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I'm 50/50 on top spot. To me it feels like Saints are being written off a little by some - I personally think they'll have a very strong year. The reality is they finished joint top last year despite the WCC exploits and went down to the wire in two semi finals. Improving their attack will have been a priority in pre-season and if Dodd gets back to his best they'll be very dangerous. Wigan will be very strong as well - particularly as their squad depth is utilised when other sides begin to struggle. The front row will be very difficult to handle, confident that Harry Smith will go from strength to strength and French and Field are French and Field. The injury to Walters maybe exposes a weakness in the squad in the backrow though and I'm not convinced by Keighran's defensive capabilities. If there are no major injuries to key players, I'd be surprised if there isn't a Wigan v Saints GF.
Pretty confident that my top 5 clubs will end up in the 6 at the end of the year - Leeds and Hull KR have strong squads while Catalans may struggle adjusting to the loss of so much experience but will still have enough. Leigh and Huddersfield I'm less sure on - my instinct is that Hudds will improve a little with Adam Clune and Leigh will regress a little now teams are more aware of their threat. Tough to work out whether Warrington will be rocks or diamonds under Burgess but my gut tells me its a gamble that won't pay off. The concerning thing for SL this year is the lack of depth is more apparent than ever - Hull were poor yesterday, Salford's squad has been decimated, Castleford's recruitment has been uninspiring and London have a Championship squad with nothing to play for. Hopefully next year Wakefield will make an impact with their new ownership, Salford sort their stadium issues and Castleford/Hull begin to develop competitive squads.
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| I think we need to remind ourselves Saints were a flys di*k away from reaching both finals last year and they took the LLS down to the last day. They did that while playing pretty poorly, coming off the back of an emotional/physical challenge of beating Penrith away and with a couple of big injuries (although everyone gets those). They won’t be falling away this year unless they get an injury crisis that lasts throughout the season and if they have a fair wind with injury, they’ll be up for the lot.
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Pretty sure Roby doesn't have another year in the tank
My bad, Lomax ![Very Happy icon_biggrin.gif](images/smilies//icon_biggrin.gif)
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| Saints will definitely be up there.Still a great team couple of injuries might scupper them if it is to key players.
Clark could turn out to be a fantastic signing with his pace.
Tell you what looking forward to the derbies should be some class games.
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| Agree that Wigan & Saints are the teams ahead of others, however, just keep an eye out on the roaring Leopards right behind you. ![Very Happy icon_biggrin.gif](images/smilies//icon_biggrin.gif)
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| Quote: Cokey "Agree that Wigan & Saints are the teams ahead of others, however, just keep an eye out on the roaring Leopards right behind you.
Well you did win one trophy last season (1 of 3 domestic trophies,if you can count the LLS)
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