Re: A Bridge Too Far : Mon May 12, 2014 7:39 pm  

tigertot wrote:

They have a few world class players, a group of seasoned pro's, some great youngsters with bags of potential & a few average players. Which is better than most, but a lot short of Leeds, & not as much as Hudds & Wire. They are similar to Wigan in that respect, who I think constantly perform beyond their individual abilities.

We're still the only team to have beaten Leeds this season though, so how are we 'a lot short' of Leeds?

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Mon May 12, 2014 7:54 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

We're still the only team to have beaten Leeds this season though, so how are we 'a lot short' of Leeds?

You may have a point, you may not but we are debating whether Bulls can stay up not whether Saints are as good as Leeds. Think that was mentioned as a comparison between the two teams that beat the Bulls,

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Tue May 13, 2014 11:38 pm  

Well, the predictions spreadsheet indicates that we are going down ... on points difference.

Here is the latest version:

Wigan ....47
Leeds ....42
St. Helens... 42
Warrington ...33
Hudds ...32
Castleford ....25
Hull FC ....25
Widnes ....25
Salford .... 24
Catalans ...20
Wakefield ...19
Hull KR ...18
Bradford ...18
London ...2

and we are of course a point effectively worse off than KR as we regrettably have had too many shellackings.

Of course OTOH that if accurate would mean that a mere 2 points back on appeal would relegate HKR.

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 6:29 am  

18???? You do realise you only get 2 for
a win don't you?????

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 7:03 am  

Those points totals are impossible !!!!!

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 7:15 am  

It's like John Major bringing back the cones hot line.

[Bulliac]

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 8:46 am  

tigertot wrote:

It's like John Major bringing back the cones hot line.

Yeah, they say he used to answer the phone himself...they say.. I think the cones hotline was the moment he lost it.

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 9:15 am  

18 points? I assume that is including the RFL not only giving us 6 points back but then another 6 for good behaviour?

[Bulliac]

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 10:49 am  

No, I think it's something worked out with FA's relegation spreadsheet - though I'd guess the 18 points is something related to some dodgy conditional formatting or badly set up macros rather than anything else. Well, I'm hoping that's what it is...

Re: A Bridge Too Far : Wed May 14, 2014 11:44 am  

I believe a recent survey has shown that the most commonly uttered final words are now " Well the spread sheet said it was right"