My choice of a 17 Man team has changed due to injuries and would look like this;

1 Shaw
2 Oakes
3 Minns
4 Hefferman
5 Cockayne
6 Abdul
7 Ellis
8 Scruton
9 Lunt
10 Mitch Clark
11 Blair
12 Greenwood
13 Addy
14 Tilse
15 Lawler
16 Clarkson
17 Donaldson

Marsh (Inj), Wardill (Inj), Harris, Cator, Salter, Horne, Mulhearn, Moran, Milton, Jubb (Think that everyone up to press)

Do you think promotion will be a walk in the park .frankie it will not be as easy as that

No I don't at all and as I've never said that I can't understand why you've quoted me as saying it I do think we should win the championship easily but promotion is another matter altogether

Agreed we're expected to run away with the championship, the dreaded middles 8s is a different matter.....

My main fear is 'complacency' and the Oldham debacle is still fresh in the memory.

Having spoken to Cookie he said it was a constant challenge to keep complacency at bay, but once the season reached Rnd 20 a new mindset developed.

I think our pre season friendlies will stand us in good stead when you look at one of our biggest rivals pre season fixtures londons....

I know we need good pre season fixtures to give us a stern test and this season more than ever to assure the right intensity. Hull and Leeds are perfect tests.

On the negative side, we usually tend to pick up a few injuries in these pre season games. These have tended to blight us in recent years come Round 1 when the season begins in earnest. I really hope we have better luck this year with injuries.

Surely it can't be as bad as last year.... i like the balance of the team this season two more players in and I would be fairly confident

can it be any worse then the last season and the one before I hope not

Do we really need a high intensity stern test with high injury risks at the start of the season?
To me this season is more like a marathon with high intensity at the end, if we qualify for the middle eights.
I would prefer a steady start and build momentum and intensity as the season progresses.

There's a balance to be struck.

If it weren't for the money, I wouldn't have wanted to touch the Hull friendly with a barge pole. Yes, it's only a friendly, but they'll be looking to give us a heavy beating in every sense.

That said, I think planning for a 'steady' start would carry the risk of going in underdone again. Our first competitive games are Bradford and London. There's a bit of fresh optimism around the club at the moment, but if we start slowly it might turn out to be rather fragile.

I'm nervous some fans are taking rounds 1-23 for granted, as an extended warm for the real season that starts in late summer. We have to be focused on hitting teams hard, fast and ruthlessly from day 1, IMO.