Congratulations on reaching the 11K milestone !!

Thanks. It's been emotional.

For next season:
As RG and others have said I think 5th/6th, but a good chance for 4th.

As long as we see some great progress with the youth coming through, 'team' performances, speed of playing the ball and defence attack, ability to get over the line when near the line etc...

The season after:
Less than 4th and a final will be a bit of disappointment.

5th/6th Imo.

5th I think is the best we can hope for. With Seymour/Ellis our 5th tackle plays must improve. A good cup run and winning at least one play-off game would be nice

I will be pleasantly surprised if we finish higher than 5th.

I will be very disappointed if we finish lower than 6th.

I hope you're all kept away from razor blades and rope.

You could be right mate. All this positivity we're not used to it. It could all end in tears.

Expectations......
1st in the League


Beating Rovers 56-0 at Wembley








Beating Leeds 56-0 in the Grand Final


Beating Rovers Home and Away and also at Millenium Magic


Average crowds of 20,000+


Cooke apologising and paying the club £100k in compensation


Rovers not extending NCP capacity, using the same excuses as this season


Adam delivering World Peace and bringing the country out of recession




Realistically.....
Finishing 5th in the League

(or 6th if Agar gets his own team at Wakefield

)
Challenge Cup Semi Final


A Play Off victory


Average crowds of 13,000+


Cooke not apologising


Rovers not extending NCP capacity, using the same excuses as this season

I don't know whether to laugh or cry reading some of the posts today.

We have a good squad and provided Gentle can improve us and sort out our rogjy hand edge defensively then we can challenge for 4th. Wigan, Saints and Wire will be the top 3 but We can compete with Leeds and Hudds.

i would like to think around 4th....but i have a feeling we will struggle and end up around 8th..even 9th

Why?

Top 6, though as it stands I think Wigan, Saints, Leeds and maybe Warrington look a bit weaker at the moment.

Hudds don't seem to have improved much in there squad.

Les Cats could be a big threat next year.

Our main problem for 5 years now has been taking advantage of territory (Leeds play off perfect example), we now have a decent set of halfbacks and some depth.

To give the kids a run out when injuries happen.

Finnish in top 6
Beat Leeds and dobbins.

Hope that Pearson stops the speel of last board

This has to be a huge goal, end the bad run against them.

the realistic expectation for next season is to be right on the door for 4th but no lower then 6th and win our fair share against the top teams in big games why not?, the squad is good enough with hopefully a couple of more signings and a new coach in and when i look at the teams above us how are wigan going to do with maguire going?, wire look a little weaker and another year on with a oldish squad but still a top team, saints will be top 2 most probs but for me i reckon we can finish above both leeds and hudds but catalans will be a top team

I fully expect us to be at least in the top 6. But the club is going through a massive transition period at present and we just need to be patient. I do think there will be a few more signings, at the end of the day AP wants the club to succeed as much as we do, albeit for different reasons.

Give it a rest ! You still haven`t changed your Avatar to Gentle out !
Who were you actually expecting to sign FFS ! Don`t tell me Jamie Lyon !!

I wasn't expecting Jamie Lyon or Jennings but I wouldn't have even considered Tony Martin either !

Give it a rest? Divvy !!

1. wire
2. saints
3. wigan
4. leeds
5. hull
6. hudds
7. rovers
8. catalan

Positives:
1) No Agar
2) Much much stronger in the pivots
McKinnon > Phelps
Seymour > Long (purely on the basis that Long never played - hope that's not the kiss of death)
Ellis > Obst (hopefully)
Heremaia + Houghton > Houghton
3) Andy Lynch
4) Chairman dealing with off the field personnel pretty decisively and talking a good game.

Negatives:
1) Still not sorted a right centre. How many years? Worried about our defence in this area yet again.
2) Lots of changes will take time to bed in. When does Gentle arrive?
3) Short of depth in the pack. But the flipside is we'll have to play some of the academy at least.

On balance, and given the gap to the top 3, and to Leeds when it matters, 5th is the absolute best we could hope for, but I think Huddersfield have a core of young players who've emerged and gained invaluable experience this year and are likely to step up next season. Top 6 would be great.

oh dear. seymour 28 games in the last 3 years. sean long 44 games in the last 3 years.

Isn't this because a younger player was taking his spot? and not due to injury?

And? Not all due to injury, oh and Micky Paea has only played 56 games since 2005, doesn't mean he's going to spend next season injured.