Interesting how many people are tipping Saints, considering we've made no major signings, and are still essentially the team which performed so badly in much of last season, and was still getting beaten in the Super 8s, despite the "recovery".



I think Wigan are unpredictable. Sarginson is returning under a cloud and neither Tomkins nor Burgess who came before him on that path have found their previous form. And losing McIlorum must be an enormous blow to their on-field organisation.

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2.Far

3.Too

4.Early

5.For

6.A Prediction

7.League

8.It's

9.Only

10.January

11.FFS

12.Widnes

St Helens

Leeds

Hull F.C.

Castleford

Warrington

Wakefield

Wigan

Huddersfield

Catalans

Hull KR

Widnes

Salford

I think Saints might be one of those of teams that are very consistent but can't find that extra level in a big do or die game. I fancy them to finish top but not make either final.



Saints

Hull

Wigan

Castleford



Leeds

Warrington

Huddersfield

Wakefield



Catalans

Salford

Hull KR

Widnes



Really tough to predict though. I am fairly confident that the bottom three will be correct (not necessarily that order) and I am equally confident Saints and Hull will make the top 4. The rest is anyones guess really. Can Cas back up last years remarkable season without, imo, their most important player? Can Leeds cope with the loss of a couple of club legends better than they did last time? Warrington will improve, but how much will they improve? Will Wigan avoid another injury crisis? Actually, add that to the list of things I'm confident about. They will have used approx. 73 players by mid April.



My dark horse is Huddersfield. There was a lot to like about the back end of their season. If Brough can avoid the petulance and prove he still has it then they might just make a playoff charge.

Stains

FC

Castleford

Wigan

Leeds

Wire

Wakey

Huddersfield

HKR

Catalans

Widnes

Salford



Leeds to beat Stains in the Grand Final and Toronto Wolfpack to make the CC QF's.... (Stains to win it)

You got it monumentally wrong with Wakefield last year. Based on that I expect us to do the double this year

Who are the 'Wildcats'? No such team in SL but then I suspect you know that - you ar*e.

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Hull

Warrington

Huddersfield



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Salford

Hull KR

Widnes

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1. St Helens

2. Leeds

3. Catalans

4. Hull F.C.

5. Wigan

6. Castleford

7. Warrington

8. Wakefield

9. Huddersfield

10. Hull KR

11. Widnes

12. Salford



Cup - Wigan

GF - Saints



Reckon Salford will struggle massively and will go down. A massive shame but the opportunity was squandered a while ago and I don’t see how the club can recover.



Think Toronto will replace Salford.

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2; we

3; should

4:wait

5;until

6;after

7;the

8;grand

9:finali

10;result

11;in

12; October



Remember we are trying to predict what is going to happen and not stating the bleeding obvious, after the event

Indeed I did. IIRC I started by saying you would finish bottom and later changed that to Widnes bottom with you 11th?



I was proven wrong and Wakefield were a joy to watch at times last year and it was a real shame you couldn't scrape that 4th place. Hell if we had already got 3rd sewn up by then I would have even been willing the ref to make a mistake and award that drop goal.



That said I do think the 7 teams I have put ahead of you, should everyone have a fair crack with luck, injuries and everything else, are just a little bit stronger than you. But who knows?