The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:29 pm  

Will we make the top 4? Final fixtures for us and those around us in the table.

Discuss.

Bulls: Leigh (A), Whitehaven (H), Oldham (H), Featherstone (A)
Halifax: Swinton (A), Leigh (A), Featherstone (H), London (H)
Batley: Whitehaven (A), Featherstone (H), London (H), Swinton (A)
Featherstone: Workington (H), Batley (A), Halifax (A), Bulls (H).

Table currently:

Leigh 35
London 30
Halifax 25
Batley 25
Bulls 24
Featherstone 22

Re: The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:40 pm  

Biggest issue for us is the top 2 is all but sorted now so some of those fixtures aren't as difficult as they might of been with one eye on the middle 8's. Realistically we probably have to win all our games to make the 4. I wouldn't back us to win more than 2 of them after today.

Re: The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:14 pm  

No we're not going to make it. We won't beat Leigh next week and then it's completely out of our hands and relying on Fax or Batley to mess up TWICE!!

That's why i'm so angry at those players today. This game was huge and they served up a bottle-less, gutless display. For a team to be accused of effort in a game of that magnitude, well i'm almost loss for words!!

Being in the championship shield is laughable. It's unmarketable for the club so we're not really going to get any match day revenue now until the new year!!! Then the absolutely pittance of central funding we'll get for next year. Those players could very well have killed this club off!!

Re: The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:27 pm  

Other clubs in this division would be delighted with a 5,270 attendance, especially at the inflated prices the Bulls charge!

Fax and Batley are certainly hoping for a Leigh win next week, but it's still not game over then. Fax still have Fev and London to play, assuming we do the business against Swinton (they beat us earlier in the season, albeit we're firing on more cylinders now).

Fev are pretty much out of it, unless they can somehow muster 4 wins on the trot (including their 3 rivals). London could have an influence on the final positions as well.

It's certainly not over yet.

Re: The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:28 pm  

Fev are out of it but will have a massive say on who finishes in the top 4. Batley should win all their games while I would expect Fax to win 3 out of those 4 but it can all change so quick. As daft as it seems I still think you might pip us to 4th place.

Re: The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:35 pm  

GFB, based on that, London aren't safe yet (if Batley and Fax beat them). It's all still to play for!

Re: The Run In : Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:50 pm  

We at Leigh have to play Bradford and Fax at the LSV, so I don't think it's over yet,as folk say London has a hard run in, nowt is sorted yet ,maybe Leigh as league leaders.

Re: The Run In : Mon Jun 27, 2016 12:51 am  

The fact is that near the business end of the season, we were comfortably beaten by Halifax, and so we don't deserve to finish above Halifax. We had the golden opportunity of a home 4 pointer, and we all saw how comprehensively we blew it.

If I was on the Bulls coaching staff, i would spend the rest of the season doing nothing else but catching practice. Unless our players master the fiendishly tricky art of catching the fscking ball, next season will be a writeoff too.

Re: The Run In : Mon Jun 27, 2016 5:39 am  

I don't see us making the top 4 now. We have to win every game until the end of the season and hope that either Halifax or Batley drop points

Re: The Run In : Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:36 am  

Prepare now for Brexit...Bradford from full-time rugby.