If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:34 pm  

...we'll go up.

There, I've said it.

And I don't think we'll even need the Million Pound Game.

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:38 pm  

Stul wrote:

...we'll go up.

There, I've said it.

And I don't think we'll even need the Million Pound Game.

We won't make the Middle 8's, and we certainly won't go up.

[Bulliac]

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:40 pm  

DrFeelgood wrote:

We won't make the Middle 8's, and we certainly won't go up.

You may well be correct, but I'll have a pint of what he's on......

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:02 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

You may well be correct, but I'll have a pint of what he's on......

It must be strong stuff, I don't think I'd risk more than a thimbleful meself

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:34 pm  

If we made the 8's I wouldn't be surprised to see us finish ahead of the other Championship clubs. The SL clubs will be a lot more aware of the threat Leigh pose after their league performances throughout the year. I genuinely believe this squad is capable of so much more than they have shown this year.

Sadly I suspect we have left it too late and will probably miss out on a spot by a point. So many matches thrown away or where we'd probably have won with a competent halfback at the club. We likely need Fev to beat both Batley and Fax and then we'd need to go to their place and beat them, looks a very long shot.

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:06 pm  

Points won from the teams currently in the Top 4 in 2016:
Leigh 1/6
London 2/4
Batley 3/4
Halifax 0/4

Total 6/18

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:12 pm  

hindle xiii wrote:

Points won from the teams currently in the Top 4 in 2016:
Leigh 1/6
London 2/4
Batley 3/4
Halifax 0/4

Total 6/18

That in itself tells a story, we certainly don't deserve to make the top 4. Not quite sure where the blame lies, probably fairly equally between the players and our failure to sign a scrum half.

Fans have done their bit once again, despite some pretty awful rugby at times. Miss out on the top 4 though and you can forget membership sales next season on the scale that we have seen for the last couple of years.

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:28 pm  

Stul wrote:

...we'll go up.

There, I've said it.

And I don't think we'll even need the Million Pound Game.

I rarely post on here but read the forum all the time. I've been to the terrible defeats this year (Dews/Halifax/Sheffield etc) and wrote our chances off completely after the Halifax game. I do not think for one minute we will make the top 4 and since the signings of Moss/Chisholm/Keyes and the rumblings about Pryce coming back, I have started looking forward to next season and almost forgotten about this year/written it off.

However, a similar bizarre thought came to me randomly at work the other day and I thought I would share it. An image of the Bulls players celebrating a victory against Leigh in the 8's and the fans chanting "win when it matters, we only win when it matters, win when it maaaaattters".

Odd.

Back to reality: Halifax or Batley will lose two matches, we will win against Oldham and Whitehaven and need only to beat/draw with Fev in the last game of the season to get into the top 4. We are leading by 4 points with 3 mins to go and are camped deep in the Fev half. We put in a high shot and gift them a penalty which takes them right into our half. We concede a try right in the corner, with 1 min to go. Our entire season rides on the kick. Their kicker went off injured in the first half so a prop forward steps up to take the kick. He converts, sending the Fev fans into raptures and we are back out of the top 4.

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Thu Jul 07, 2016 9:04 pm  

psychostring wrote:

Back to reality: Halifax or Batley will lose two matches, we will win against Oldham and Whitehaven and need only to beat/draw with Fev in the last game of the season to get into the top 4. We are leading by 4 points with 3 mins to go and are camped deep in the Fev half. We put in a high shot and gift them a penalty which takes them right into our half. We concede a try right in the corner, with 1 min to go. Our entire season rides on the kick. Their kicker went off injured in the first half so a prop forward steps up to take the kick. He converts, sending the Fev fans into raptures and we are back out of the top 4.

Seems quite a likely scenario

Re: If we make the Middle Eights... : Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:12 am  

We'll smash it.