1. Warrington Wolves
2. St Helens
3. Leeds Rhinos
4. Wigan Warriors
5. Hull FC
6. Huddersfield Giants
7. Catalan Dragons
8. Castleford Tigers
9. Hull KR
10. Salford City Reds
11. London Broncos
12. Wakefield Wildcats
13. Bradford Bulls
14. Widnes Vikings

1warrington
2 rhinos
3wigan
4saints
5hull
6 Catalan
7bradford
8hull kr
9huddersfield
10salford
11widnes
12castleford
13london
14wakefield

1....St Helens
2....Warrington
3....Leeds
4....Wigan
5....Catalan
6....Hull
7....Huddersfield
8....Hull KR
9....Bradford
10..Wakefield
11..Castleford
12..Widnes
13..Salford
14..London

Bulls dropping down to 13th even with an improved squad?! wishfull thinking..

Whilst not thinking Bradford will finish 13th, is Bradfords squad really much of an improvement on last season?

1 wolves
2 saints
3 rhinos
4 warriors
5 giants
6 dragons
7 hull fc
8 tigers
9 bulls
10 hkr
11 broncos
12 salford
13 wildcats
14 vikings

Yeah, it is. We seriously, seriously were short of quality in the halves last year. The recruitment of Gale and Sammut, as well as the further development of Briggs puts paid to that. I aren't suggesting they're world class half-backs, but they're a damn improvement on what we had. The recruitment of established NRL players such as Purtell and Lulia also adds more depth and strength to our backline.

Saying we'll finish 13th isn't wishful thinking, it's just plain moronic.

Adding any HB with a decent pair of boots would improve your squad on last years.
13th may be "moronic" but you'll lose alot more than yer win again and still having players like Platt ,Sykes ,Ainscough ,Sibbitt and Herbert in your squad shows a squad that's still lacking real depth and quality.

Thats what I was thinking too, especially with the loss of Lynch and to be honest I'd never heard of Lulia & Purtell.
However I'd take Aaron's point that the halves should be a big improvement.

I disagree - Gale is OK but only OK, Sammut was a bit player at Crusaders and Briggs will never make a SL half. Dale will only be OK if the forwards give him the time - I honestly can't see where the forward drive is coming from - Bradford have as bad if not a worse squad than last year.

Potter will not see the season out - sadly Bradford are a club in terminal decline - my tip to lose their licence in the next round.

For a start Herbert has gone. As for Platt, Sykes and Sibbitt, unlikely to be first choice if they feature at all with Purtell, Lulia and Kear being brought in and our backrow options looking really strong (Elima, Whitehead, Langley, Olbison, Bateman, Donaldson, Addy etc)

And i disagree about Ainscough, he has some quality and will score tries if given the opportunities.

"Forward drive"? = Kopzcack, Burgess, Scruton and hopefully Manoukafoa? although losing him for the start of the season is a blow.

I like Whitehead ,Elima is too inconsistent ,Addy is nothing special imo and Langley is more biscuit boned than Sculthorpe was prior to retiring without the class inbetween.
As for your other BR options i know Donaldson is highly rated but have Bateman and Olbison done enough to suggest that they'll be the top quality so galringly lacking within the Bulls squad?
Ainscough is a poor mans Rivett and will end up at Dewsbury or keighley ,Kear has potential but isn't a top 6 winger/FB as yet and in terms of imports will they bring enough quality to get you into the 8 and avoid injury?

I doubt that unless a decision is taken to significantly reduce the number of teams from the current 14.

Why is it moronic? You signed the halves from the clubs that finished 12th and 14th last season. You've signed some players from the NRL but, so what? You signed some NRL players last season and it didn't improve your league placing. I understand you have very little quality coming through your junior ranks to improve your first team in the short term.

You finished two wins ahead of last seasons 13th placed team and I'd wager Wakey's fans think their team has improved and made sigings.

I'm not saying I agree with the prediction, I think Potter is a good coach and thought he'd do better last year but it's neither wishful thinking or moronic to think you might drop a few places. In fact, it's quite a reasonable prediction, however much it may irritate you.