WE can discuss what’s gone wrong and how it can be put right until the cows come home but this weekend is all about one thing – a win!

No matter what has already gone on this year, – who has disappointed, who has let us down – the crucial point remains that The Wire must defeat Catalans Dragons on Saturday.

I wouldn’t want to see the French outfit battling for their Super League status, if I’m honest, because they are an important asset to the game across the water but if it comes to ‘Le Crunch’ then clearly I would rather it be them than ‘us’.

It could still be both, based on Huddersfield Giants enjoying an upturn in form, but the only control The Wire have on the situation is to win their remaining five games before the split and hope that other results go their way.

As much as two trips to the south of France in August and September might suit some people, the last thing Wolves want is potential visits to Catalans and Toulouse in the second phase of the competition – which could be a possibility for those clubs not in the Super 8s.

Anything can happen over there in the soaring heat of a Mediterranean summer.

And due to the frantic and passionate nature of ‘derby’ fixtures that tend to be decided by anything but form, games against Widnes Vikings and Leigh Centurions would be as tough as any for The Wire.

Another opponent in the Middle 8s would be Hull KR, a Super League club in all but name and a place where Wolves have struggled on many occasion.

No, Wolves definitely don’t want to be caught up in any of that.

So every ounce of effort needs to go into the next five Super League games, on and off the field.

Everyone needs to get behind them at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday.

The atmosphere at home games against Catalans has often been flat, mainly due to the limited numbers of travelling supporters, but that plays into the hands of the visiting players – they think they have got their first task done in silencing the crowd!

Hopefully those of you who have taken advantage of the ticket offer through the Warrington Guardian can help to raise the roof at what is the start of such an important sequence of games for The Wire.

This year, with Wolves clearly now not going to reach the top four and enter the play-offs for Old Trafford, these next five games attempting to get into the Super 8s are probably more important than the games to come should they manage to sneak in.

To be honest, and it’s a poor reflection of the season after last year’s experiences, I think many fans would settle for reaching the Super 8s even if ‘burnout’ in doing so means delivering little in the remaining seven matches.

Of course, though, if it does prove (gulp) to be the Middle 8s for The Wire this year, each of those games would have to be considered a cup final in the bid for gaining one of the three automatic places then on offer for Super League in 2018.

It’s a huge couple of months ahead.