Just wondering, what would you as fc fans think would be a successful season next year, bearing in mind the large staff turn over, time to gel and general unease at the coach, what is realistic for Agar to become 'accepted'.

Hope this isn't taken as a troll thread cos it's not meant that way, I'm honestly interested in where expectations lie.

We'll finish between 5th and 8th depending how quickly they sack agar. Top 8 will be (in no particular order)

Hull
leeds
saints
wigan
wire
bradford
hudds
cats

Just before anyone else says it, I'd like to be very predictable and say "beat rovers twice, that's all that matters".

There, now that's out the way, sensible discussion.

How about your expectations? Would failure to achieve a final or the play-offs be seen as a huge failure???? Would it see the end of Morgan's tenure???

They aint got the money to pay him off before his current deal ends

Finish above Dobbins is all i ever dream of!!!

I'd rather finish above leeds

top four i hope

I'd be happy with a similar league year to this, probably take 5th or 6th but win a playoff game, we over achieved this year in the league sense. Would hope for a better cup run, semi would be ok, final great and a win probably out of our reach. Morgan will be ok as long as we don't have a disaster, he had plenty of points in the bank, but we all have the fickle element (most reside on rlfans) who will be calling for his head if we lose the 1st two games.

I have no expectations. We will have a better squad, but as it stands I've got major concerns both in the halves, where Horne has been anonymous since April and Long is getting on, and in the outside backs, where, if Raynor is "unavailable" we have very little experience. Pack looks good, mind. Agar is the biggest issue we have. Would be delighted to eat some humble pie, but I just don't think his experience and (lack of) tactical ability warrant what should be one the prime jobs in the comp.

What I would really like is to have the opposite of the injury luck we've had the last 2 seasons, for the team to form a unit that's greater than the sum of its parts, for us to formulate a gameplan targetting the opposition's weaknesses and for us to continue the excellent work the club do off the pitch in terms of the commercial and community side of the business. I'm an eternal optimist and am really looking forward to seeing Fitz lead the team out and O'Meley and Long in the irregular hoops. I can't wait to see how Tom Briscoe, Turner, Tansey, Burnett and Hall (

) develop with the new set of leaders amongst the players. I'd love to see Jack Briscoe and Reece Lyne make their debuts too. I just can't get over the doubts about Agar's leadership abilities.

not to bothered about position would just be nice to see some attractive rugby league for once

finishing 5th-8th is a realistic aim IMO

but then again I thought that was a realistic aim this year.

i'd have no problem with finishing 5th-8th with a good playoff run at the end of it. We simply aren't good enough to be top 4 IMHO. The first team squad is good on paper, but there is little backup if the 33 year old Long gets injured etc

To be able to get to get excited about a match game...
All I want is to see my team play with pride & passion to be able to walk away from a game and believe my team gave 100%..

Oh and I expect Lauaiki, O,Meley & Fitz to give it some biff!!

What Mrs B said pretty much sums it up for me.

I think 5-8 is pretty realistic and will be the aim for a lot of clubs this year, what I think I was getting at was to get those positions it is about a 60% win rate, probably worse to start with, then getting better as the year goes on, would Agar keep the wolves at bay with that kind of win ratio or would the axe be called for if you went say 3 from 6.

I expect we'll go out of the cup as soon as we meet a decent SL team and in the league we'll finish in 9th, 10th or 11th. Agar will be sacked after around 12 games after having a fairly decent start. We'll then either get in a coach who's not much better or be without a coach for a few games while we find the right man for the job. Roll on 2011.

On paper our squad should be around 5th/6th next year battling it out with Wigan and Rovers, and trying to break into the top 4. (Leeds, Saints, Hudds and Wire being the top 4). In the cup, anything less than a semi final wont do.

I wouldn't class top 6 as 'success', but it'd be a huge improvement on the cack we've witnessed these past two years, and with a further clear out and more signings should see us challenging in 2011. We're a team in transition

Top 8 finish minimum for me.

Top 8 :

Bradford
Catalans
Huddersfield
Hull
Leeds
St Helens
Warrington
Wigan

Finish in the playoffs is a must, and semis of the cup. anything else is a bonus for me.

Not too sure about that one they seem to have been found out in the last few weeks!!

Absolutley

Yes I am a Bronze














when did that happen

Not as much as Rovers have



There defence was still pretty good and looking at their in's/out's the squad looks to have improved. Anything could happen I suppose. At the beginning of this season who expected Bradford, us and Wire not to make the playoffs.

Any reason why you would think Bradford will finish top 8 considering all the players they are losing and their apparrant lack of funds?

The double will do me

Obviously, I expect us to be more aggressive in the forwards next season, but a lot depends on the make up of the team in regards to the 'key' positions:

Loose forward for me has to Washbrook, mainly for his creativity.

Scrum half; a massive weight rests on Longy's shoulders, sure he'll have the protection, we just need him to stay injury free.

Off half; we need Horney to hit the highs of latter years.

Hooker; Leave Berro at hooker and let him rule the roost.