Nonsense his season will depend on his ability/application and attitude just like everyone else's. What you've offered is a ready made excuse for failure.

I'm not convinced about our recruitment either baring Paea. It painsme to say it but I think we will struggle to make any impact and I wouldn't be surprised one bit if we didn't make the eight. The team is littered with average players.

No I haven't. I'm basing an opinion on how every single season one of our players becomes the main focal point for the entire teams poor performances. Form goes hand in hand with confidence, and when our extremely fickle fans jump on said players back - there is no chance of them performing to their optimum. I only mention Miller because already he seems to be the player that will be this seasons scapegoat, reading the opinions of some of the numbskulls on here. Good support and backing from fans can make average players put in good performances, heckling and poor support can make good players perform badly. I'd like to see some fans take a little responsibility when their actions have had a negative impact on the teams performance.

In the atmosphere vacuum that is the KC, we don't have the advantage of being able to intimidate opposition players, and make them perform worse like we did at the Boulevard, but we can try and lift our own players. If you search my posts, you'll see I'm anything but a slack jawed optimist, but you need positivity from the fans as well as the players to achieve any kind of success.

if our youngsters can kick on and our pack stays more or less injury free i think we will do ok, to many on here pull us down before we even started, we have lineham crooks shaul who are 3 of the best youngsters around, arundel who i believe could be a gud un, rankin who fingers crossed could be the real deal, watts green bowden 3 young props , micky top class ,feka could turn either way,ellis still top drawer imo, westerman hope for good things this year, houghton azza good hookers if used correct, throw in our average players and hey presto we won the league lol,

If you look at other teams, such as Hudds as an example, they have a lot of average players, but together, they make a class team.

If Radders can bring them together, make them 1 unit, 1 team, also lose the chitty attitude FC have had for years (so paea called it "arrogance"icon_wink.gif then who knows....

Wish I could meet up and shake your hand for this post at least someone talking with a lot of sense.

agree 100%

You can on the basis that you'll buy me a pint?

the problem i have with our recruitment for this season is that there are several gambles - rankin, talanoa, feka and especially biggs. even the appointment of radford falls into this category as a rookie superleague coach. if they come off we'll make the 8, if they don't its gonna be a long old season. i'm confident if the likes of houghton, westerman and ellis perform we will do ok. i'll go for 6th or 7th

and if it all falls apart with our 'gamble'players midway through the season, then let's see our younger players given a go

I think you guys will finish 8th/9th.

Pearson obviously expecting a hell of a lot more.

Best signing will be Paea by a long way!

Then you are an either an idiot, or you think O'Meley is twice the player Paea is? There is no reason we can't equal last season, although it's unlikely we'll get to a cup final again.

You predicted we'd be 7th last season



Hopefully wrong again. Some great Rovers fan predictions over on the VT.

10th
Low
Paea

5th-6th.
Good cup runs.
Mr Rankin & Mr Paea.

#COYH.

6th
I'm just hoping for Westy and Ellis to really step up to the mark this season
Micky P and Tuson for me butivegot a sneaky feeling Rankin and Talanoa will be the surprise packages .

I just hoping people are not going to expect Shaul , lineham and Crookes to set super league a light this season , all 3 still younge and a lot to let learn imo but all will be world class .COYH

6th - no chance
Westy - very good player who has to try too hard because he's been in a side
Micky P - Good SL player
Tuson - Reckon he'll be very good this season

I worry for Crookes as last season everything went right for him but if you all remember the CC final he was appauling and I think he'll struggle to get anywhere last season. Lineham is class though, Shaul the jurys out