This thread has only been started as an exercise in trolling, but I'll give a serious answer anyway.

While I'm delighted to be 4 from 4 I'm not reading anything into it for the rest of the season. Early season form is rarely a good indicator as teams are still getting up to speed and players are not at full match fitness.

As far as Hull are concerned there are plenty of pleasing signs but we still need to improve in attack if we're going to challenge over the whole season. We have a brand new 6, 7 & 9 partnership and they are still getting used to each other.

We have plenty of room for improvement.

I can only assume there is no need for the injuries excuse yet.

It's Leeds fault they've played weak opposition?

Nope and neither is it hulls, see the post i responded to.

I think Saints, with a new coach, may struggle at some point this year due to the transition. A lot of players will be used to the old systems put in place so will Potter be able to get them into his methods? And are they better methods? I don't know, but we'll see. Anderson was a very good coach and a tough act to follow.

Leeds will no doubt bottle it half way through the season as per usual, but finish strongly. Just depends on how much of a role on they can get before the inevitable occurs!

No idea about Hull yet. As has been mentioned, we've hardly played the top sides yet, but we still have a lot of players to come into the team. Good to see we have a large number of first choice players in the starting line-up, and there are a large number of talented players ready to step in/arrive in the country/recover from injury. Don't think we'll finish in the top two, but top four should definitely be a target.

I also think Bradford may have the Hull course from last year as well. That being a shed load of disruption through injury/called off game/players not arriving on top of a crap coach!

What does that mean?

Maybe its a reference to you finnishing 10th as many times as first?

Awaits you support cas wah wah

Au Contraire with....

Motu Tony
Gareth Raynor
Todd Byrne
Danny Washbrook
Richard Whiting
Paul King

all out injured (Mike Burnett who played in the first few games too)

Michael Crocker (or his replacement) and Hame Lauaki still too arrive we could still use that excuse for only beating Hudds by a little score.

someone been on the cheap french plonk!!?

For you finnishing top? for a few years now.

Define few and how this has been a hinrance to being champions.

2008:
17 Harlequins 28 V 24 Leeds
18 Leeds 12 V 26 St. Helens
19 Leeds 18 V 12 Castleford
20 Wigan 23 V 22 Leeds

2007:
18 Leeds 14 V 38 Bradford
19 St. Helens 10 V 22 Leeds
20 Wigan 18 V 2 Leeds
21 Leeds 16 V 23 Wakefield

2006:
21 Castleford 31 V 30 Leeds
22 Leeds 14 V 18 St. Helens
23 Hull FC 23 V 16 Leeds
24 Leeds 18 V 20 Wigan

2005:
25 Leeds 10 V 42 Bradford
26 Wigan 24 V 22 Leeds
27 Wire 33 V 16 Leeds


Top team loses a significant amount of games in a short space of time, looks a bit like bottling it! Appears to be happening earlier and earlier every season!