HALIFAX coach Matt Calland has been saying it all week.
From here on in, there are no second chances.
Any mistakes and by 9.30pm tonight Halifax's season could be over, finished, done and dusted.
Calland and his players could go off on their jollies, disappointed with defeat but satisfied with a generally fine year of progression on and off the field.
Right? Wrong.
Because while it's true Fax have done well this year, there is no escaping the fact that they can - and perhaps even should - do even better.
Defeat at the first hurdle, albeit against a team that are only sixth because of off field circumstances rather than any shortcomings on the field, would be a poor end to a fine year.
And having set the bar so high this season, no one wants that.
The worry is that Fax have not been in the best of form lately.
But, as Calland has pointed out, there were some signs of a revival in that crazy game at Featherstone 10 days ago.
It would be a massive exaggeration to say the visitors were on fire after the break at Post Office Road.
But there was a slickness to their passing and build up play that has been missing over the last couple of months.
If that fluency is there tonight, then there is every chance they can get the better of a high quality, but equally inconsistent, Widnes side.
And if they can clear this hurdle - and with David Larder, Dana Wilson and Mick Govin all close to fitness as well - then the next month could be a very interesting one indeed.
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