Quote ="Sacred Cow"As i put in my reply to Pop Tart they are a much improved side this year but my point is i feel other teams are (or will be once they get players back) better squad wise than they are and as such will have the edge in them. You say top 6 but who are the 6 teams likely to finish below them? There is some quality in the league this year and when you consider one of the now supposed 'shoe-in's' for the bottom 2 is the team that got to the cup final last year and went through the middle 8's unbeaten then its a tough division. Amounts of injuries and just as importantly the timing of them will be crucial for teams and the lesser teams like Salford (just like us) tend to suffer most when this happens. All this said whichever superleague teams find themselves in the middle 8's should have too much firepower for the championship teams all things being equal.'"
Can't argue with most of that but, like Widnes, Warrington, Hull and Cas, I believe Salford have stepped up this year, and will continue to do so.
As for predicting the bottom 6, I believe us and HKR are likely candidates, but you could perm any 4 from 8 for the remainder.
