Finally with a big squad and some decent signings whats our views on the tigers performance next season optimistically im hoping for a good challenge cup run and a top 8 finish is well capable or have i just my black and amber tinted glasses on.

If the key players stay injury free, if the new players settle in quickly and we develop a structured attack we could pinch 8th.

I'm optimistic about the challenge cup every year so no change there. Realistically I don't think we have enough quality to make the 8 and are part of the bunch between 9-12. if we're in the mix for the 8 with a week or two to go then 9th or 10th is a realistic and acceptable finish iny opinion.

I think we will finish 9th/10th

I'm looking for a different mentality in our defending.
If we can scored tries like we did last season and our defence is tighter, I think 9th is reasonable.

9th or 10th for me.

We should finish well above:-
Bulls (financial mess keeps getting bigger and bigger)
Wakey (skinny squad)
London (I still have doubts about London making the starting line)

We should be in the mix with Widnes and possibly $al£ord.

7th to 10th will do for me. Below 10th will be a big dissapointment.

I'd like 10th - I think we underperformed last year and a season of the same ilk will most definitely see us getting relegated.

We took 3 points from a possible 8 of the teams below us, and that won't be good enough this year.

We need to take 4 from london, a minimum of 4 from Wakefield (out of 6 including Magic Weekend) and at least 2 from Bulls, Widnes and HKR

That'd give us 14 points as a benchmark, and I think 18 will be enough to stay up this year (considering London would shock if they registered 5 wins, Bradford might end up the same but who knows, and wakefield will struggle to get 10 wins if they rack up 5/6 injuries at once)

We are right in this dog-fight and don't for a second consider otherwise - although the potential of this squad is for an 8th place finish, certainly

Spot on there Dave, I'm not as convinced with Salford as a lot of people are, if Smith and Chase don't fire or get injured I think they'll be very average.

Liam Finn signed for you lot from Fev

Quote ="Knight till I drop"Liam Finn signed for you lot from Fev'" He certainly has :- www.castigers.com/article.php?id=3904 But who will be making way for him ?

Quote ="Knight till I drop"Liam Finn signed for you lot from Fev'" He certainly has :- www.castigers.com/article.php?id=3904 But who will be making way for him ?

You could say that about any player in any team in Super League, what if Matty Smith doesn't fire next year or Johnny Lomax? Will wigan and Saints be very average, your forgetting Rangi will have a lot more quality around him at Salford unlike being a one man team at Cas, he'll have a lot more options and better players taking the load in my opinion.

Like he does for England? You tend to find his impact drops off when he's put into the teams system rather than a team built around him and I can't see Noble letting him have as much free reign as he did at Cas.

Chase will be the main man at the Devils don't worry about that, and when your team sets up their whole game around one/two men which Salford will then you'll realise how much freedom Chase and Smith will have, England on the other hand play the Leeds Rhinos way of hot potato rugby using the outside backs to do the creating and scoring, you could say the same for Huddersfield, nobles teams on the other hand play very different for one their halfback dependant and use the big guns to finish off the hard work abit like Deacon and Robbie Paul used to do for the Bulls, and believe it or not noble laid down the platform at Wigan, he just wasn't given the time.

Johnny lomax was injured for large parts of the season, along with roby, and we sure did look average at times.

I understand why a few people have question marks over Salford (and I understand why all Salford fans seem confused as to why) - but I don't think they have enough quality, even with the buys firing to break the top 5/6.

As for cas, I really like the cas mentality, and as a club I have a lot of respect for what your trying to do, unfortunately that doesn't always translate to quality on the pitch - so I'd say 9th - 10th, but I'd really like it if you snuck into the 8

At the end of the day nobody knows anything until next year, we can all be experts in our own mind but until the season kicks off nobody know nowt.

I think it'll be a close season, but hopefully we'll just edge a thriller.

never seen the point of prediction threads as nobody ever brings them up at seasons end.
Although i think we will probably finish 9th anything less than a play off spot should be seen as a fail. But then it's a relegation year so.....

So on this thread you say that "anything less than a playoff spot should be seen as a fail", yet in the squad numbers thread you imply we should just about manage to keep out the bottom two.

Just make your mind up for once!

you lying barsteward , I haven't mentioned finishing position in other thread at all.

We need to be in at least 9th or 10th come August. We don't want to be sweating into the last 6 games of the season. A top 12 finish this season will do for me - mission accomplished.

Don't count out the Bulls chaps. We are currently in the do do again but if that is sorted in the next few days (new sponsors announced next week) we have a better team than last year. Bulls fans will be happy finishing 3rd from bottom but we might just surprise a few. Anyway, looking forward to you all coming to Odsal. Don't forget to spend lots of money when you do.

Cheers - see you at Odsal.

We have lost Chase but we won a few games last year when he was suspended so the players need to remember they can step up, couple that with a full pre season with a coach who is capable of wringing every last bit of talent out of supposedly average players.

I'm going for 9th.

i think overall cas are better off with out chase you depended on him far to much, once the players start playing together rather than individuals and with the better pack and a good coach you will have a good year.

don't think it was a case of players playing as individuals more like players being made to play out of position under Millward and a lack of commitment in defence.