A very interesting season ahead!

It's the best SL yet.

I want to be optamistic but i am worried about our defence or lack of it. Last year we defended like a leeky bucket and against Cass on Boxing day it was the same particularly down the right edge. We are can score some good trys and play some atractive rugby but we must stop the other Bug**rs scoring.

That was a far different side to the one that will turn out against Catalans though wasn't it? If there are the same defensive frailties then we can complain.

Sykes
Ainscough
Platt
Walker
Crookes


will be a lot different to say (if they get chosen?)

Kearney
Ainscough/Pryce/Purtell
Purtell/Walker
Lulia
Kear/Ainscough

still carnt see the Bulls making the playoffs

Nobby has us finishing 12th in 40-20 magazine with only Widnes and Salford below us!

I'm struggling to see why he picked Wakey to finish above us to be honest. Signed a load of average players and a below average coach to coach them. Guess we'll see how things pan out in the next few months.

Catalans have just smashed Wakey 46-10 tonight. Not sure if that is because Wakey are merde or Catalans are running hot. We're going to have our work cut out for us in week 1 I think!

Got to wonder if theres a bit of politics clouding nobbys judgement. Given caisleys comments last year and nobbys association with him.

It isn't politics it's Nobby making sure Langers posts it up on the dressing room wall. A bit of backhanded motivation methinks!

I've suspected for some time, and certainly since his outspoken -and I felt one-sided - interview comments (and maybe subsequent comments that could be his) that your man may be waiting in the wings in case/waiting for if/hoping for when/wondering if it all goes tìts-up (take your pick). So he could then seek to regain control and bring his mate Nobby back in from the cold.

Nothing to back this up beyond interpreting what we have read and bits I pick up, so it is purely an opinion. But I must admit Nobby's comments did make me think again along those lines.

That said, it does concern me how all the other 11 teams look to me to have either strengthened (especially London; and HKR are well rid of Justine IMO) or have not weakened enough to make me feel confident of beating them. So his prediction cannot be automatically dismissed IMO. Indeed, If we see more of the same as last season, with the "team" collapsing under pressure and appearing to be resigned to getting beaten, then I fear he will likely be proven right.

But I think we are all hoping that this year the team will come out fighting and be unrecognisable from the seemingly demoralised and injury-stricken lot we saw last season, are we not? And, if that proves to be the case, then we just need some better luck at last with injuries and the officials at Tragic Weekend and so on to give us every chance of doing considerably better.

I rekon Nobby will be back coaching at Bradford when Potter's time is up.

I think with Nobby's track record and standing in the game you do have to take what he says seriously, even though with the full flush of pre-season optimism, I'm actually minded not to go along with it.

I would though, definitely go along with Blotto's view, despite his track record and standing in the game, ( 4.1962890625:5