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.

There's so much rubbish in Super League that it's not inconceivable Bradford could scrape into the Top 8 even with their lightweight, paceless, boring, skillless squad. They'll require a lot of good fortune to do so however. OTOH, they could also finish around 12th. Anywhere between 9th and 12th seems the most likely for them.

Another three years as bottom feeders and all those trophies will be a distant memory. Add to that a ground that will not be fit for purpose and a club with a funding issue. I see a merger with Halifax and a move to the Shay.

Its quite predictable to be totally written off by you Whino's, only time will tell. For the record, i'd say you'll finish 4th/5th.

Possibly much will depend on how the likes of Wigan and Warrington react to last season's disappointment.

Losing Buderus and the signing of 2 plodders (Moore & Griffin) won't help your cause. Although Hardaker & Jones Bishop look like they'll provide plenty of potency out wide.

It's not about writing Bradford off, its about looking at their squad and thinking its not very good. As Mr Swiftcorn says, anywhere from 9th to 12th is about right.

I don't think anyone's [itotally[/i written you off. I haven't. I genuinely believe you could finish outside the bottom two.

I'd be more worried about Saints than either of those two personally.

Recruited well and a host of good young players with an extra year's experience under their belts. IMO they'll be the big improvers in 2012, neither Wigan nor Warrington are going to get any better than they were in 2011.