The salford fans on their forum say they will be happy with6th to 8th. Sound very realistic to me but they will cause a couple of surprises on the way.

Still too many journeymen in there, Morley way past his best, Chase is an enigma, Hock an accident waiting to happen and the squad lacks depth beyond the starting 13.

Tim Smith is the best signing by a mile, and much will depend on how well he links with Chase. A good cup run is their best bet of glory; a top-8 finish should be a minimum requirement in the league but can't see them beyond 6th.

I'd say Hansen and Smith on par for their best signings

I think they will be much better than last year that's for sure. I think the playoffs will be a good result for them and is probably the target, they will certainly cause some upsets and be there or thereabouts but it's a big ask of a new team to be consistent from the beginning.

I don't really buy into this "cause some upsets" malarkie. With their new set up and investment they should be competative, in the Play Offs and on their day with a first choice team capable of beating most teams.

As Flying Biscuit has stated they've beaten us before so no shock there if they pull off a win (God forbid).

6th for me next year with a good cup run and think that a good cup run might be more useful to them in the short term to get a bit of excitement going in the 'town'. The prospect of a Wembley trip would get their fans right at it and encourage some of those that haven't bothered to show their faces and back the new regime

I'll state they'll improve big time over the rest of the cellar dwellers, but not trouble the competition leaders by any great degree.

I wouldn't have had moz playing for us for most of last year, i was scared about his ball retention, which was similar to mark hilton circa 98. Very worrying.

i can only repeat what others have said and the hock/chase pairing off the field is a powderkeg waiting to go off. one of or both of them together are going to be involved in some sort of major cock up.

Devils fans can refuse to believe that, or ignore it all they want, but its going to happen, like the sun coming up.


AS monkey man has said, we more than most have experienced and know that just getting a collection of highly rated players together doesn't guarentee a good TEAM. I reckon they need the pre season made in heaven this year to get everyone singing from the same hymm sheet, or noble needs the simplest game plan going.