Just had a quick study of the league table and other clubs fixture and I am all of a sudden starting to believe finishing in the top 4 really is possible if we can get some players back and maintain our home form.

Current situation

3. Saints 28 Points (game in hand)
4. Us 28 Points
5. Leeds 25 points (game in hand)
6. Hudds 23 points (game in hand)
7. Rovers 23 points

Remaining fixtures

Saints ( Quins Home - Win, Wake Away - Win, Wire Away - Loss, Brad Home - Win, Crus Away - Win, Cas home - Win) 10 Points

Us ( Wigan Home - Win, Quins Away - Win, Crus Home - Win, Wire Away - Loss, Leeds Home - Win) 8 points

Leeds (Hudds Home - Win, Sal Away - Win, Wigan Home - Loss, Cas Away - Win, Cats Home - Win, Us Away - Loss) 8 points

Hudds ( Leeds Away - Loss, Quins Home - Win, Wake Home - Win, Wigan Away - Loss, Sal Home - Win, Cats Away - Win) 8 Points

Rovers (Brad Home - Win, Cas Home - Win, Sal Away - Win, Wigan Home - Loss, Crus Away - Win) 8 Points

How I think it will finish

3. Saints 38 Points
4. Us 36 Points
5. Leeds 33 Points
6. Hudds 31 Points
7. Rovers 31 Points

Obviousley they is some 50/50 games there which could still shake it up but I think if we are serious about a top four finish then we need to up the intensity and look to win those games I have predicted we will win. The Wigan game is huge for us next week, a win really could give us that extra confidence boost to cement a top four place.

Too optimistic.

We'll be back to being pants against Wigan next week.

Who knows...Wigan will be battered tonight, hopefully

Thought we were only pants against the bottom sides?

I probably am being too optimistic but if we take the same level of enthuasism and commitment to the cause as we showed last night then we won't be far off IMO.

Us against Leeds last game of the season to determine 4th/5th.

It'll be quite scarey when that head floats out from under the boat

Its the way I see it at the moment, however we know how we can turn just like that. Even though I have predicted we'll win the next two games it wouldn't surprise me if we lost them both as well.

We are finishing 5th at worst I reckon.

I don't think we'll beat Wigan and we'll struggle against Leeds. We'll finish on 32 or 34, I reckon.

All comes down to your game with Leeds there, which in turn will depend to a large extent on whether they make the CC final. One game at a time and see where it takes you. Hull were really good last night, but, like Rovers, they rely more on intensity rather than quality to get results and that is draining (relative to Wigan, Saints and Leeds). You should be good for 4th/5th now and despite the second chance that 4th gives you, after what happened to us last year there isn't that much in it IMO.

A tad optimistic! All 5 teams that we face have beaten us this season. If we have the intensity of last night then we have a chance in each game but if it drops off even just a few % then we could equally lose them all. Before last nights performance I had us finishing 7th. Now , well it will at least be interesting and I'm massively more hopeful.