Allthough at times (like most of us) I could be slightly biased towards my team, I'm not that blinkered.

James Webster?

Mind you he was out the door faster than you can say "He won't be fit to play again for the rest of the season."

ill give you 3-1 that HKR wont finish 5th or above,

surely if they finish above Hull, Hudds, Bradford, Wigan and Hull your expecting them to finish 5th or above

Hull KR are unlikely to be in the top 6 although they might just make the 8.

Hull KR just dont have any strength in deapth.

Saints, Leeds, Wigan, Wire, Bradford, Catalans are all far better teams than Hull KR.

The last 2 top 8 places will be up for grabs and I think KR might just get one.

Post of the season

GJB in understatement of the year shocker

James Webster....the player Agar wanted to keep for 2009.














But then again he doesn't have a lot of say in team matters does he

top 6 will be Leeds, Wigan, Saints, Bradford, Wire and les Catalans (though probably not in that order)

last two top 8 places are up for grabs, probably between Hull, Hull KR, and Hudds + a.n other

Yet we've beaten all the teams mentioned and will do again



Oh and Bradford far better your having a laugh arn't you?

Spoken like someone who doesn't actually watch him play.

I think this season will be very close right trhough the top 6 positions and I don't think Leeds and Saints will get it all their own way although if Leeds can sign a centre they will be clear favourites for me.

Leeds
Saints
Wigan
Wire
Bulls
Hudds
Hull FC
Catalans
Hull KR
Quins
Wakefield
Castleford
Salford
Celtic

Tbh I think 3rd-8th could be a lottery, Wire always flatter to deceive, Wigan lack props and will miss Trent, Bulls are not the team they were, Hudds could do well if Carney settles in, Ctas will be under pressure this season which they might stuggle with, FC are an unknown quantity just now and so on.

Will be a really tight season I reckon.

So do i.
Teams have patches of form at different times.
If Rovers win 2 of the 1st 3 games then it sets them up for a strong challenge.
Derbies will probably go 1 win each this time round.
Catalans are under pressure to repeat last year and with a different coach.
Lowes i dont believe will get the best out of Wire.
McNamara will be under immense pressure if Bulls get off to a bad start.
Wiagn could be anything.
Hull need to prove it was injuries and not a lack of quality last season.
Quins, Wakey and Cas will turn teams over.

Over the season they are much better and will get more points, head to heads dont matter in a league, its about how many points you get and these teams will all get more.

Hmmmm was a sensible post with my opinion but I wouldnt call it post of the season.

Thankyou anyway

seen your delusion on your own page! your a joke mate

where were his leadership skills when he left fielden to catch that kick off in the last minute of the playoffs against us. he should of owned that play, but wasnt man enough to do his job. fielden knocks on game over! the rest is history 81 mins later leeds are champs

Just about spot on with everything you say there, I just cant see my team doing any worse than last season with the added depth we have brought into the squad.

Agree with all that. Can't get my head around the open chequebook approach of Warrington towards their playing squad but going for Lowes as coach.

Outstanding, love the subtle way you placed Rovers 9th, but think only the teams third to eighth will be in a positional lottery, as you point out all six have weaknesses but you apparently think all are to strong for Rovers, did you not watch any rugby last season, with the inclusion of Salford and Celtic you think Rovers will drop 2 places

let me remind you YOU FINISHED 1 PLACE OFF BOTTOM

some people are getting a bit tetchy on here.

So you're suggesting he is great under the high ball then?

On paper, we've strengthened the areas where we lacked depth (mainly front row), so we should improve. However predictions mean very little - no need to lose sleep over a rival fan who doesn't rate our chances.

I think one or two people on here have mentioned that injuries also play a part, no matter how good you apparently are.

leeds
saints
warrington
huddersfield
wigan
bradford
hull
rovers
catalan
quins
wakey
cas
celtic
salford

leeds to win gf

He vary rarely drops the ball. It's just he's had about 4 games where he has been terrible and people judge him on those games. That and the fact he sometimes doesn pick the ball up off the ground as quick as he should.
I wouldn't say hes great under the high ball, but I would say hes alright-good

Vella is the only player who would come close to get into a Bradford pack of:

Lynch
Newton
Burgess
Morrison
Solomona
Menzies

The others wouldn't even come close. Halley, Sheriffe or Tupou would get ahead of Colbon (despite Tupou been fairly poor at Bradford) on the wing, Nero or Sykes would partner Webster in the centres and I would have Deacon in a halfback with Dobson.
That for me, would only leave 4, possibly 5, players in a team of 13 that Rovers have better players in. So yes, I would say much better and wouldn't laugh if someone argued far better