Wigan
Warrington
Saints
Leeds
Hull
Shudds
Wakefield
Catalans
Bradford
Hull kr
Cas
London
Salford
Widnes

Only six weeks today folks before we meet Widnes.

For a minute I thought youd turned into a widness fan, until I realised that you were sitting on the fence.

Warrington
Wigan
Leeds
Saints
Hull
Shudds
Catalan
Trinity
Hull KR
Bulls
Salford
Broncos
Cas
Widness

Just hoping that our boys hit the ground running, a good win at Widness first match would get the ball rolling.
Come on Trin !

Warrington
Wigan
Saints
Catalans
Leeds
Huddersfield
Hull
Hull KR
Cas
Bradford
Wakey
London
Widnes
Salford

As a few people have said 7th down could finish in any order could be the tightest season for a long time.

Most on your board are saying top 8,are they dreaming no disrespect but head in the clouds comes to mind.
It would be like us saying we could win the challenge cup.
Every 1 is writing widnes off, and i say bring it on because we will no way finish in the 8 ,I wish we could but we wont.
In 6 weeks time when u meet the widnes side most of you think you will beat.
Well what if you dont, does that mean that we will finish in the top 8 i say no,Neither widnes or wakefield will.
No matter how much our fans want it to happen.
I think we are both about the same could go either way, But i will say this we will shock a few this season


Widnes is on the rise as a town the feeling is we will get good crowds and will no way be in the bottom 3 attendances this season.
Good luck and may the best TEAM win come first night of super dooper cant wait

Wigan
Leeds
Warrington
St Helens
Catalan
Hull
Bradford
Castleford
Huddersfield
Hull KR
Wakefield
Salford
London
Widnes

Yeah its exactly the same.

Fair comment.

In the coming season, I have not got a clue where WT will stand in the final table. The first team squad of 1-13 are mostly an unknown team to me. They may rip SL apart or they may perform modestly - they may end bottom BUT I am pretty confident we will not have another season fighting off the wooden spoon.

So any predictions made as far as WT are concerned (and Widnes as they have a large number of new players like us) are calculated guesses at best!

Happy xmas and I look forward to the Cas friendly when I can have a look at the new 'team'

re Widnes fan ; I don't believe we have our head in the clouds at all. We have a brand new team with some quality players who need to gel quickly but they are professional players trained and conditioned to Super League or the NRL in most cases. Who knows ? Thay may already be well on the way, only time will tell but top 8 is not beyond them by any means and we are gonna shock many this year I am sure. For the record I reckon:
1. St Helens
2. Warrington
3. Wigan
4. Leeds
5. Catalans
6. Bradford
7. Wakefield Trinity
8. Hull
9. Huddersfield
10. Hull KR
11. Castleford
12. Widnes
13. Salford
14. London

Swap Bradford and Huddersfield and I'd go with that.

Er no, some Trinity fans thinking we'll get to 8th place isn't the same as Widnes winning the Challenge cup at all, no where near it. Especially when you look at the squads of the teams from around 8th down, it's going to be a bit of a toss up , it's hard to tell exactly where teams will place, so what if some fans are hoping for the best, no need for the big rant is there mate.

Warrington
Wigan
Catalans
Leeds
Saints
Huddersfield
Hull FC
Hull KR
London
Wakefield
Bradford
Cas
Salforf
Widnes

most fans make their predictions more in line with what they wish rather than what they expect. Hence some Wakey fans predict top 8.
Many on the VT have put Wakefield at the bottom of their predicted table season after season. Some will continue again this year. I don't know how many years we've been in Super League now but I'll bet their are one or two posters who have been wrong regarding Wakefield for *** consequetive seasons yet will bang us in bottom spot once again.

They'll be wrong again.

Fair call that wollo.
Always thought wakefield 100 percent effort when ive watched them over the past few seasons,and come away with some great wins.
Just hope we have the heart and effort we need to win games this season.
All the best will be interesting

Always said u was a bit Shifty lol
No fair enough just like u we keep getting put down,I know we are new,But watch out our squad is looking a lot better than people think.
Just check our new signings xmas day think we are gona sign some quality fingers crossed


All the best anyway

Warrington
Leeds
Saints
Wigan
Hull
Huddersfield
Catalans
Wakefield
Hull KR
Castleford
Bradford
London
Salford
Widnes

I don't think us or Widnes will finish bottom, Quins or Salford.

Top 4 in Any order

Saints
Wire
Pies
Leeds

5-7

Catalans
Hudds
Hull FC

8-14

HKR
Wakey
Cas
Bradford
Widnes
Salford
Quins

Could be wrong but hey ho, I think those groups will be very competitive, I expect Hull FC to do well, but I always do, probably the biggest underachievers in Super League, Catalans look strong as do Huddersfield.

I would expect us Cas, HKR and the Dulls to challenge for that play off spot, can't see us getting it though, but you never know...

I can't see much from Quins at all that says they will do well, but they normally have a good spell of form so who knows, Salford similarly. Widnes will go OK I think but doubt they will kick on this season.

I hope we have a good go at the Challenge Cup this season too, would love an appearance at Wembley.

2012 Predicitions;

Huddersfield to look like contenders prior to the playoffs, only to roll over and surrender in knock out rugby
Leeds on a downward spiral, scrape into the playoffs and then to make their way to grand final.
Hull FC to make the playoffs and make absolutely no impact whatsoever, as the above post says 'underachievers', in that they don't realise their potential on the field at least.
London to start well, before pressing the self destruct button
Wakefield to be that team that 'XXXXXX' who haven't won in 10 games beat to end their losing streak

In other predicitions;
Danny Tickle to bore the hell out of us with his conversions, Ryan McGoldrick to be the villian, Kevin Sinfield to have a quick word with the Ref & Sam Tomkins to be ridiculously good!

You forgot Cas to start well and some of the Cas Forum members to declare us Team of the centuary only for our forwards to get a knock and lose to Hull KR at the end of season and finish outside the 8

Is this Groundhog Day?

Harlequins, Salford, Huddersfield - you're right, no way you'll be worse than them 3

To be fair to Hudds they got a decent average last season but whether they made any money I don't know. Think a season ticket was only about £50 and I know for a fact they flood the college with freebies. Ticks boxes with the rfl though so can't blame them

Looking around the other boards there are lots of optimistic fans putting their own team in the top 8 but in my opinion it cannot be predicted just yet so I'll go with the groupings of teams option

Top 5
Warrington
Saints
Wigan
Leeds
Catalans

6-11
Hull
Huddersfield
Hull KR
Wakey
Bradford
Cas

Bottom 3
London
Salford
Widnes

The way I see it at the moment, I can't do any more than separate the top half from the bottom half.

[uTop 7:[/u
Warrington
Leeds
Saints
Wigan
Hull
Huddersfield
Catalans

Any of these could make the GF and win it

[uBottom 7:[/u
Wakefield
Hull KR
Castleford
Bradford
London
Salford
Widnes

To finish in the play-offs we'd have to finish top of this group, which is a tough ask, but not impossible. I would say 8th would be an outstanding achievement for such a new group of players and coach and everything would have to go right from the off.

I would expect us to finish in the middle of this group and would not be disappointed with 11th. Anything above that would be a bonus.

Other targets would be:
beating an SL team in the challenge cup (who was the last one?)
increasing average attendance to well above 7k and towards 8k

and of course it's always nice to finish above Cas


and a positive result from the PI would be nice too

This is effectively a sister thread to ours on the Bulls forum: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=515210 They are pretty much interchangable in that, our optimists hope for a top 8 finish but think we'll be battling to get in the playoffs (the odd poster is riding a cloud-cuckoo to la-la land and thinks 6th). Equally your thread and ours are matched perfectly in that they fly completely in the face of what they are saying over on the VT. Accepted wisdom appears to be that Bradford are 8th to 10th and Wakey are bottom 3. I personally haven't a clue how Wakey will do but can someone tell me why there is such a major difference between what you think will happen and the way that you have seemingly been written off by others? That's not me being snide, I genuinely don't understand. Are they missing something? are you letting your heart rule your head? or is it a bit of both?

This is effectively a sister thread to ours on the Bulls forum: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=515210 They are pretty much interchangable in that, our optimists hope for a top 8 finish but think we'll be battling to get in the playoffs (the odd poster is riding a cloud-cuckoo to la-la land and thinks 6th). Equally your thread and ours are matched perfectly in that they fly completely in the face of what they are saying over on the VT. Accepted wisdom appears to be that Bradford are 8th to 10th and Wakey are bottom 3. I personally haven't a clue how Wakey will do but can someone tell me why there is such a major difference between what you think will happen and the way that you have seemingly been written off by others? That's not me being snide, I genuinely don't understand. Are they missing something? are you letting your heart rule your head? or is it a bit of both?