I'd like to know how you could put something in place to reduce injuries. Surely they are down to bad luck!
Totally agree with you, we need a fully fit squad for as long as possible.

I think conditioning and rehab play a part in players becoming injured and how long they're out but it's not as if leeds never have any injuries is it?

Well it seems pretty clear we've made a real hash of pre-season. No disrespect intended to Hudds or Hull.

I don't especially blame the 3 day communities camp, btw - it must go deeper than that.

From here I'd take avoiding the spoon after 23 rounds and coming through the qualifying 8s. And I'm taking nothing for granted there.

You never know, in a few weeks we might have made up for lost time and be getting back close to mediocrity. But right now it's hard to quell the sense of foreboding.

I think we'll come thirteenth.

As a mate of mine said last season after the CC dry bumming against Leeds - "thought you did well to get zero"

Well Goose, I think we'll struggle to get thirteenth. I'm looking for the nearest turd pile to get used to the smell.

You over rate us.

8th is achievable

Which 4 sides do you see finishing below rovers?

Not in Superleague it ain't for this coach. Name 4 teams we'll finish above.

I will name five teams who won't be in the bottom 4 - Leeds, Wigan, Saints, Warry & Giants but as for the rest it will be a dogfight. Each one of the remaining 7 teams has issues of some sort which could turn their season sour or otherwise.

For the record, I say 8th is achievable if Rovers can keep the spine pretty much intact.

IMO anyone basing predictions on trial games are crazy (ie Salford 22 Wigan 0).

Problem being a couple of our spine will already miss a february, add to that I still dont think we know who our full back is so the spine is looking weakened already.

would not surprise me if internal inquiries are not going on today after that performance I find it strange that no comment about the game as been made on your club web site not even an apology to the fans who attended I reckon hugde is having some serious words with the coaching staff and so he should tbh

I and most of the fans if not all of them agree with you if something is not done soon i fear the worst come the end of the season

1st is achievable, sadly not by us. The same applies to positions 2 to 8 as well.

You are deluded and I doubt you truly believe your assertion if you are honest and realistic with yourself.

Rovers are behind where they were at this time last year, with injuries to the spine of the team, a still lightweight pack, a smaller squad and a team of players who we know can't defend with any consistency or resolve.

When you mentioned in a later post those teams who you think will finish in the SL top 5, you conveniently failed to mention Cas. I can't see them going backwards with that team, playing the way they do and guided by an impressive coaching team. That leaves Hull and Catalans. As things stand, both have improved since last year in recruitment terms. Performance wise, Hull may have found another level and we saw quite vividly what that can do to us in yesterday's friendly.

I'm not disagreeing with you and on first impressions we look weak, but there may still be things that can alter before the start of the season. If we get in a couple of shrewd loanees or a late buy it could change our fortunes. Likewise with the teams around us, a couple of key injuries and bit of not settling and it can all unravel.
If you went back to the KC derby last year when Hull were woeful and we were playing really well, you could see no way back for them yet they made the 8 and we had to play in the qualifiers.
No season is won or lost in the preseason (even if it feels that way now).