I agree for some reason I'm feeling confident this year I can see Widnes Leigh Salford huddersfield finishing below us n I think Catalans may struggle this year too

The 2010 season, before he left, Kear's playing budget was about £12 due to impending disaster so, perhaps this should be removed from his stats

It's going to be interesting to see what difference it makes, having JK upstairs and concentrating on the management stuff.
You cant help thinking that he will want to have a bit more involvement ?

Ohhhh ok, I must be a bit dim then, I thought you were pointing out that under Kear we kinda did follow it up?!! Unless you count finishing in the same league position, then higher the following one not progressing? We only finshed 11th after that because if memory serves we played half the games with virtually the academy team! Anyway, let's hope he does have a positive impact on his return, I like him as a bloke generally, and hopefully he and CC will work well together, whatever his actual role is.......

Just want us to be competitive, entertaining and perhaps reduce the amount of 50s we get against us. Top 8 has to be the target but not the end of the world if we don't make that cut.

Kear's finishes were

-8th
-8th
-5th
-11th (this is when the wheels started to come off)
-13th (with the youngest side we've had in SL)

Agar

-8th (to his credit after reassembling the squad)
-11th (only a couple of changes)

Agar/Webster

-12th (Webster took over halfway through)

Webster/Smith

- 12th in the league/4th in the middle 8s/winners of MPG (Smith took over halfway through)

Smith/Chester

-8th in the league/8th in the super 8s (Chester took over early on)


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As a Huddersfield fan I think you'll be challenging for the top 8 as you have a decent team and with Kear coming back might kick on a little more. As for us we'll be back in the top 8 as Stone is a good coach and the players we've got already are pretty good who were unfit and underperformed the majority of. last season.