I'm not really that bothered exactly where we finish, but a season without worrying about relegation and having some good rugby played while bringing along some of our younger players would be nice.

The only other thing is a win over Sts, or at least giving them a genuine test every time we play them. We haven't beaten them since March 2018, and they are the yardstick at the moment.

I tend to agree that we overachieved a bit last season, but I think most fans are willing to give Smith time to develop his team without having to win something this year.

SAINTS
WARRINGTON
WIGAN
HUDDERSFIELD
LEEDS
CATALAN
HULL
SALFORD
CAS
HULL K R
LEIGH
WAKEY

St Helens
Wigan
Huddersfield
Leeds
Hull KR
Catalans
Wire
Salford
Hull FC
Castleford
Leigh
Wakefield

If you think you're going to finish 4th after watching that tonight, you're very much mistaken.

It's game one of the season. Long way to go yet.

But it does look rather optimistic after tonight's (lack of) performance.

Leeds will be lucky to avoid another relegation scrap. They will be 0/3 when they face Wakefield in Round 4.

If you think basing a whole season on one game and the first one at that is wise, you’re very much mistaken.

Like last season.
Pumped by every team except Wakey and Toulouse in the first 10 rounds.
In a relegation scrap in the first half of the season.
Short memories some people....

Who was in charge at that time?

Do we still get to the GF?

Obviously not.
That's why we brought in a decent coach.
But some want him out already, after one game.

Ahh, I get you now.

Gotta say I was disappointed with Leigh last night.
Given all the hype and razzmatazz I fully expected them to beat Salford. It was all set up for them.
And Salford were actually quite poor.

I think Leigh will struggle.
Despite all the money they've spent and all the new signings, they're still littered with SL cast offs - Briscoe, O'Brien, Mulhern, Charnley etc. that are nowhere near good enough for top 6.
Did they have some players missing last night?

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