Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:24 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Last years collapse wasn't solely down to Orfords injury McNamara losing interest in the job was more the deciding factor.

I'd say it was a more to Orford's injury as up to that point he'd really been the major creative force in the side. Without him we struggled to produce anything, though I concede that McNamara getting the England job and having 1 eye on the door didn't help matters.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:29 pm  

hudds only fan wrote:

Its a bit too early to be thinking of playoffs, for all we know, we could collapse and fail miserably or our halves end up being crippled and we struggle.

Sorry, it was just a prediction. And a wee discussion point.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:31 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

I honestly think Cas will struggle to make the eight - they've had the most favourable first set of fixtures that anybody could possibly wish for. Let's see how they look when they've played some of the top teams.

They've also got a thin squad. I doubt they could cope with an injury list like we've had

Really???? You do realise that IF (yes we might not) but IF we beat Quins and Wakefield we will only need another 4 wins from 17 games to make the playoffs. That is one hell of a collapse! It would make Enron look like a few quid lost down the back of the sofa.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:45 pm  

who needs flankers? wrote:

. . . Snip.. .It would make Enron look like a few quid lost down the back of the sofa.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:55 pm  

who needs flankers? wrote:

:lol: Really???? You do realise that IF (yes we might not) but IF we beat Quins and Wakefield we will only need another 4 wins from 17 games to make the playoffs. That is one hell of a collapse! It would make Enron look like a few quid lost down the back of the sofa.

Who's your four most likely wins after those two. Make it six so we know who you'll have to make up against if you drop points unexpectedly.

I'll do your first one for you - Bulls h

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:00 pm  

who needs flankers? wrote:

:lol: Really???? You do realise that IF (yes we might not) but IF we beat Quins and Wakefield we will only need another 4 wins from 17 games to make the playoffs. That is one hell of a collapse! It would make Enron look like a few quid lost down the back of the sofa.

Seem to remember after we hammered Hull KR at home last season the week before Murrayfield (so two weeks from this point in the season) and pointing out that we only needed 3 wins from the entire second half of the season meaning Bradford were virtually as good as in the play offs.

Believe me it is one hell of a collapse and it doesn't feel good either. In fact I remember actually feeling relieved when we were mathematically out of it.

Not that I can see that happening to Cas though this season. Play offs yes but not in the top two IMO.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:05 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

I honestly think Cas will struggle to make the eight - they've had the most favourable first set of fixtures that anybody could possibly wish for. Let's see how they look when they've played some of the top teams.

They've also got a thin squad. I doubt they could cope with an injury list like we've had

"Thin squad"

This is the biggest squad we've had for seasons.

We've had injuries already to McGoldrick, Hudson, Snitch, Jones, Walker, Owen, Widders. Isa has been suspended and was in reserves for first few games

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:07 pm  

af wrote:

Who's your four most likely wins after those two. Make it six so we know who you'll have to make up against if you drop points unexpectedly.

I'll do your first one for you - Bulls h

Harlequins, Wakey.

Then we still have to play:

Quins H
Wakey A
Salford A
Crusaders A
Catalans A
Huddersfield A
Wigan H/A
Saints H/A
Wire H/A
Hull H
Hull KR A
Bradford H
Leeds H/A


Several winnable games in that lot.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:13 pm  

af wrote:

Who's your four most likely wins after those two. Make it six so we know who you'll have to make up against if you drop points unexpectedly.

I'll do your first one for you - Bulls h

So
Bulls H
Quins H
Salford A
Crusaders A
Wakey A
Hull H

If we lose our next 2.

Re: So, to the play offs..... : Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:34 pm  

Fully wrote:

"Thin squad"

This is the biggest squad we've had for seasons.

We've had injuries already to McGoldrick, Hudson, Snitch, Jones, Walker, Owen, Widders. Isa has been suspended and was in reserves for first few games

And injuries to youngquest and fozzard.

Thats 10 different played we have lost at different time through the season, so we haven't exactly been injury free and have still one well.

At the moment we have youngquest, isa, mcgoldrick, walker injured.

With snitch,thompson, jones, davies, massey, milner as well as some more promising academy kids sitting on the side lines.