To be honest , after the debacle of the 4 nations and the current signing of overpaid crocks I would suggest that less and less are getting interested in this and will vote with their feet.

They have in the Championship where there is really not a lot to play for except to go through the motions.

But those who "care" about their teams will of course beg to differ, as they should, but in the overall scheme of things the more they change the more they stay the same.

I love the game of Rugby League , I don't think there is a more challanging game on the planet.

It's what goes with it that concerns me.

Oh for what it's worth Leeds V Saints for the grand final with Wigan and Wire as the other semi involvement.

Yet ANOTHER most open Soooperdooper league season to come

1leeds
2wire
3saints
4hudds
5wigan
6catalns
7hullkr
8bradford
9cas
10wakey
11hullfc
12quins
13salford
14crusaders


Leeds look like they will be top dogs, wire have improved alot and i think tony smith will take them forward. Saints will drop slightly as they enter there transitional phase playing alot of kids (like leeds under powell) hudds have improved but still will be just short of trophies. Alot depends on the coach at wigan but they will be in the top 6. Hullkr will be a hard team to beat at home but wont be as good away, bradford could be higher or lower than that depending how quickly there overseas players settle in, how fast the team can adapt to 2 new halfs and a new hooker and if there injury prone players can stay fit. Cas will probabley just miss out on the playoffs, but will finish higher if we can keep both half backs fit, a full year out of hudson would really boost us two as we miss his leadership when he doenst play due to us having quite a young sqaud. Wakey could well be higher but having got rid of drew, martin, grix and rooney who all played in the halfs last year and replaced them with jeffries i could see them struggling if brough is injured or suspendedas jeffries blows hot and cold, last season they had two game winning players in drew and brough now they have one. i really hope i'm wrong about fc and that they can get far higher as they are my second team, alot of it will depend on shaun longand if can avoid the injury curse of the fc half back. Quins havent really strengthened at all and have brought in lower league players and kids, i expect mcdermott will unearth a gem or two and get them well drilled but they will fade away again. Salford have lost a few good players and a few average ones, and havent brought much in to replace them boyle and smith will go well, not so sure on the other two. With the current state of there team and with most players already signed up i cant see crusaders getting off the bottom.

Want a wager ?

Get me a plastic bag and a tube of whatever you've been sniffing.

Loving it that eveyones predicting cas to finish lower than 8th, just like last year.

1.Leeds
2.Saints
3.Warrington
4.Wigan
5.Hull KR
6.Hull FC
7.Wakefield
8.Castleford
---------------------
9.Huddersfield
10.Bradford
11.Salford
12.Catalan
13.Harlequins
14.Crusaders

1. Leeds
2. Stains
3. Wire
4. Catalan
5. Hull KR
6. Hull FC
7. Wigan
8. Huddersfield
-------------------------
9. Bradford
10. Castleford
11. Wakefield
12. Salford
13. Quins
14. Crusaders

Leeds
Saints
Wigan
Hull KR
Giants.
Cas keep wrighting us of added couple more so we go even high this year.
Wakie
Wire
Catalan
Hull first to sack coach
Bradford 2 cteam to sack coach
Salford
Quins 3 team to sack coach
celtic.

Saints
Leeds
Warrington
Hull FC
Wigan
Huddersfield
Castleford
Hull KR
Catalan
Wakefield
Bradford
Harlequins
Salford
Celtic

The re-signing of Ryan Clayton did you no favours TBF.

Id go with that as things stand atm.

Yeah cant see you finishing that high myself

1. Leeds
2. Wigan
3. Saints
4. Warrington
5. Catalans
6. Hull FC
7. Huddersfield
8. Castleford
9. Hull KR
10. Wakefield
11. Bradford
12. Harlequins
13. Crusaders
14. Salford

Well, apart from people thinking Leeds will finish top, it appears the rest is pretty mixed! Maybe SL is finally evening out?

if crusaders get utai and witt, (nathan cayless turned them down), along with a couple of others, fancy them to finish above quins too

Very surprised but pleasing that people from other clubs seem to be putting Wigan in the top 4 of most of their picks, I'm still unsure as it has been mentioned alot will depend on how we got on with our new coach.

Anyway:

1. Leeds
2. Saints
3. Wire
4. Wigan
5. Catalans
6. Hull KR
7. Huddersfield
8. Bradford
9. Hull FC
10. Cas
11. Wakefield
12. Quins
13. Salford
14. Crusaders

We were going to sign someone but we have some idiots as fans to thank that we didn't as they handed us a 40k fine which put many signings away.

In fairness to clayton his defence was excellent towards the end of last season and he will be competing for the 5th choice second row spot with an academy player called jon davies, so probably wont see too much game time.

Tm has said we still have one more signing to come.

1. Leeds
2. Saints
3. Huddersfield
4. Wire
5. Wigan
6. Hull KR
7. Catalans
8. Hull FC
9. Bradford
10. Cas
11. Wakefield
12. Quins
13. Salford
14. Crusaders

No it didn't, Matterson said back in like May there will only be 3 or 4 signings, so far he's made 3 and there's one more to come - a non fed prop.

You think we weren't going to sign someone else in Claytons place ? That money was going towards a new signing and because of some idiots we haven't got anyone new we've got crap like Ryan Clayton.

One more signing to go, really improving on last years awsome start to the franchising...oh wait...

Edit: Who are our 3 signings ? I've only counted Jackson.

Jackson and Snitch

Christ, does did your nose grow when you posted that

For what it is worth...

Leeds
Warrington
St Helens
----- Gap -------
Catalans
Hull KR
Wigan
Huddersfield
Castleford
Bradford
Hull
----- Gap -------
Wakefield
Quins
Salford
Crusaders

If you didnt pay much attention to him fair enough, but as someone who did i can tell you his defence was excellent at the end of last season (though its true he offers virtually no go forward.