Shall we have a thread for this?
Once your club has officially released the 2020 squad numbers, let's post them in here and also have a guess at what you think will be the strongest / most likely match day 17.

Salford:
1. Evalds
2. Sio
3. Welham
4. Sarginson
5. Inu
6. Lolohea
7. Brown
8. Mossop
9. Lussick
10. Dudson
11. Lannon
12. Greenwood
13. Yates

14. Ikahihifo
15. Pauli
16. Walker
17. Atkin

Chamberlain, McCarthy, Flash, Burke and Johnson will be pushing the starting 17. Connor-Jones, Kear, Williams and Ormondroyd (sp) will be backup for now but could easily push for starts as the squad is quite balanced.

So much depends on form and injuries but assuming Trinity get no more injuries and the majority of players are on form then Trinity can field a very competitive starting 19 imho.

Walker or Jowitt
Lyne or Hampshire
Arundel or Lyne
Tupou or Atkins
Johnstone or Kershaw

Miller
Brough or Hampshire

Westerman
Tanginoa
Ashurst
Fifita
J Wood
Arona

Green
Kopczak
Pitt’s
K Wood

Back up forwards
Batchelor
Tangata
Crowther
King
Gwaze
Kirmond.... all SL experienced.

Choices in the back line even missing BJB and ditto back row.

HB pickings slim and could do with another prop, however two quota spots still free.

I’m happy enough without being giddy.

Warrington

Fairly clear cut I expect

1. Ratchford
2. Lineham
3. King
4. Gelling
5. Charnley
6. Austin.
7. Widdop (Patton for the first few weeks)
8. Hill
9. D Clark
10. Cooper
11. Currie
12. Murdoch-Masilla
13. Hughes

14. Philbin
15. Akaouala
16. J Clark
17. Walker / Mamo / Davis (would depend on opposition I expect).

Still have cap space to add a good prop to the squad by all accounts and we certainly need it. Be interesting to see if Burrell can kick on and challenge for a first team spot but at he minute he's well down the pecking order.

Picking the 17 for Hull is a really tough call. There are a few positions where I really don't know how we will go, and the squad numbers just raise more questions than answers. But I will take a stab.

Squad numbers:

1. Jamie Shaul
2. Bureta Faraimo
3. Carlos Tuimavave
4. Josh Griffin
5. Adam Swift
6. Jake Connor
7. Marc Sneyd
8. Scott Taylor
9. Danny Houghton
10. Chris Satae
11. Josh Jones
12. Manu Ma’u
13. Ligi Sao
14. Albert Kelly
15. Joe Cator
16. Jordan Johnstone
17. Matty Dawson-Jones
19. Masi Matongo
20. Brad Fash
21. Jordan Lane
22. Josh Bowden
23. Andre Savelio
24. Mahe Fonua
25. Connor Wynne
26. Kieran Buchanan
27. Liam Harris
28. Lewis Bienek
29. Gareth Ellis
30. Jack Brown
31. Cameron Scott
33. Ratu Naulago

My potential 17:

Shaul
Naulago
Tuimavave
Fonua
Swift
Connor
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton (Johnstone will start the season)
Satae
Jones
Ma'u
Sao

Kelly
Griffin
Bowden
Savelio

But honestly I could pick 5 or 6 teams and each would be as likely as the last.

Wakefield.

Walker.
Johnstone.
Tupou.
Lyne.
Hampshire.
Miller.
Brough.
Fifita.
Wood J.
Green.
Tanganoa.
Ashhurst.
Westerman.

Kopjak
Tangata
Pitt.
Wood K.

Difficult to find a place for Arona and Atkins.

Complete guess but won't be too disimilar

[uHull Kingston Rovers.[/u

1 – Adam Quinlan
2 – Ben Crooks
3 – Shaun Kenny-Dowall
4 – Kane Linnett
5 – Greg Minikin

7 – Jordan Abdull
30- Jamie Ellis

8 – Robbie Mulhern
9 - Matt Parcell
14 – Mitche Garbutt

11 – Weller Hauraki (C)
12 – Harvey Livett
15 – George Lawler

[uSubs[/u
10 - Mose Masoe
16 – Dan Murray
17 – Kyle Trout
18 – Jez Litten

[uRest of the Squad[/u
13 - Dean Hadley
19 – Will Dagger
20 – Mikey Lewis
21 – Owen Harrison
22 - Nick Rawsthorne
23 – Ethan Ryan
24 Joe Keyes
25 – Matty Gee
26 – Will Maher
27 – Elliot Minchella
28 – Matty Storton
29 - Anesu Mudoti
31 – Ryan Brierley

That squad looks really thin to me but so did Salford last year so I expect to see you at Old Trafford

St Helens

Same as last year pretty much bar the subs bench. Lewis Dodd will get game time against the lesser teams

My guess at how Wigan will line up against Warrington in round 1 (who I think he will pick, not necessarily who I would pick)

FB 6 French
RW 2 Marshall
RC 1 Hardaker
LC 23 Bibby
LW 5 J.Burgess
SO 31 Hastings
SH 7 Leuluai
P 14 Flower
H 9 Powell
P 10 G.Burgess
SR 11 Isa
SR 12 Farrell
LF 13 O'Loughlin

S 8 Clubb
S 15 Greenwood
S 16 Smithies
S 22 Clark

Injured - Gildart, Manfredi

Only just missing out - Hankinson, Bullock, Partington

1 Goulding
2 Mcgilvary
3 Turner
4 Wardle Jake
5 Macintosh
6 Gaskell
7 Sezer
8 Matagi
9 O Brian
10 Gavet
11 Edwards
12 Wardle Joe
13 Lawrence

14 Taai
15 English
16 Murphy
17 Russell/Holmes

This is not counting the long term injured trio of Cudjoe,Uate and Clough.

More than a few people are tipping you for relegation but I don't think that's a bad side.

Very competitive in what, the championship? I cannot see you surviving again this time around however I hope you do as that is probably the only ground I will not visit...

Well thankfully no one here as to visit Widnes anytime soon....

Yep I reckon we would be very competitive in the Championship, alas we don't play in it....... tell us all, what's it like?

The silverware hunting Catalans team will be stacked with creative talent in 2020;

[iSamuel Tomkins

Lewis Tierney, David Mead, Samisoni Langi, Fouad Yaha,

James Maloney
Joshua Drinkwater

Jason Baitieri,
Benjamin Garcia, Benjamin Jullien
Remi Casty, Michael McIlorum, Samuel Moa
[/i
[uInterchange[/u: [iJulien Bousquet, Mickael Simon, Samuel Kasiano, Matthew Whitley[/i

[uReserves[/u: Lucas Albert, Mickael Goudemand, Arthur Romano, Antoni Maria, Alrix da Costa, Paul Seguier, Thomas Davies, Arthur Mourge.

This is a very strong team -- highlighted by a brilliant spine and a strong pack -- that could well be facing St Helens at Old Trafford in October.

I expect many of these players to feature in the RFL's 2020 Dream Team.

Only dream team they’ll be announced in is the alcoholics XIII after kenny Edwards interview. Also how on earth does Tierney get in front of Tom Davies? You’ve got about as much chance of getting to old Trafford as I have managing Great Britain

That is actually a pretty decent 17, on paper at least. I'm still not convinced about your coach though, and that list of reserves isn't the greatest. I think a lot will rely on Catalans keeping their key players fit and playing.

Macintosh on the wing sounds like a good idea. He gets shown up too much at full back but could have a real impact out wide. Goulding and Sezer are both good signings.

The Giants are probably still lower table but that team should be good enough to finish above Hull KR.

I have an odd feeling about Wakefield this year. After being, unfairly, tipped for relegation in previous seasons they could go either way this year. After a flat finish in 2019, if they continue to have injury issues with key players they could find themselves in trouble. Chris Chester is my tip for first coach to be sacked.

Saints, assuming Matty Lees is not ready yet...

#1 Lachlan Coote
#21 Matty Costello (Tommy Makinson out injured)
#3 Kevin Naiqama
#4 Mark Percival
#5 Regan Grace
#6 Theo Fages
#7 Jonny Lomax
#8 Alex Walmsley
#21 Aaron Smith (James Roby out injured)
#10 Luke Thompson
#11 Zeb Taia
#17 Dominique Peyroux
#15 Morgan Knowles

#13 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
#16 Kyle Amor
#17 Jack Ashworth
#20 James Bentley

There is a concern that our new Aussie coach will put Paulo back into the side, maybe instead of Bentley. This will be an early warning sign.

Going through the season we have a few players getting old Taia, Amor, LMS who will need phasing out.

FB Alex Walker
LW: Tom Johnstone
C: Bill Tupou
C: Reece Lyne
RW:Ben Jones Bishop (Think Hampshire will start season as BJB injured)

SO: Jacob Miller
SH: Danny Brough

PR: David Fifita
HK: Josh Wood/Kyle Wood in spells
PR: Chris Green
SR: Kelepi Tanginoa
SR: Matty Ashurst
LF: Tinirau Arona
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Joe Westerman
James Batchelor/Jay Pitts
Josh/Kyle Wood
Craig Kopczak

I think thats a good side to be fair. If we can avoid the kind of injuries we had last year then I think we're well away from relegation.

Looking at these teams I am more and more confident that Hull have as good a squad as anyone this year. There are plenty of handy looking teams, but everyone has one or two weaker spots. Even Saints on paper don't fill me with dread. If we had a coach that I had a bit more faith in then I would really fancy us this year. Unfortunately I can see it being a real missed opportunity.

Bookmarked

This post crops up ever year. Hull fc fans claiming they have the best squad and no one else comes close only for them to achieve absolutely nothing and end up mid table

Yeah, did you actually read what I wrote or did you just stop after the first line?

Squad: Very good
Coach: Not very good
Prediction: 5th

Hull have a strong looking squad but I remain of the opinion they’ll do nothing until they get a proper coach.