Following on from an exchange earlier with our resident FC experts I wondered how others see the league panning out? Iv only kept a loose check on other teams signings and players leaving. Warrington straight away look very strong and Saints look solid.Wigan seem to have lost a few key players and on paper look weaker? Cas have signed players we let go?Salford have problems it seems? Widnes look very average.Wakey signed a few?FC lost a couple of big players but still have strong squad.Catalans won't be as bad again surely? I worry we after initial emotion of Superleague return may struggle?Leeds lost key lads.In short I reckon it's as open a competition it's ever been?

Saints to win the GF
Leeds, Hull & Warrington top 4
Hull to win the cup (again)
Widnes v Rovers MPG
Rovers replaced by Toronto for 2019

4 games to win the cup or 5:in our case is obviously the route of least resistance for silverware.With a nice draw could be won with only having to beat 2 or more probably 3 Superleague sides?

Nobody expects us to do anything judging by the predictions on the VT but I think we'll surprise a few to me we have a very balanced squad could do with a couple of additions but I'm quite happy when you think back to the season we went down our half back pairing one went awol the other never made it onto the pitch and we had to go with Blair and Marsh the majority of the time whereas now we have McGuire experience and Atkin who I like the look of with a few decent players who could drop into that role if needed

Here we go..the usual ball cocks statement from one of our resident FC "contributors" when answering a straightforward question..hey ho.
Anyway, if that,s what you believe, so be it...Here comes the season, hope we enjoy it. Dont mind the curlies having a decent season as long as we have a better one. Here,s hoping.

Thems the rules. They can call us from a pig to a dog and grace us with their opinion on all things Rovers but the slightest besmirchment on them results in a barrage of indignancy.If a similar standard of troll ventured onto their board it would be deleted pdq. TBF now we are back in same league the banter was going to get bit more fruity.

FC are mentioned twice in the opening post, yet FC fans arent allowed to give their prediction? Odd thread.

Feel free to answer the opening post (like I’ve done) instead of foaming at the mouth at the audacity of an FC fan daring to offer their prediction. Just a bit of fun old timer’ no need to lose your mind.

You've spun that expertly. You can see why some (me being one) suspect you could be Mrs B. But you at least justify your views when challenged. I don't think we will be in MPG but any outcome is possible.Think at the business end of things we may be closer to each other than many expect?

My Mrs said I lost it years ago....no hard feelings DGM, I can take banter, but will defend my team.

Off to kip but I will do my predictions. SL. Warrington. Saints . Leeds . Cas. Hudds.FC.Wigan.KR.Wakey.Cats.Widnes.Salford. Cup Warry. MPG Leigh v Salford. Think Toronto will get well beat by Leigh in Championship. Saying all this my betting has been poor recently. For us its just nice to be back.gnite all

Possibly. Prediction threads are only a bit of fun after all.

Most bookies have Rovers & Widnes as bottom 2 and it’s difficult to disagree looking at the current squads. I don’t think I’ve said anything too contoversial. There’ll be no relegation in the end anyway, so no need to worry.

I do not care this year who wins what but I do care that we do not finish in the bottom 4 in case they go wive the same again

Warrington, Saints and Cas to fight it out for the GF. Leeds once their half backs are settled will do well, (could challenge the dullers for the CC)
Wigan and Wakey are difficult to predicted and could be down to avoiding injuries with little quality in depth.
Huddersfield, Rovers and Widnes will be contesting the bottom 4 (bookies don't very often get it wrong) along with Catalan, Macbanana won't see out the season and by the time they've replaced him it will be to late.
Toronto have spent the money, but Leigh have spent wiser so should finish top in the championship, but would like to see Toulouse do well.

The gap in quality between our first 13 and second 13 could well be the narrowest in SL, which is both a strength and a weakness.

I worry about our size and power in the pack - or relative lack thereof. And again being a team that has to play well for 80 minutes to win, owing to a lack of strike. A lot rests on Masoe's shoulders.

On the plus side, I don't think there's flakiness there was towards the end of our last spell in SL and we can be pretty confident that Sheens won't make a mess of it. Also the league seems to be getting more even, so slight improvements in performance could make a big difference on the ladder.

With a couple more good signings, my best case is 6th. But anything better than bottom 2 would be a fair effort. There could easily only be 2 or 3 wins between 6th and 10th.

I really want to say 8th, but until we see a couple more signings, I think 9th or 10th is most likely. Maybe I just haven't got over 2015 and 2016, but I fear we'll be rolled down the middle by 3 or 4 of the most physically dominant teams, which might be as many as 9 fixtures and trying to win 10 of the remaining 14 would be a huge ask.