That same team also struggled in the middle 8s and only secured SL status in the final 2 minutes of the MPG. If the squad has hardly changed, that can't be a good sign of progress for the coming season

Wigan
Warrington
Hull
Saints
Leeds
Castleford
Salford
Leigh
Wakefield
Catalan
Huddersfield
Widnes

Grand Final: Wigan
Challenge Cup: Warrington
MPG: Widnes v Hull KR (Hull KR promoted)

I predict it'll be another SL season of playing standards continuing to slide, along with attendances.

Wigan to win the WCC against Cronulla in a tight affair. Warrington will lose to Brisbane.

Only Wigan, St Helens or Leeds will be champions, though it wouldn't surprise me if Leeds are Whipping Boy SL rabble again.

Warrington and Hull will pretend they can become champions.

The rest are Whipping Boy SL rabble, though Cas at least will possibly overachieve and they'll definitely entertain.

Wakefield will not finish last.

And Bradford will enter administration again.

And again.

The CC will continue to underwhelm and embarrass the sport at Wembley with loads of empty seats on show along with the infamous ring of indifference. The RFL will still announce an official attendance of around 75K even though we all know it's closer to 50K.

There will be a mid-season Test against erm... France. Maybe.

Tragic Weekend will be another huge hit among season ticketed fans of Stupor League who get to pay £20 for six games, though a significant number will only watch their own club game. RFL announce a record attendance again claiming the concept is a roaring success. There shall be no scrutiny of their claims by any of the nodding-dog RL publications, as per usual. Nobody else will care, or even know of its existence.

England will fly home early from the RLWC exiting at the semi finals stage or possibly even earlier. Fans will blame Aussie refs if appointed or English refs if appointed for sucking up to the Aussies.

A few weeks of internal soul searching shall ensue about the future of the game which shall then be forgotten about by the beginning of December.

Just imagine if you were a part of the squad who did well enough too get into the top eight and then through no fault of your own you are cast into the relegation scrap, how do you think you would feel ? it could even be said that had that squad who would have finished seventh with the points they amassed had the enthusiasm the victories gave them might have just sneaked a couple more due to motivation ?

I know for sure it de-motivated the fans too a point where the fanbase halved once there was no reason to continue .

I like the sound of that...

1 - Wigan : Wigan will be strong this year again. Wane has a nack of getting them playing consistent rugby while peaking at the right time.
2 - Warrington : Again, this is there year, will be there or there abouts.
3 - Saints : They just have a nack of getting in the mix even though i dont really rate Cunningham as a coach, brilliant player though.
4 - Hull : Hull, Cas and Leeds will battle it out for 4th spot. I just think Hull will nudge it, they will miss Frank the Tank though
5 - Cas : Cas will again be the entertainers of the league, as a fan, i love watching us play, I just think we are short of 1 quality winger to push us higher.
6 - Leeds : Leeds will improve this year but I feel will be too reliant on youth, they definitely looked good towards the back end of last season, Segayaro (sp) is a fantastic signing.
7 - Catalans : I believe this will be a return to the norm for Catalans, awful in England but tough to beat at home.
8 - Huddersfield : Hudds will improve but i dont see the calibre of signings they need to return to top 4 footy.
9 - Saford : No points deduction this year should see them return to pushing the top 8.
10 - Leigh : Solid first season back in SL for Leigh, i dont think they will be in any danger of going down.
11 - Wakefield : Wakey will be competitive, Chester and Carter are building something there, just feel they are a couple of props down at the moment.
12 - Widnes : Not really been impressed with there signings....

The bottom 4 can finish in any order i think, im not wanting to put any teams down but this is a prediction. I just think we will have another season of everyone beating everyone, the most consistent team will come out on top.

G/F - Wigan v Saints
Winners - Wigan

CC Final - Warrington v Cas
Winners - Cas (Completely biased and wishful thinking)

MPG - Hull KR v Widnes
Winners - Hull KR

Wire
Saints
Wigan
Salford
Leigh
Widnes
Hull
Cas
Catalan
Leeds
Wakefield
giants
Alternatively it could be

Wire
Saints
Wigan
Hull
Cas
Leeds
Catalan
Salford
Leigh
Wakefield
Widnes
Giants

I hope you're right with your first selected predictions.

When I scrolled down I was wondering if there were going to be an endless list of permutations. I thought it was Carol Vordamen posting. Why did you stop at 2??

SL is generally predictable that's why I asked the question.
Your answer seems to point the way to why it is.

Oh my days

Care to expand on that?

Last year you were the worst team in the league (the table doesn't lie), and came perilously close to the MPG. You appointed a coach who has done nothing in his career and showed little if any improvement. Your recruitment so far has been uninspiring at best. I've tipped you to finish 8th pretty much based on the fact that a team featuring McGillvray, Cudjoe and Brough shouldn't finish bottom. But all the evidence suggests I'm being generous.

So enlighten us all as to why you are going to be so fantastic in 2017.