runningman29 wrote:
You win the most optimistic supporter award.The Widnes loss I was willing to put down as a blip but the Wakefield drubbing is worrying especially with that hard run in.Yes I know it's only 2 defeats but the signs are there that we could be going off the boil at the wrong time judging by the leaky defence against let's be honest 2 teams who've had a few drubbings themselves this season so I hate to be the pessemistic one but no chance will we win the 4 that you say.Could very well lose all 4 depending on the CC result.
We do have a tough run in, so the last two games were probably the last chance to try a few different combinations before the business end of the season starts. In last year's GF we lost because a couple of injuries left us with short in key positions. We had no plan B. Wigan play a different style to us with set structures that remain the same no matter who plays, we don't and it showed. Smith experimented a bit and it didn't work, move on.
At the end of the day, the two losses won't count for much if we are able to win some of our last 5 SL games and the CC Semi. I think 3 SL wins would be good enough for us to enter the playoffs with enough confidence to do well. If you'd have asked most fans at the start of the season, they would not have expected us to be in the mix at the end, however we are. I think the frustration is that there doesn't seem to be a standout team this season, and if we were able to raise our game a bit, we could actually win something this season.