What I expect is another roller coaster season with highs and lows but how many of each?

What I hope for is for us to solidify our place in the league with an expectation that the squad and coach can compete for the top in 2 seasons time.

Unfortunately we will have to wait and see how the SL clubs use the feeder club system to see how it impacts on our league, there'll be some weird results .

Just to be clear, I heard it wasn't going to be an official partnership between Keighley and Castleford, just a simple Dual Reg agreement, much like previous years.

Keighley and Castleford have a lot in common - perceived 'small town' club aiming for success. And look at the success Cas has had - virtually never out of the top division, Wembley, cup wins etc. Cas should be an inspiration to Keighley - Cas is only half the size of Keighley and is in the same district as Wakefield and Featherstine & on the doorstep of Leeds.

In the spirit of sport Keighley should be able to do all that Cas can do - and more. The junior game in Cas shows what should be aimed for.

There is a bit of history of the two clubs co-operating in signing each others' players - Keighley got Bill Bryant, Derek Edwards, Paul Orr (Danny's dad), Bunny Ackroyd etc from Cas. Not many the other way but when Cas signed Alan Dickinson from Keighley it was the highest ever transfer fee received by Keighley.

Whoops. Sorry. Except for Terry Hollindrake to Hull.

Not sure what to make of it all to be honest, I like some of the idea but not all of it. One thing I do know is that if we don't get some big players with experience from somewhere we are in trouble. Everyday more and more players are been signed up to clubs especially the ones that we could nearly be 100% sure of a win.

Swinton have got nearly all of the Warrington squad and hunslet are building a cracking team with rhino players and 2 more have just been announced for hunslet in the shape of Moore and Leuluai.

You can't take players on DR unless you are officially twinned, only on good old fashioned fixed term loans.