Hmmm, Team to beat, Wigan, sad to say.
Player to watch, Joel Monaghan, the mix of playing with his brother, playing for redemption, new start etc will inspire.
Surprise team - Catalans.
Rough season - in perspective, I just have a feeling Bradford might miss 8th again and that will certainly be counted as rough to them. I think they have opted for quantity over quality on some of theior singings and on other positions, lots of eggs in one basket.

Team to beat

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Team to Beat: Saints - I think a new coach will freshen things up and have made some good signings

Player to Watch: Brett Finch - excellent signing and would have loved him down at Cas

Surprise team: Cas (fingers crossed) then Hull KR

Rough season: Wakefield (sorry to say and not trying to stir)

One possibility:

Rough season: Wakefield + surprise team: Wakefield.


It depends how the on-field team reacts to the off-field issues. And Kear is good at motivation …

Team to beat - Wigan or Warrington
Player to watch - for me this has to be Luke Patten, quality signing
Suprise team - Salford with Patten or hopefully us!!
Rough season - tough one as I think it will be close this season but I'm oging to go with Quins or Catalans

Team to beat: Wigan
Player to Watch: Luke O'Donnell
Surprise Team: Huddersfield
Rough season: Wakefield.

Team to beat: Leeds
Player to Watch: Josh Veivers
Surprise Team: Castleford
Rough season: Harlequins

Team to beat: For me, it's got to be Wigan. Defending champs (need I say more?)

Player to watch: O'Donnell (with that size and drive, should be a hell of a player) or Joel Monaghan (wanting to prove himself and playing alongside his brother should make him relatively fun to watch)

Surprise team: At the risk of sounding bias...us, good recruitment, better depth than we've in a fair while...Cas to me are looking very exciting for 2011.

Rough season: Without trying to stir or anything of the sort, it Wakefield for me...in the current situation, it's difficult to see past them for this one.

Team to beat: Wigan, closely followed by Wire.
Player to watch: too many to call this year but I hate that we are all picking Aussies and no English. Il go Lee smith at Leeds, gunna rack up plenty of tries.
Surprise team: cas or Salford.
Rough season: wakey for the simple reason of franchise and not recruited very well.

Team to Beat: Wigan, good squad made even better with the new signings

Player to watch: without sounding bias ide have to say Willie Isa, fairly unknown player (bit like rangi) so dont really know what to expect. Similarly i feel Richie Myler will have a good season this year with the quality around as to with Finch at Wigan

Suprise Team: Probably between us, Salford and Catalans, all three teams have recruited well and brought in some good players

Rough Season: Between Harlequins, Wakey and 'saders really, be intersting to see how cru deal with the -4 point start. As for the other two i feel it will be a long season for them.

Team to beat: Wigan Warriors

Player to watch: Rangi Chase/Willie Mason?

Surprise team: Castleford Tigers/ Catalans Dragons

Rough season: Crusaders/ Wakefield

Team to beat: Wigan Warriors

Player to watch: Ryan Hoffman

Surprise team: Castleford Tigers - to Millward anyway. 12th my backside!

Rough season: Wakefield

To do well. I still don't think I've reached their potential yet and I'm quite tempted to tip them for a CC final victory or GF appearance.

Team to beat - Without a doubt, Wigan Warriors. I'm quite sure they are going to win the league and cup this year, They appear to have recruited very well and play the right kind of rugby. They will kick on from last year and scoop the lot IMO

Player to watch - On a personal note, Joe Arundel is in for a massive year, He will be giving the England selectors a nudge come the end of the season, With a view to building on it next year. And the same will be said for Jonathan Walker. For the rest of Super League, I think Luke Pattern as has already been said is an amazing signing for Salford.

Suprise team - I think Cas, Will shock a few, Most predict us for a 10-12th finish, But i am rather sure we will be placed 6th-8th, Also Salford are the team everyone may think can do well. If their experienced players keep fit maybe, But i arent so sure they can.

Rough season - For certain reasons, One stated above, Salford. But the more rough seasons will be had by Wakefield, Who are nailed on IMO to finish 14th, Crusaders will also struggle i think.

Team to beat: Wigan

Player to watch: Westerman

Surprise Team: Salford

Rough Season: Wakey