[quote="Jake the Peg":xbbg5lco]I think best we can realistically hope for is top of the bottom 4 clubs, however big question marks over leeds and salford for me, either of who could go OK but also tank. The other big unknown is injuries. If everyone has their first choice 17 available every week then I'd say wigan to finish top, with rovers and catalans fighting for 2nd place, wire, saints and leigh 4th to 6th, leeds and salford 7th and 8th with us, cas, hudds and wakey 9th to 12th, however most teams have thin squads so injuries will play a massive part in where you finish. Anyone confident of us finishing 8th or higher is deluding themselves IMO. We have a new coach, plenty of mid 30's players and some with poor injury records. If we finished 8th and were consistent all season I'd say this squad has probably over delivered[/quote:xbbg5lco] Think Wigan will remain the team that will top the league, then places 2 to 4 likely to be fought out between KR, Wire or Catalan. St's not sure on but think it could be another disappointing season for them as feel Wellens could be another Cunningham. Leigh have recruited well and will be up in the mix for a top 6 spot. Not convinced that even with Brad Arthur at the helm Leeds will be that much improved and Salford have to have question marks due to their financial situation and having to reduce their spend on players by a 3rd. Cas for me have question marks with McGuire as a head coach for the first time, it could go well or be a struggle. The bottom 2 for me is likely to be Wakey and Huddersfield and think it could well be Huddersfield that end up bottom due again in part to Robinson being new to the Head Coach role. On to us, there's rightly some question marks over us with all the changes made to the squad but with Cartwright coming in as Coach and inclusion of leadership within the squad think we can challenge for 8th and maybe higher if we get a bit of luck and Leeds and Salford struggle. I do think generally the quality of SL is lower than it has been for a long while and Wigan are the really the only standouts though KR, Wire and Catalans have the potential to be up there but still think Wigan are just too complete in comparison to every other team.

[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.

[quote="bishops finger":3w4j35rt]I'm not sure splashing out on Hugo qualifies them as a power board Jake [/quote:3w4j35rt] Obviously left with the scraps when your power board signed ruan

[quote="Jake the Peg":1z9ydtf8]Obviously left with the scraps when your power board signed ruan [/quote:1z9ydtf8]