Lui is out long term isn't he

Not sure,. If he's fit I'd maybe tip them to squeak in 8th but if not I think rovers might get it. hudds, les cats and widnes are gasher than gash

I think Huddersfield are the best of those sides but they need to start getting some players back.

Is it a genuine opinion though, or is it just an attempt to wind up a certain someone?

The middle 8's are all set to be very interesting this year with Toronto and Toulouse playing so well (hopefully London are just having a blip). We however, clearly wont be playing in them.

I think as it stands Rovers would be playing

Home
Catalans
Toronto
Featherstone

Away
Hudds
Widnes
Toulouse
London

Pretty tough.

I guess someone might play Catalans, Toronto, Toulouse and London away, what a joke.

The four Super League teams will all play two Championship teams at home and two away.

If it finished

11 Catalans
12 Rovers

1 Toronto
2
3 Toulouse

Rovers would have those three away.

Having to play Toronto away in the Middle 8's could be a nightmare for SL teams having to get visas sorted in such a short space of time.

I'm sure Toronto have said they'll be playing their middle 8 home games at home.

looks pretty reasonable to me. Much better than reversing those home fixtures and travelling to toronto and catalans. Realistically those should be 3 home wins and at least 2 away

Widnes need all their best players fit, and that's what has undone them the last two years.
Giants have a new coach which may give them a bounce, and Catalans have some decent players but are ill disciplined and badly coached.
Leigh are running into form now as well, so can see the middle eights being very tight, exciting and probably low on quality.

has anyone realised we could end up with toronto,tolouse,london and catalan in superleague next year so 4 teams that dont bring away support. imagine the million pound game played in front of a few spectators

I support expansion but the lack of away fans at Catalans games (and London in the beforetime) makes those games less exciting to watch. I hope the loss of revenue will be made up by better TV and advertising deals but knowing our sport it won't.

Another 2 points in our quest to avoid the middle 8s. Given Catalans look a much better side with Drinkwater, Huddersfield have won their last 3 games and we're down on numbers that was an important win. Borrowed this image from Twitterhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdqSdMoU8AMmRjL.jpg:large" >

Rovers are doomed. I'd expect Toronto to go up automatically, and London/Toulouse via MPG. Rovers will get MPG at best.