is more than a lot of clubs will be able to say, so if you can, win it, polish it, and stick in the sideboard then write it up in the record books. Sod the neigh sayers!

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:04 pm  

pies-r-us wrote:

Couldn’t agree more! It’s shiny and proves the side has achieved something, which is more than a lot of clubs will be able to say, so if you can, win it, polish it, and stick in the sideboard then write it up in the record books. Sod the neigh sayers!

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:25 pm  

EHW wrote:

The bookies seem to be making Leeds favourites, and giving us a 4 point start on the handicap.

Ian Millward says differant and Saints will win by 6

Re: Imperative to finish top : Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:21 pm  

Does it really matter where we finish? Play like we have against Leeds and we've no hope of any play-off progress.