Top priority… if we haven’t Jowitt yet then Ellis should be camping outside his drive contract in hand and red carpet. Pratt has that number 4 shirt sewn up. Hes everywhere, the yards, strong defence and breaks he made and he has a huge engine. He had Wood in his pocket pretty much all game. Hall will have a tough job keeping him out of the team and will have to fight hard to get that spot. Hard to look past Pratt at the moment. Of the new signings. Mckmeeken strong in the middle. Storton had a good game, looked fit, got through plenty of work and he will be a good signing. Scott and Walmsley look like they will be a very good pairing on the right. Uele was strong, Rodwell was good too. I can’t believe I’m going to say this because I’m one of his biggest critics… but Lino seems to work well with Trueman and they both ran the show emphatically thst first half. Hard to look past them starting round one. Came away feeling for a bit better execution it could have easily been 50. Great to see the defensive resilience and structure from last season was there in abundance too. We will need that. Not get carried away ofcourse but the signs are that our pre season has prepared us very well.

[quote="Towns88":2a524il1]I'm under no illusions how difficult we'll find things. I have a similar view as you regarding the signings Rimbu could be electric but is playing behind the worst pack in the league. Everything about Cini screams he'll be in the reserves by Easter. At best a maverick, at worst a potential liability. Asi will take time and is under immense pressure early doors without Milnes, we have no goalkicker whilst Milnes is out. Simbiken replaces Ellie El Zakem, who was on the main one of our better players last year but bizarrely we've done absolutely nothing to improve our dreadful pack. Bookies have us to finish last. Think a few people perhaps got carried away with a few pics of the squad running up hills at Roundhay park. Sam Wood made a good point in an interview saying there'll be weeks we'll just lose to a better team. That will be most weeks. Naturally I'm sure we will pinch some games at home.[/quote:2a524il1] Well I've always wanted Trinity and Cas to push one another along at the top end of Super League in a way that Wigan and Saints do and the way the Rhinos and The Bulls did . I obviously want ourselves to come out on top every single time but that would be my wish for both our club's . There's no reason why that can't happen with the new owners we both have in my opinion .

[quote="BarnsleyTrinity":255rjqel]Well I've always wanted Trinity and Cas to push one another along at the top end of Super League in a way that Wigan and Saints do and the way the Rhinos and The Bulls did . I obviously want ourselves to come out on top every single time but that would be my wish for both our club's . There's no reason why that can't happen with the new owners we both have in my opinion .[/quote:255rjqel] I’m of the same stance really. I would like nothing more than trinity and Cas to be fighting it out at the top but would want us to be top dog. I don’t dislike them as a club unlike Leeds. There’s just a sense of entitlement about Leeds fans and preferential media treatment that belies their actual position.

[quote="BarnsleyTrinity":1ji49vv6]Well I've always wanted Trinity and Cas to push one another along at the top end of Super League in a way that Wigan and Saints do and the way the Rhinos and The Bulls did . I obviously want ourselves to come out on top every single time but that would be my wish for both our club's . There's no reason why that can't happen with the new owners we both have in my opinion .[/quote:1ji49vv6] The obvious difference being that our new owner can afford to splash his hard-earned squillions on our club whereas Cas' new owner is currently passing round the begging bowl asking for donations from wherever he can get them from

[quote="BarnsleyTrinity":1zgnni89]Well I've always wanted Trinity and Cas to push one another along at the top end of Super League in a way that Wigan and Saints do and the way the Rhinos and The Bulls did . I obviously want ourselves to come out on top every single time but that would be my wish for both our club's . There's no reason why that can't happen with the new owners we both have in my opinion .[/quote:1zgnni89] I'm the same. I don't mind them being a success. I just want us to be better.

No, no, no...I detest both Cas and the Whino's exactly the same...hope they both finish joint bottom of the table