The epitome of the Warrington RLFans poster ladies and gentlemen.

We win our first two games, conceding 3 tries, and then narrowly lose to an NRL side. All is well. We get well beaten, by a good team, who've had 2 weeks off, and all of a sudden the sky is falling in. The reaction on this place if we lose to Hull KR next Sunday will be the equivalent of a cross between the Walking Dead and Loose Women.

I can't remember what round we got to in the play offs and CC last season but I think it was quite late on. I don't know how this season will pan out but can't we at least wait until we've settled down before we start with this crap?

If we get beat by KR on Sunday some fans will stage a sit in again..!

We have one prop as good as any in SL. Hopefully, Sims will become another.

We have the MoS, who is yet to hit his straps, frankly. Though not a surprise, there have only been a few games.

We have last year's top try scorer, who thus far has 1 to his name. Again, not a surprise, there have only been a few games.

A bit Pollyanna, there, but you are right, much is in place for a good season, and knee-jerking after a defeat to the Dragons is just daft. However, Wire really have to sort out the kicking, it's not up to scratch at the moment.

I heard that Wigan were playing in our style to give HKR some practice for their match against us.

I have no problem at all with O'Brien & Myler in the halves ,in fact we may have shipped less tries if Myler had been fit to play in France. Last season was a so called unexpected calamity with the loss of Briers leaving us with no field kicker. We are now in a new season & it appears that the problem hasn't been addressed sufficiently. It is a continuing problem that needs to be worked on with the present halfback combination & leave Bridge & Ratchford where they are to wreak havoc on opponents.

If you look at our squad there is no reason not to be optimistic about the season ahead. We have a starting line up (according to the squad numbers) of:

1 Russell
2 R Evans
3 Bridge
4 Atkins
5 Monaghan
6 Ratchford
7 Myler
8 Hill
9 Clark
10 Sims
11 Grix
12 Westwood
13 Harrison

The forward pack looks very impressive and that's before you add the likes of Higham, England, Curry, Laithwaite, Asotasi and Ben Evans as players to have on the bench. The back line is also very good with some excellent individuals who have proven records. Again, add to that with Penny (who has been exceptional) O'Brien (solid, flashes of brilliance, good goal kicker) and Wheeler (still a bit of an unknown but will prove a good signing in my opinion) and we can be very optimistic.

We will continue to improve as the season progresses, and a few hit and miss spells in the early stages of the season is nothing new, just look at the last few years. Our kicking game is definitely something that needs to improve though. I thought O'Brien's kicking in the Hull KR friendly was the best I've seen in a long time from anyone in the team, so let's hope he finds that form again soon.

COME ON WIRE