Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:30 pm  

Bradford (h), Wakefield (h) and Catalans (a) to secure second place. They have to be favourites with Wigan, Saints, Leeds and Warrington playing each other next week and Huddersfield on 33 points with Saints to play also. Would be a shame if their form wilted with a serious crack at OT on the horizon.

We will see after today I suppose as Bradford have done well recently.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:46 pm  

Depends how they react to last weeks loss. If there's any sort of hangover, they're just as in the mix as everyone else.

There's also a good chance that if castleford lose today, saints will wrap everyone in cotton wool for the play offs, basically handing the points to Warrington and Huddersfield...

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:58 pm  

Castleford can still very feasibly get top. It's not out of the realms of possibility for Saints to lose the remaining two fixtures and Cas win their 3, giving them enough points difference to go top.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:22 pm  

Halftime at the Cas-Bulls match and Cas lead 18-6.

Looks like Cas may be keeping Saints honest!

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:36 pm  

What an amazing year !! And it's still not finished yet. It's a massive game next week against Wakefield now. Results couldn't have gone much better for us and Saints this week.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:01 pm  

Cas certainly have a great chance getting top spot. Hudds and Wire could easily finish as low as 6th, or as high as 2nd, so they will be throwing the kitchen sink at Saints.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:15 pm  

Who cares?

League standing is worth nothing if you don't win the Grand Final.

Regards,
Huddersfield Giants.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:39 pm  

Would love to come top. Just to get silverware in the cabinet again.

I think Huddersfield will win both.
I think Leeds or Wigan will win both.
Saints are guaranteed top 2.
With this in mind. Cas need to win both there games to come at least 2nd. But this may make them top also. Not sure we will win at Catalan so I think 4th may be where we finish. Warrington and Leeds or Wigan (depending who loses this week) to finish 5th and 6th.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:26 pm  

1 game at a time. Can't imagine wakey bowing down especially after we humiliated them at the ethiad and we've beaten them twice this year so they will be fired up. But only Leeds and sts (controversially) have beat us at Wheldon road this year.

Re: Second place is Castleford's to lose : Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:56 pm  

Will Saints beat Warrington? Will Saints beat Huddersfield? If the answer is no to both questions, the league is Cas's to lose.