Mamo
Jerry
Leroy
Gaskell
Murphy
Brough
Brierley
Rapira
Leeming
Wakeman
Symonds
Ta'ai
Hinchcliffe

O'Brien
Roberts
Seb
Smith

I am much happier with the squad now with decent depth and competition. Only one place for Hinchy and that is 13. No place for Lawrence in my top 17, great defensively but we have others with that quality but have that little more edge in offence. Could have been Smith, Clough or Mason for number 17 because non really stand out to me.

Two concerns I have are that I am not sure our Props in the round will be competitive enough consistently enough and left centre still bothers me a little. Hope I am wrong on both counts.

What I do like is the pace in the side and potential support play from Brierley, Mamo and Symonds which I have never thought we have been fantastic exponents of in the past.

Looking forward to the season now

Id kinda agree with that
Gaskell needs to prove his capability that he showed in the past

Wakeman is unknown so far so needs to step up

Rapira carried us last season, he has nothing to prove imo

Seb, Taai can be brutal at prop and the young forwards did excellently last season

What will be really important is that the team play like they want to be there and they want to win, that will win those tight games we threw away last season

yes last sentence and the fitness!

hope we stop with the penalties that we gave away under anderson too

Concern about Gaskell as a centre,as we know centre is so important in terms of the team in terms of tackles they are required to make,and the decision making.Maybe why we are tipped for 8th at best.Nowt against him but thought he was known as a half back.

Wardles defence was pretty poor to be fair, misses one on one tackles quite a bit

Wardle was only following the example of Fa'alogo in terms of 'got a contract in NRL' so I no longer give a flying one.

Let's be honest our props aren't nowhere near good enough,so amongst the decent stuff there is going to be some heartache in 2017.

wakeman might just be a star?

clough played at the very highest level

smith like a new prop and will improve, still young

mason will benefit massively from last seasons games

rapira carried the pack last season, no wonder he got bogged down abit at the end of the season, refreshed!

ikahihifo full pre season with us and show some good glimpses


thats taking a positive view anyway!

Wakeman has he played any grade in Aus? Cutters never heard of them.Hoping for the best from Wakey.

Smith,also hoping he can show why we went for him,one thing he does not lack is size anyway.

Rapira is a grafter,really rate him but don't regard him as dominant prop on d cos of his smaller stature

Sebastine,the broken jaw set him back understandably,like to think he will be fully over that and 'rip in' again in 2017.

I think if we are to get better than 8th spot Nathan Mason has to prove he now is first name on the team sheet at prop.Really came of age late last season.

Suddenly things don't look too bad

If you want to win SL it's got to be blanket d,stopping the ball carrier dead at first contact with 2 props,then monster them with strong upper body for very slow ptb.

Are we at that level of performance yet?

I think the truth is no - depends on peoples expectations -moving it to Friday I will miss quite a few games,but whatever will buy a 2018 season ticket to back the great man that is Sir Ken Davy.

Just hoping they pull hinch out of acting half,but aussie coach gives it look you poms what u know about rugby league,me gonna show you,this is the way it goes down in NRL,good luck Rickster but if you are that brain dead you will be usual big shot hated on in Huddersfield for ever more.

Only a very few come from outside of Huddersfield and get respect.

Say

Are we soft on the edges,guess time will tell,hoping for better from stoneage,obvious he wants to play open football.