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Looking at the games we have to play and how they fall on the fixture list, i am getting a little worried now after the thumping at saints.

Next up is wakefield who are bouyant after 3 succesive victories, in my eyes we have to win with wigan the week after and on their form we may we be on the end of a mauling.

out of the next 10 games we need at least 6 wins maybe 7 out of wakefield (H) wigan (A) london (H) leeds (A) wolves (A) widness (H) kr (H) giants (A) hull (H) catalan (A) to be in with a shout of playoff rugby this year which we desperately need especially with leeds' game in hand and due to congested nature of the table atm 12 teams could be fighting for the top 8.

I think the best we can hope for from that list is 5 wins - all our home games. I think even that may be a struggle given our current injury list.
We will need other results to go our way, and even then I think we will be lucky to get 8th spot. I think we will end up finishing 9th, quite possibly because of our poor points difference.

i think we will pinch 6 wins from that list but i agree with you, it will be extremely close come the end of the season, we could do with one of the other clubs having 2 bad weeks which will give us some breathing space

Wigan and Wire would be major shocks. The rest have been inconsistent enough to be vulnerable. But we can probably only afford a maximum of three losses in those eight and even those might be one or two too many. Three points dropped to Salford looks potentially costly.

baring any major shocks hull, leeds, catalan and hudds are the main games if we could get 3-4 points from those games and beat the others we have to play think we could squeek it, we need playoff rugby we the fans deserve it after the finances, injuries and in fighting at the top we need gold at the end of our rainbow

wakey - i could see a win
wigan - i cannot see a win in the slightest
london - yes
leeds - could see a win because players are always up for it.
warrington - couldnt see a win
widnes - would like to think we win this
kr- yes hopefully but will be even contest
giants- think we will win this one at the moment anyway.
fc - you never know with them
catalan - we have a good record in the south of france.

5 wins should get a playoff spot (27 points). That's most likely going to come from Wakefield, London, Widnes, Hull KR and either Hull FC or Leeds I would guess?

Realisitically I would tip 3 wins - Wakey, London & Widnesss. However you have outperformed my expectations this season so who knows?

Think the fact that your injuries are stopping you from rotating your forwards will probably be a big stumbling block. If we beat Leeds next week we will then be in the mix and then our game against you will be quite a big game.

I thought Leeds would be ok, but given some of the backing up their players need to do they could come unstuck quite easily. They're not in great form as it is and they may still lose games they would normally expect to win.

Saturday, 16 June 2012
International Match
England v Exiles, 18:45

Then backing up here:

Monday, 18 June 2012
Leeds v Wakefield, 20:00

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Wednesday, 4 July 2012
International Match
England v Exiles, 19:45

Than backing up again:

Friday, 6 July 2012
Leeds v Hull, 20:00

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I know this isn't technically backing up, but cup semi's are generally pretty draining, plus we'll have had an extra week to prepare. Leeds season may well rest on the cup so expect a massive effort against Wigan.

Saturday, 14 July 2012
Carnegie Challenge Cup
Leeds v Wigan, Pl1, 17:30

Friday, 20 July 2012
Leeds v Bradford, 20:00

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Looking at the other games Leeds have, there are a few recongised tough games (Catalan and Hudders away), but the rest you would expect the Leeds of old to win. As stated though, they are not in the best of form and any further injuries could disrupt them even further. Leeds games away against Wakey and Hull KR could define our season and theirs.........