It’s a dangerous thing to start looking ahead at the fixture-list predicting potential results.

It’s the stuff people normally do with about six or eight games to go of the football season as their side strive for promotion or to avoid relegation.

They then compare the end points total with what they reckon their rivals will get and and see if their team will actually do enough to go up or stay up.

But we aren’t even halfway through Super League XIV yet and neither applies anymore anyway since the introduction of licences and the end of relegation.

And it is all pointless as well, as your cock-sure insight is normally ruined with a shock result inside the first week that blows everything out of the water.

But the temptation to have a peek ahead at the Bulls’ up-coming games is still there.

It is well documented 2009 has seen the club’s worst-ever Super League start and most supporters have just been hoping for a single win, let alone stringing a few together.

Many would just settle for a place in the top eight and a play-off berth.

But, given recent performances – back-to-back wins over Saints and Wakefield – there is a real hope among fans and the club itself that they have turned a corner.

Typically, their momentum is immediately halted by a free weekend due to their early Challenge Cup exit but looking ahead it is plain to see Bradford have a glorious opportunity to surge back up towards their more traditional spots.

Three of their next four games are against sides below them in the table. First up, a Celtic Crusaders side which has yet to win a single Super League fixture arrive at Odsal, then Bradford head to the other promoted outfit Salford, who admittedly have found some form of late.

Another home clash with Wakefield, who Bradford clinically dispatched on Saturday, should provide more ample opportunity for two points before the trip to Warrington.

They are showing signs of improvement under Tony Smith, not least illustrated by their recent 58-22 mauling of Steve McNamara’s side.

However, they are still erratic and the memory of that thrashing alone should help Bradford gain revenge.

The Bulls are in tenth spot but only five points off fifth-placed Harlequins with a game in hand over most of their rivals.

Also, Wakefield, Hull FC and Castleford Tigers – sixth down to eighth – are all locked on the same amount of points (14) as Quins.

A run of good form can easily see the Bulls establish themselves in that pack and those next four games are pivotal.

The fact won’t have been lost on McNamara’s squad – there is a real chance to make hay.

And, for all Super League is getting tougher, if they want to power up the table and deliver on all their promise, they have to beat the likes of Celtic, Salford, Warrington and Wakefield.

After that comes Saints and Leeds, already conquered. It’s the lesser fabled sides that have caused them problems so far in succumbing to six defeats already.

There isn’t much room for errors now and Bradford must show they have eradicated those inconsistencies of the opening months.

There have been big improvements in their play, particularly in terms of their concentration, which had been the root of so many problems in those frustrating earlier defeats.

It is easy to see now in some of their productive recent play why McNamara was so right to defend his beliefs when the going got tough and people were calling for his head.

Patience was key. Now he requires his players to continue delivering. Ben Jeffries is currently proving one of th e most influential halves in the competition, Sam Burgess has begun to rediscover his best form after a slow start, while new hooker Julien Rinaldi has done exactly what McNamara had hoped for and Mick Worrincy is turning into a real super-sub with his try-scoring feats.

So many people wrote off this campaign when the Bulls managed just one win in their opening seven but the outlook is suddenly far rosier. Now, how many points does that all add up to...?