Sure. Francis Meli's defence and ability to take a kick - you don't get much weaker than that.

I think generally though our backline is strong and that is complimented by a very strong pack and two very good halves.

As I have said in this thread I see Saints, Leeds, Warrington, Wigan and Catalans with stronger backs. Whilst you may be able to overpower Wigan and out think Warrington, I don't think you'll be able to do that with strong Saints and Leeds sides who are brutal in defence and strong in attack.

add gardner into that comment after his world cup performance

add in possibility of pryce going down and your backline doesnt look so great anymore
likewise for leeds smiths unproven and seniors starting to show his age. Wire are great on paper but don't play as a team. catalans may suffer from new coach syndrome, wigan still havent replaced barrett effectively etc. you can pick holes in any team

That's OK then. If we can't beat Leeds or Saints but win all the other games, we'll finish top, and be runners up in the GF.

It's better than I was expecting frankly but your confidence in us is inspiring, and I'll try to buck up my ideas

Unproven at what?????
I'm sure he's more than capable of handling the centre position given he's proved his worth at FB and wing.

He's well covered by a great Centre though. Gardner is a good player, who had a bad World Cup. I've no worries with him personally, he's proven his worth in Super League both offensively and defensively.

There are holes in every team, but it's how you cover the weaknesses in the team. Your 6-17 maybe stronger than the likes of Wigan, Catalans and Warrington (we'll see what happens), but not Saints and Leeds IMO. Overall, Saints and Leeds have stronger sides.

The key word in there was may.

Yes but he's relatively unproven at centre! He may well turn out to be a competent centre.. but he isn't proven at the moment is he?

May?? [size=150May??? [/sizeYou hinting that we're gonna win the Challenge Cup as well? Well, I'll go to't foot of our stairs.

If we can keep all our players healthy and on the field then of course we can do better than the last couple of years. Injuries to key players always hit any squad hard.

shhh - your not allowed to mention injuries. according to some on here injuries are irrelevent and we are expected to win no matter how many key players are injured and if we fail to do so its a sure sign that we're in decline and the coach is crap

Well injuries didn't stop saints beating us at Odsal when they only had one fit prop or when Leeds beat us in Cardiff.

We haven't ruffled any feathers at all with our rivlas due to the signing of Bird.

That's why they've all been beating a path to RAB today to tell us all about it