I think youll more than take them to be honest. I also think youll take Harlequins a run for their money, 12th position, anything more would be a excellent achievement with whats been happening with the club inside and out.

Totally agree.

In my best Kevin Keegan voice "I would love it, LOVE IT if we finished above those cheeky, chirpy cockneys".

I think that we are alot stronger than we were last season, we have Buderus coming back from injury, which will be more like a new signing for us, also Eastwoods finally here and he will be excellent from the bench. We finally have a centre that is meant to be playing in centre also, Brett Delaney, if he plays like he did against Bradford all season, he will be brilliant, and will make Scott Donald look like a total new winger. The choice of Ryan Bailey, Ian Kirke and Luke Burgess is going to be a tough one for Bluey, the squad is really strong.

IMO the youngsters we have at the squad are going on well at the moment, we have more than what I said, we have Liam Hood, Chris Clarkson and Danny Bravo, also Jamel Chisolme, who was named rugby league fastest player last season.

IMO...

Tansey
Calderwood
Hall
Yeaman
Briscoe
R.Horne
Long
Cusack
Berrigan
O'Meley
Tickle
Manu
Fitzgibbon

Houghton
Moa
Radford
Lauaki

I think Long, Tickle, Fitz and Moa will make big impressions this season maybe also Jordan Turner once he gets in the side. I wonder how many come off worst again O'Meley and how many times Lauaki will get sent off.

I am looking forward to the trip to Crusaders, and I think that its going to be a really competitive game. People seem to think that we are going to hammer you guys, but if you look through your squad in detail, you have some potential big players in there, I dont think it will be a easy game for leeds, and dont think it will be very high scored like last season at Newport. I hope that you all have a great season. Good luck to you for the season... except when you play us though.



I look forward to seeing more of Elliot Kear and hope that he gets quite a bit of game time because IMO hes going to be a superb player.

Ben Jones-Bishop
Will Sharp
David Howell
Tony Clubb
Chris Melling
Luke Dorn (*injured)
Danny Orr
Louie McCarthy-Scaarsbrook
Chad Randall
Karl Temata (*Injured)
Luke Williamson
Jason Golden
Rob Purdham (*Injured)

Danny Ward
Oli Wilkes
Dave Williams/Matt James/Ryan Esders
Luke Gale/Andy Ellis/Ben Kaye

Best young players I reckon are Dave Williams, Jamie O'Callaghan and Luke May.

So there you have it: 7 props, 4 Full Backs, 3 hookers, 3 stand offs, 1 recognised centre and 0 scrum halves and desperately lacking in creative options, weakest on paper I've seen by far, but apparently we don't need to fill the 2x quota places left open. Who am I to disagree?


They gave us a real run at home last year. If you'd swapped the halfbacks around on that day (we got Dick Van Dyke, they got Danny Orr) then they would have won. Our clubs doing some good things off the field, on the field we're going backwards, fast.

Salford, Crusaders and Harlequins all look poor squads imo with Bradford not far behind.

I like the look of Hull!

I see a whole bunch of pretty evenly matched teams....

1. Tansey
2. Calderwood
3. Yeaman
4. Hall
5. Briscoe
6. Horne
7. Long
8. Radford
9. Berrigan
10. O'Meley
11. Tickle
12. Manu
13. Fitzgibbon

14. Cusack
15. Moa
16. Lauaki
17. Turner

That how it will be, although I'd rather have -
1. Tansey
2. Calderwood
3. Yeaman
4. Hall
5. Briscoe
6. Turner
7. Long
8. Radford
9. Berrigan
10. O'Meley
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Manu
13. Washbrook

14. Moa
15. Lauaki
16. Dowes
17. Whiting

Last year of Louies contract FWIR, if you have a bad year do you think he will stay? IMO can see him joining Leeds with a fair few players on their last year contract at Leeds.

Must be the hardest squad in the league? Can't see many messing with those boys this year.

His international prospects won't improve playing at a poor club. That's the reality.

If you think our squad is only just behind those three you need your head checking.

Maybe you haven't seen any of our imports play? Or maybe your just trying to get a reaction from people like me?

Either way I would bet you a fair deal of cash that there'll be more than these three finishing below us.

Think he got his reaction

Where do you think you will finish?

Very strong. Grix was your form player at the back end of last season, and yet he's not seen as a first choice player in the 17. Lots of room for rotation, with the the likes of Clarke, Cooper, Riley and Mitchell too.

If Warrington can keep the majority of there best players fit for the most of the season, they'd be the team to back. Certainly the team to give Leeds a run for top spot.

You can give us Penny back aswell, if he's 5th choice winger!

I admire you for being such a dedicated and positive fan. I hope you don't spit your dummy out next season when Bradford are not one of the top sides in the league.

In the playoffs hopefully, I believe we'll be anywhere from 4th to 8th.

Headhunter, I haven't claimed that we'll be a top side, I just said that I don't think there's only those 3 sides worse than us, and I think thats a fair comment.

He has gone backwards over the last 2 years-watched him today against Skolars and again he did very little. He will go where the money is simple.

Anybody have any idea what the 1st choice 17 is likely to be for Catalans?

Greenshields
Walker
Baile
Sa
Pelo
Mogg
Bosc
Casty
McGuire
Guisset
Raguin
Elima
Johnson

Subs
Ferriol
K. Bentley/Mounis
Fakir
Martins

and then Leeds

I believe Hull, Leeds, Wigan, Wire, Saints, Catalans, Wakefield, Huddersfield, all have better squads than Bradford. You wont finish top 8 imo.

I also see a bunch of teams with mutual respect for each other... And then Leeds.

Leeds are unbeatable, as their four trebles on the bounce clearly prove.

So you are saying they will go this season unbeaten?