We only get better if the changes coming in are better than those going out.

I look forwards to the posts on here this season saying stuff like

"I'm really glad we brought Asotasi over from the Aussie league and got rid of Carvell, that was a very positive move, we never won SL with Carvell did we"

Saints are moving in the right direction even if they need reinforcements and aren't what they were a few years ago...we might laugh at those youngsters but are ours really that much better, despite the hype on here? You can be sure if those lads had come through at Warrington there would be all sorts of posts about how bright the future was and that would be our backline for the next 10 years.

Saints are like us....a team thats a credible shout of winning a trophy albeit not the front runners, the difference from the Saints of old is they don't go in to the season with the bolshy confidence of knowing that everybody is scared of them, because they are a team of talent without the handful of dominant big guns that used to drive them on like Sculthorpe and Cunningham. In the past few years we've had the edge over them because they've been rudderless in terms of senior players whilst we've had Briers, Hodgson, Morley and Carvell but now they've gone suddenly where's our advantage over them? It's based on hoping a lot of "ifs" like Asotasi will be as good as Carvell, England will be the next Chris Hill, Russell is going to be the find of the season, Ratchford and Myler/GOB will click in the halves and seamlessly replace Briers. If those don't come off then looking at it without the primrose and blue tinted glasses, Saints have now overtaken us and will likely finish above us in the league and have more chance of winning trophies, even if they are still a bit behind the likes of Hudds.

It was fun having the edge over Saints for a few years but those days may be over.

1 - Leeds
2 - St Helens
3 - Huddersfield
4 - Wigan
5 - Warrington
6 - Catalans
7 - Salford
8 - Hull FC
9 - Hull KR
10 - Widnes
11 - Castleford
12 - Bradford
13 - Wakefield
14 - London

We will win it from 5th you've heard it here first.

I think we're going to have to win it from 8th!

Not looking that bad of a prediction now.
1st impression as they say.

yes, after 1 game it would appear you have it nailed

3rd of the way through the season.
How are we all doing?

Padders got a lot of abuse for this post

I still agree with mine

Whats the lottery numbers tonight SC?

sally absolutely nailed it

I'd certainly pay Asotasi's air fare home.

No heart, no drive only plays 1/4 of the game and then he's blowing out his arris.

His impression of a crap half back isn't needed either, we already have people pretending to do that job without him chiming in.

The top spot seems a wee bit of optimism over expectation to me. Still you never know, but I feel there will have to be a vast improvement in both our sides if they wish to get anything above fourth.

Totally anonymous last night, get rid.