They nearly finished above us in the end and were asleep for half the season. And got bent over v wire in GF semi eliminator or could of made final
Douglas is a real work horse freeing up walmsley. Cos realistically amor and him were saints only props last year. And they've added walker. 1 of the best offloading props. Perfect for off the bench
Centre from storm is a massive upgrade on Turner
Lee is a decent squad bulker/slash interchange for roby
Matty smith. Not the best but a massive game manager and seldom injured.

Lomax missed most the year. If he stays fit and makinson that's 5 players that improve them on this year.

Top 4 for me

Aside from Wigan I still think the top 8 is going to be difficult to predict, who would have had Leeds/Hudds out of the 8 this time last year?
Also if we aren't in the top 4 how will fans feel because it'd be a step back and not 'pushing on' as everyone would be wishing us too.


I think it really depends on how our halfbacks go and how JS goes, we could be anywhere from 1-6, I just really hope Radford can improve on some of his decision making which would give us a little more.
Also will we be as fortunate with injuries?

I'm going to go with 4th and semifinals of the CC

Wigan
Hull
Saints
Cas
Warrington
Leeds
Huddersfield
Catalan
Widnes
Leigh
Wakefield
Salford

If we have another good season with injuries and kelly goes well then we'll be top 4 but we won a lot of games by narrow margins last year which is unlikely to happen again so we need to improve our attack to make those loseable close games more comfortable wins. I think saints and cas will be better next season and wire and wigan at least as good so top 4 will be a big challenge

I'll be agitating for change and throwing my toys out of the pram, making it blatantly clear that we haven't got a hope in hells chance of any future success under the current set-up.
Then again, maybe not, as it could make me look totally stupid and a right p!llock.

5th.

Think we'll finish third, and have a feeling we'll make the CC final again for some reason.

Would you start a petition!!
3rd

Yes, to legalise marijuana but not to get somebody the sack.

Just need to make sure we win our "free hits"....remember them? The games that the two points on offer apparently don't really matter...Leeds, Saints etc. The games that would have got us a home semi-final.

If we are within reach of the top 4 come the split will again be a great year

We have the squad to win everything imo, but there are a few things we need to get right/go our way.

Firstly we need another decent run with injuries. Last year we had close to a clean bill of health pretty much all year. I don't expect us to get off that lightly again, but as long as it doesn't get out of hand we have pretty good depth. And that leads on to the second thing. Radford needs to rotate the squad alot better than he did last year. Especially if we go deep in the cup again. Alot of players just looked burnt out by the end of the year.

Thirdly Kelly needs to fit in well. We play quite a structured game, if he can slot in and do his thing without disrupting that too much then he can take our attack up a couple of notches. If it doesn't work it could cause more harm than good.

Most important is the mentality of the players. Last year we got on a roll and developed a real never say die attitude. We showed unbelievable resolve at times and won a few games that we really never had any right to win. My fear is that with a trophy in the cabinet and a good season behind us there won't be quite the same will to win as there was last year. Every season there is someone who puts a great year together when it wasn't expected, that's the easy bit. Real champion teams do it year in year our.

If everything falls into place I genuinely believe we have the best squad in the league and I think we'll win another trophy. Otherwise we'll still go ok, but it will be a step down from last year.