Post Easter the table will be a decent indicator IMO, we'll have had a derby and played away at Hudds.

It's a decent start and a good position in the league but I think the players will be kicking themselves a bit now at the performance at Salford and the last 5 mins against Wire. Both could have been won but still we are on the up.

Alternatively we could have won against Wire and Salford, then got cocky and lost to Wakefield or Widnes...mentality/attitude has a lot of influence in sport.

Overall I don't buy this 'false league position' stuff, I feel we've had a relatively easy fixture list to start the season (Wire at home and Saints away being the only games i'd describe as tough) and we've simply racked up up the points accordingly.

Great start so far. Shame about the Salford game but we didn't expect to beat saints or get a point against wire. Not getting to carried away because we have played the majority of the bottom sides and most clubs have played against 3 or 4 top 8 opposition.

Not getting carried away but it's nice to see us there and thereabouts in the top half of the league table (and the east side =#FF0000chaps outside the play-offs too!)



Here's hoping for more in future seasons!



=#FF0000Edited. Lets not use that word for fellow RL types, eh?

Kosh.

At 8pm on Sat 5th May we will know exactly where we will finish !

We will be a better side in the 2nd half of the season as well ,so if we are 2nd on May 5th then we will finish 2nd I reckon or dare I even suggest TOP ?

I still think that Leeds, Warrington and Wigan will be the top 3, I think we have a decent chance of finishing 4th this year, along with Saints, Hudds and Catalans.

I would be happy with 5th/6th this year.

Could well be second if we win on Friday.

It's nice but it's a false position for me just now, I would still be happy with 5/6th at the end of the season. Good thing is we have improvement in us and players like Yeaman, Heremaia, Westerman and Ogre to come back. Plus some youngsters have been getting gametime which bodes well.

I know its wrong to think like this but having had 4 years of Agar im still waiting for our customary implosion. Far to often under Agar we had good display followed by terrible display.
I would be happy just to keep improving, keep the desparation in our D and the table will take care of its self

Bradford could be a potential banana skin. They're in good form away from home, seem to be able to score at the end of games and are hurting after this weekend.
We have a tendency to switch off in the last quarter (especially at home), and have played fairly well on too many occasions for it to continue! We're due a slip up.

Thats just what I mean we think that because of what we've been served up under Agar. I just think and hope PG has this team better prepared mentally and physically.

I'd rather we just crept along under the radar for the time being. Let the team bud towards a strong finish at the end of the season and see where it takes us.

Oh well - defeat against Bradford now....

spot on andy

Agree with this - and if all we get is a seriously strong, committed team, playing attractive winning rugby for 2013, then it will still be well worth it.

Happy with the position so far and as long as we actually compete against the "bigger" teams I will be happy for this season.

possibly no jeffries for bulls on friday, time to consolidate top 3??

Well we have 3 from a possible 4 points against them so far

Yes but the games earlier in a season are not much of a barometer. Also you have to take into account Wire back in the country less than a week and a Saints team under performing for the coach. I am not putting a downer on the season as barring the Salford game we have got the wins, but I am also not going to get carried away just yet. Think once we have played Leeds on the 5th of May we will have a good idea how our season is going to pan out.
April and early May will show us how far the team have come this season, we have 4 tough league games (Rovers/Hudds/Wigan/Leeds) and a cup tie in between them.

Not getting carried way but I expect us to be World Club Champions by Feb. lol

Really pleased and tbh not sure where we will finish, there are things to improve and if we can address these then who knows a possible top 4 finish...
I would be happy if we could achieve top 6 and have a decent run in the play-offs and a good challenge cup run.

Yes fourth at best, 5th or 6th is more realistic but it is nice to enjoy it whilst it happens.

The worry for me is, if we lose a few games and drop to 5/6/7th, a lot of the fans who are maybe getting a little bit carried away and have unreal expectations from our solid start, will start to get on the players backs.

I hate to say it, but we are due a loss. We haven't been great in any games (majority of Widnes aside) and its possible we could come down with a bump. But as an earlier poster said, we have become accustomed to inconsistency under Agar and maybe Gentle and co will eradicate it.

Pleased with our start to the season, yes it's been a relatively easy start to the season but against the 2 top teams we have played we have 3 points. Can't really argue with that.

I now have confidence in the team going into games, which hasn't been said for a long long time!