Anyone bold enough to predict where we will finish this year

league leaders shield, sod it lets go for it !!!!!!!
Honestly would like to think we could at least make 7th or 8th anythign else a bonus anything less just sad

Mid-table seems a reasonable expectation. I still can't quite see how the squad is spent up to the salary cap, as has been stated by the club, because if it is then they need a much better accountant, as the other clubs spent up to the salary cap - Warrington, Wigan, Saints etc - are much, much better quality.

However, whereas last year it was hard to see anyone other than the Crusaders with as little quality as Quins, this year it's different. Quins are still a bottom half team, and wins against Warrington, Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Hull and Huddersfield will be few. Looking at Wakey, Widnes, Salford, Cas, Hull KR and Bradford, though, and you'd have to expect a decent return in those games. Catalans are, as ever, the wild card.

So I think 7th or 8th is a real possibility, injuries permitting. Anything above 7th would be remarkable, and anything below 10th would be very disappointing.

11th. Better than Wakefield, Widnes and Salford. 9th at best, over Bradford and HKR.

11th??? Boooo, hiss, ban this negative poster!!!

Well let's be positive and go for 6th

I'm hoping for the 7-8-9th mark, it may be hard for the team to gel straight away, or they'll come out firing. We beat St's early last season, lets do the same on our turf this!

Surprise a few top 8. Where hard to say but I think injuries as ever will be the key for lots of sides this as every season.

Top eight. Anything else is a failure.

Playoff football a very real possibility for London 2012 and should be one that we can reasonably hope for.

I'll go along with 7/8, but like all the 'lesser' clubs a lot'll depend on injuries due to lack of strength in depth.

Totally agree.........it is vital to the future survival of the club that we show we can compete and it is the only way we might attract new investment. Fail to do that over the next couple of seasons and the club may go to the wall when Saint David walks away at the end of this licence period.

8th or 9th. Injuries (or lack thereof) to people like Kaufusi, Robertson, Witt could be a big factor.

Absolutely right

I meant to add that this also an important season for Rob Powell to justify his appointment. I know I have been critical of him in the past, but I really do wish him and the club every success and that he proves this doubter wrong. It`s the team/squad he has selected from now on and on paper it is looking promising.

In it to win it

I suspect the reason is down to the fact that we have to pay a premium to any of our players who have moved from Up North to persuade them to come. e.g If Gareth Carvell became available from Warrington he could move to many Up North clubs without moving house, wife giving her job up and kids leaving school. If we don't cough up a premium it does'nt make sense for him to uproot himself and his family. I think this would apply to any half decent players who move down especially the married ones. I recall some Wakey fans coming on here when we signed Ollie Wilkes saying we were paying him crazy money to move to Quins over and above what he was worth - in other words what they were paying him - but without that he would not have come. If we were rich enough there is a case for us asking the RFL to pay London Weighting to make it a level playing field but it is pointless atm as we can't pay it even if we were allowed to. One for the future perhaps. Until then we are paying up to the salary cap but getting lesser quality players overall.

8th place for us I think as long as Gower stays fit. I believe we can cover other positions adequately as long as there aren't too many injuries at once but not him.

who have you signed to make you all seem to believe you can push for the play offs?

Top 8, and and a challenge cup final!

Top 4 with a visit to both Wembly and Old Trafford...






















Unsure if the team will be there as well though!

A quick look at the odds suggests all the bookies think there at least 9 better sides than us.

We should be aiming for the playoffs though.

You are Mac and I claim my fiver!

Home Play-Off game would be the minimum [uIF[/u we are at 100% of cap.

But aren't most other sides at full cap? Genuine question btw

Our pack shouldn't be bullied this year and Robertson could be prolific if given the opportunities. Or it could all go horribly tits up.

I'm hoping for a play-off place but not hopeful of one.

Although we have undoubtedly strengthed this year, unfortunately, most of the other teams around us have also.

TBH, I've given up worrying about such things as league position (I can't see us winning the comp in my lifetime) so I'm just going to turn-up make the most of the day and hopefully see a few wins.