Quote: Steph Curry "1. St Helens
2. Warrington
3. Catalans
4. Wigan
10. Salford
11. Wakefield
12. Leigh
5 - 9 is too difficult to call but the top 4 and bottom 3 are nailed on
St Helens to do the three-peat with Warrington CC winners'"
Completely disagree that the top 4 and bottom 3 are nailed on, I think the top 2 are (Saints and Wigan) and although the Leigh squad looks the weakest currently, we still have a lot of time in between now and the end of March to see that change.
I can see Hudds potentially breaking into top 3/4, as I think Hull FC could as well, they have the squad to do it, maybe Brett Hodgson is the man to get them up there? Then you have Leeds who seemed to have made steady improvements and brought in a bit more quality where it seemed to be needed, if they have a good run with injuries etc they could very well be up there as well.
Hull KR look light, although they have 2 or 3 quality additions, they have lost about 15 players and there squad looks probably on par with last season if not slightly worse, in a season whereby squad depth is going to play a massive part, I think they will be down in the bottom 3.
Cas look stale to me and not much seems to have changed there, I think they may also struggle this year.
Salford are an unknown really, new coach that is untested at this level but a good pedigree from Fax and Saints, a big turnover of players who knows.