If Cas make the 8 I'll 8 my hat. The way we dominated them when the team clicked strongly suggests the same will happen this season. Cas for the wooden spoon !!!

If our signings in mad dog Poore, Singleton and Lynne add to our performance on the field and we can carry on from where we left off in terms of form (along with luck with injuries) then I honestly think that we should not settle for less than 7th.

We have a strong pack and a creative attacking back line that has the ability also to go on a good run in the Challenge Cup if we have a little luck with the draws like we did in 2008. We have R.A. and Washbrook on our side this time as well.

I'd settle for finishing above Cas.

Still hope for Wembley, like every year, but keep aspirations moderate to avoid disappointment. I'd love another cup run!

Hoping for a good cup run this year.

I think that we have enough players who can now break the line in an instant, Lee Smith, Ben Cockayne, Reece Lyne, Dean Collis & Foxy all of them are fast out of the line and with enough strength up front from the pack to give Tim Smith time to organise the attack I think we could be looking forward to a good season ahead of us.
Paul Aiton will be like a new signing & Justin Poore leading the pack & blending in with the rest of the forwards its looking promising. Its a 17 man game though & a lot more emphasis is how strong the bench is, sometimes its harder to pick the right subs against the right opposition.

Interesting to see on the VT's 2013 prediction thread most people are tipping us to make the Top 8.

Not sure how you get that? Take out the Wakey fans and the majority think we won't make the 8 - although 2 people have us as high as 6th! I'll take that!

It will be a miracle if Jeffries bombs us out of the game .
Is he not back in Australia?

Good point well made.
I forgot.....though rumours of his previous exits to Oz have been greatly exaggerated in the past so you can forgive me for not hanging on to that memory.

I'm not ignoring anything - but being a real fan ( ) I'm backing us to rise above these issues!

It will be interesting to see how teams handle Tim Smith this season; every SL coach will have seen how important he is for us and how dangerous he is with ball in hand - expect opposition teams to at least attempt to rush, crowd and generally clatter him at every opportunity.

Looking forward to seeing him show a few up!

it is a different thing knowing who is the danger man and stopping him

many teams know cas revolve around chase, yet are still unable to control him (generally the sign of a good player) and i hope it is the same with tim smith this year.

i did notice that schofield made no wild predictions (e.g. another naked run) if he was wrong, especially after been goaded by the salford fans on twitter last night! he might have learnt his lesson.

i think we are a top 8 side, and we will be there at the end of the season.

Will be nice to see teams worried about us and trying to find ways to stop Smith rather than usually us chasing round like headless chickens, Smith is a class act and can handle the extra attention he will get coming his way, he may also thrive of it and use it to our advantage,
Really looking forward to this season and 6th is very achievable