2010 Predictions

1leeds
2wire
3saints
4hudds
5wigan
6catalns
7hullkr
8bradford
9cas
10wakey
11hullfc
12quins
13salford
14crusaders

Leeds look like they will be top dogs, wire have improved alot and i think tony smith will take them forward. Saints will drop slightly as they enter there transitional phase playing alot of kids (like leeds under powell) hudds have improved but still will be just short of trophies. Alot depends on the coach at wigan but they will be in the top 6. Hullkr will be a hard team to beat at home but wont be as good away, bradford could be higher or lower than that depending how quickly there overseas players settle in, how fast the team can adapt to 2 new halfs and a new hooker and if there injury prone players can stay fit. Cas will probabley just miss out on the playoffs, but will finish higher if we can keep both half backs fit, a full year out of hudson would really boost us two as we miss his leadership when he doenst play due to us having quite a young sqaud. Wakey could well be higher but having got rid of drew, martin, grix and rooney who all played in the halfs last year and replaced them with jeffries i could see them struggling if brough is injured or suspendedas jeffries blows hot and cold, last season they had two game winning players in drew and brough now they have one. i really hope i'm wrong about fc and that they can get far higher as they are my second team, alot of it will depend on shaun longand if can avoid the injury curse of the fc half back. Quins havent really strengthened at all and have brought in lower league players and kids, i expect mcdermott will unearth a gem or two and get them well drilled but they will fade away again. Salford have lost a few good players and a few average ones, and havent brought much in to replace them boyle and smith will go well, not so sure on the other two. With the current state of there team and with most players already signed up i cant see crusaders getting off the bottom.