So if Dave Woods has us to finish 11th the assumption would be that he believes we have a worse squad than the last 2 seasons where we finished 10th? either that or the teams around us have significantly improved...?

I don't believe they have and i firmly believe we have better quality in the squad than the last 2 seasons.

Again lazily written off.

We will probably have the usual stuttering start to the Season, but hopefully by Easter the Squad will be more settled and good Team performances starting to take shape, by late June if the level of injuries especially to key players are low for a change I would expect the Bulls to get a winning roll on and get to the Playoffs on the back of a continuing good run, then its up to Them, Fate, rub of the green and less dodgy Reffing at key moments in the game.

I can't predict any further as my Crystal Ball has steamed up!

Having only heard or read odd bits from Powers but had the pleasure of these boards for over 10 years, I am pretty clear where the vast majority of [is[/ihite is spouted.

Sounds like some already did. Pretty abusive stuff.

Yet your happy to insult those clubs - what with your assumed superiority based on things that happened many moons ago. Get real, someone has to be tipped for bottom and you are as goo a choice as any - hurts don't it.

We finished 10th last year. This year, we've improved in both the players in the back line and the half backs.

To suggest we'll do worse with a better squad is the real insult

There is no intention of insulting the clubs mentioned, i'm basing my view on the squads available and in my opinion Bradford Bulls have a better quality of players within the squad than Wakefield, Salford, Widnes and London...Would you not agree?

Of course Rugby League is not played on paper and other things such as injuries, morale and luck need to be taken into account, still i believe to suggest we will finish bottom is silly.

I would not bother trying to formulate a discussion with Vastman. He is a typical example of a Wakefield fan. Utterly clueless.

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Thanks for the advice, i'll ignore him in future...

Well, that depends on whether the other clubs around us have improved by the same amount or even more

FWIW I think that whole 7th through to 11th middle 'bit' of the table is going to be incredibly tight. The odd bad result, crap referring decision or even 'bounce of the ball' could determine final positions. I wouldn't be surprised to see points difference separate several teams in the congested middle of the table.

So what I'm saying is, we could actually do better than last year and still end up getting squeezed into a similar sort of position.

That said, Angela Powers talks utter drivel. We'll finish above Widnes and Salford or I'll eat my season ticket

Most people do...