That Salford 17 could do some damage if they play as a team and get a bit of luck with injurys

OK, based on the Miller signing and Sammut apparently being our goal kicker meaning he's going to figure somewhere in the starting line up, here's some changes in the Wakefield Trinity line up that I expect to see.

Sammut
Lyne
Collis
Hall
Riley
Miller
T Smith
Anderson
McShane
Scruton
Kirmond
Ryan
Washbrook

Godinet
Lauitiiti/Ashurst
L Paea/Simon
Kirke/D Smith

Owen/Jowitt/Trout/Anakin/Molloy/Crowther/Johnston

Really think Cas will struggle big time this coming season. One good year, lose most of their talented players and now, back to being irrelevant. Bottom three.

most of their talented players? Weve lost 3,only one will be sorely missed

Huby was very good but not irreplaceable,jewitt will take care of that

sneyd? Weve replaced with roberts amd recruited gale,our halves are alot stronger than last year

clark will be missed

Percival is a right sided centre not left, and he won't displace Turner (yet).

Lomax
Makinson Turner Jones Swift
Burns Walsh
Amor Roby Masoe
LMS Thompson
Wilkin

Hohaia Vea Walmsley Richards

Would be my preferred (ish) starting 17

Clarke, Huby, Huraki, Sneyd, Ellis

All fairly influential players

Replaced by Moore, Jewitt (and a fit returning Boyle who played v little last season), Moors (all 6'4" of him), Roberts and Gale.

Bar Clark, we have comparable or good enough players to replace those leaving. Ellis wasn't consistent enough and Gale has a better kicking game. Roberts is better in defence than Sneyd and is an international player.

Hauraki was alright but made quite a few mistakes and I'm looking forward to having Moors - a monster in our pack, who incidentally can also play prop.

1. Dixon

2. Sio
3. Goulding
4. Welham/Salter
5. Mantellato

6. Blair
7. Kelly

8. Weyman
9. Carlile
10. Walker

11. Larroyer
12. Donaldson
13. Bailey

14. Cockayne
15. Horne/McCarthy/Burke
16. Green
17. All good

Hopefully with a new hooker to come in

In SL the statistical norm for normally below average teams that have an above average year is for them to regress to the mean. I see no reason that Castleford should be any different this season. That’s why I have them in my bottom four in my predictions.

Percival played left centre for the first half of the season and will do so again this year. He's played both in the younger ages as well and only switched to the right when they shifted Turner to first receiver. Jones is seen as a second rower at the club, quite rightly as he's never going to be a centre either. Turner and Percival are the first choice centres at the club, exactly as they were at the start of last season. Jones will be a utility back rower/cover for the centre.

Don't think anyone's done Wire's yet so I'll give it a punt:

Russell

Evans
Atkins
Bridge
J Monas

GOB
Myler

Hill
Clark
Sims
Laithwaite
Westwood
Harrison

Subs:

Wood
Higham
Ratchford
Ben Evans

Our 17 is hard to predict though cos Ratch can slot in anywhere and not even Smith knows who's playing at halfback although we seem settled on GOB/Myler

Sammut would not be making most teams