I've been saying all season that there could be two teams drop out of SL this year. Hull KR should come up in the top 3, and I can see a current SL club finishing below the MPG and another one to lose the MPG to a championship club

My rough prediction for the M8s is;

Warrington
Hull KR
Catalans
Widnes
London
Leigh
Featherstone
Halifax

Alternatively, I'd like to see every team win 3 games and draw 1 game, that would put all the club's on 7 points and then points difference would decide where they finished

Is he the ex Saints player?

I'm glad we're not involved in the middle 8's, it was nerve shredding last time.

There is every chance that even KR may not gain promotion.

All of the bottom 4 SL clubs have been improving, just look at Warrington's game against Wigan last night.
There is absolutely no chance of 2 Championship clubs making it through the middle 8's and I've a feeling that, unless the wheels come off, which looks unlikely, we may well have the same 12 clubs in SL next season.
What does make you smile though is that all of the clubs, that want to be in SL next season, are strengthening their squads and a couple of seasons ago, we got heaps of stick for doing just that.
KR have been superb this year and their support has been tremendous and they do "deserve" to be in SL but, the 7 tough games, on the bounce,may be a struggle for them, just as it was for Leigh 2 years ago.
I know that they will be heavily motivated and they should be good enough.
It's going to be an intriguing middle 8's.

All the bottom 4 improving? Does this include Widnes who lost 40-0 to Huddersfield and Leigh who conceded 50 to Warrington last week?

I disagree, I think there is every chance of 2 clubs gaining promotion - I think KR will be right up there at the top and I think London have every chance of been in that mix - They've been playing some really good stuff (Albeit against championship opp) and rotating the squad well as it gets to the back end of the season so will be pretty fresh coming in. Whilst you make reference to Wire improving over the last few weeks I agree, and they should breeze through, but Widnes, Leigh and Catalan seem to offer very little and don't seem to have improved at all and I cant imagine will be carrying a lot of confidence into them middle 8s.

Never quite know how it will pan out because I suppose you cant bridge the gap between SL and Chmp from one season to another when there are 1 or 2 teams dominating, but to say there Is absolutely no chance Is a bold statement.

I may have been over optimistic in saying that the bottom 4 have improved but, certainly Wire and Catalan have showed some improvement and Widnes, despite getting stuffed by Shudds last week, have won 3 from 6, including a win over Leeds.

Even Leigh have beaten Wigan and Hull in the not too distant past and the Championship clubs are not at that standard.

There is only KR that will be anywhere near challenging and as I said, with 7 tough games on the bounce, it wont be easy and they will probably be playing Leigh at Leigh in the MPG.

It will be a great watch though !

Mose Masoe would be a good addition to the Trinity pack in place of Mitch Allgood if KR don't get promoted for next season...

You'd of thought his first preference would be to return to Saints if they'd want him. Can imagine a host of clubs looking at him.

Him, Dave and Huby wouldn't be too shabby all on the pitch at once

I don't know who will be in SL next year from the middle 8's but it seems to me a great loss that teams like HKR, Halifax, Bradford and possibly Featherstone -all clubs with good crowd potential - can't be included in a re-structured SL.
Don't ask me how I haven't thought so far ahead yet!

Good point there Trinity1315 regarding crowds, especially with what I said the other day regarding average crowds being linked to spending the full cap.

I dont think I ever shared an observation my 15 year old son made at the CC semi final last year. He said he felt that Sandow, Gidley and Ratchford, their main pivots posed a threat inside their own 20 metres, and asked the question of our pivots and sid ours pose the same threat.

Maybe, just maybe, playing budgets aside, that he could have a point

Just been reading on facebook that Featherstone have failed in an attempt to sign Ryan Hampshire.

Hes looking to leave Leigh but wants to remain in Super League.

Local lad, no quota spot.

Thoughts?

Not good enough

A lot on here seem to put him on a pedestal from how good he was at junior level, I'm sorry but the truth is im not sure I've seen him have a decent game at senior level yet, infact most performances have been disastrous. Powell couldn't even get him going in a great side - And there's not many coaches better at bringing them through... I get the fact he is a Wakefield lad but theres no room for sentiment in this game if you want to be a top side.. Lets not forget as a junior Tommy Lee was tearing apart the Aussies and was probably rated one of the best junior players on the planet.. Until just about settling into a bang average utility player at Saints he spent years as a under par pivot.

Saying that on the contrary he is still very young and has time on his side, I would give him a chance at Wakefield if he was to come at the right price and came with the right attitude.

Sandow yes, very talented on his day but the only reason he was over here, and is now also no longer here, is that his attitude stinks. So do you think it's a good idea for Wakefield to sign a player like that? I certainly don't.

Our half backs have been fine this year anyway, as reflected by the fact we're 4th after 22 rounds. Jacob Miller is a threat from anywhere when he's fit. The only glaring deficiency I can see in our half backs is that they all have fairly average kicking games.

Since we've yet to hear anything about Williams signing for next year I assume the chances are he will go back to Australia, although I think he's a good player and we haven't seen the best of him yet so I would rather he signed a new deal.

If he does go though and a half back with a top class kicking game becomes available within our budget then we should definitely go for them but I accept that a team on our budget unfortunately can't have everything and also that half backs are generally well in demand.

True - The only reason you see top class Aussies over here usually is they have either burnt all there bridges back home or playing there final years out.

I cant think of many top class Aussies that have played over here that were also true professionals - Jamie Lyon springs to mind at Saints, Tommy Leuluai first time round at Wigan, Danny Buderus at Leeds, maybe Lauititi at a push as im sure he would of also been class in the NRL in his hey day at Leeds. There's not many though.

Miller is a genuine threat from anywhere I believe, and at 24 still has plenty of time to develop his game and the fact we have the pace we do surrounding him helps a great deal.

Chris Chester has just posted Deadline Day on his FB page.

Dont know whether or not there is anything in it but has got people guessing

Matt Gidley and Trent Barrett were both top class over here but there haven't really been any for at least the last five years or so that I can think of.

Official,Tyler has signed 2 year deal with Trinity initially from the beginning of 2018 season.

Seems like a very good addition, shame they couldn't have got him in before letting Sio go to Fax.

Signed before transfer deadline day , eh? Within budget, available!

Heard today from a Fax fan at work that the rumour at their end is that we've signed Adam Tangata from them for next year. He says he's good enough for a crack at SL & presumably JK would know him well enough. That's if there's any truth in it.

Mc confirmed he is just waiting for a visa should be here for round 2 of super 8's

Urban myth apparently.