Wigan- Will still be the team to beat, French is by far and away the best and most exciting player in SL, strong pack, electric backs and halves, can't see them losing many. Wire- As long as Williams and Dufty stay fit they'll be near the top. Rovers- Will miss Parcell and Hall but still recruited well, can they avoid injuries again? Sts- There's a few creaking bodies but will be up there, not convinced by Wellens, individual quality will see them through. Catalans- Unknown in many ways, lots of new recruits, if they can find consistency they may go higher. Leeds- Think Arthur will have them more consistent, they've got a decent young team. Leigh- Lost a lot of quality but Armstrong could be electric along with Lam and Ipape they'll have one of the best spines around. Salford- Will depend on their financial situation and their ability to retain their squad when the vultures circle. Hull- Lots of changes hopefully Cartwright will get us some consistency, youth players gametime last season will help us massively. Wakefield- Recruited well will be solid, Johnstone and Mckmeeken are great signings. Cas- Some quality but maybe not enough to get much higher. Hudds- Lost a lot of quality and not really replaced. Top 5 could really be in any order depending on injuries and suspensions. Then Leeds, Leigh and Salford. Finally us Wakey, Hudds and Cas, hopefully we're aiming to be top of that mini group or even break into the middle group this coming season.

[quote="REDWHITEANDBLUE":2ner1kxg]Get ready to be disappointed, not saying my team are going to set the league on fire having just got promoted but the Hull squad overall is bang average let's see how the new coach goes but nothing but a fight with bottom clubs for Hull. In my opinion of course.[/quote:2ner1kxg] Thanks for your insight

[quote="Jake the Peg":zl0d6tjd]It would be interesting to know how the 2 local "power boards" stack up in terms of their wealth. Ours comes out at about £1/2bn. I think Dave Kilburn was worth about £100m. How much are hudge, sewell and mcnicol worth between them? I'm not sure if kilburn has ever put any money into rovers though?[/quote:zl0d6tjd] I'm not sure splashing out on Hugo qualifies them as a power board Jake

[quote="Jake the Peg":xl1cifiq]Mikey lewis is by far and away rovers best player as he was last season. Lose him and they will be 4th to 6th. If he stays fit they'll be top 3[/quote:xl1cifiq]a few injuries for your boys and you could be serving the soup

We need John Asiata to play min 20 games or else I feel we’re 9th

I also think Wakey will be fighting at the bottom, they have made some good signings, as have we, but alot of their overseas players are untested at SL level. For me they lack creativity, pivots of Jowitt, Trueman, Russell, Hood and Pitts hardly set fear in sides. Like us they have a couple of injury risky signings too. It's OK playing against part time teams but SL is another level. I wouldn't be suprised if we finished above them or vice versa to be honest.