Soldato
Here's the new thread for the Rugby League Season SLXXI and the usual Q&A:
1. Your team?
2. Your highlight of last season?
3. Your expectations this season?
4. Your most anticipated new signings?
5. Who you think will win the league leaders shield?
6. Who will be the dark horses of the competition?
7. Any updates from your club, new ground etc?
8. Final league position of your club?
9. What (or who) will be your clubs weakness next year?
10. Here's what the bookies think, is it fair on your team?
Wigan 10/3
Leeds 3/1
St Helens 4/1
Warrington 13/2
Huddersfield 10/1
Catalans 10/1
Castleford 20/1
Hull 16/1
Hull KR 25/1
Salford 25/1
Widnes Vikings 33/1
Wakefield 50/1
My answers:
1. Hull KR.
2. Knocking out Warrington in the Challenge Cup at Headingly to reach the final for the first time in yonks. The final ten minutes of that game was one of the true highlights of being a Rovers support in the last 10 years. The final....less said about that the better!
3. Not really an expectation, more of hope, but again to finish in the top 8.
4. I think Ian Thornley will certainly be one of our better signings of the year, tough I can't really say at the moment as our two pre-season friendlies were abysmal defeats. Its not boding well for the new season to be honest so I am a bit worried!
5. I think Wigan will have it this year. I think Leeds won't quite manage it given the big playing names they lost to retirement last season.
6. Hull FC. I hate to say it, but they've got some really big players now and will be a handful for most sides, perhaps even top 4 challengers. Pritchard being the best of their bunch with Minichiello not far behind. They annihilated us in the pre-season friendly.
7. I suppose getting Jamie Peacock in was a bit of a coup for our club and hopefully he can bring a bit of that winning mentality and never say die attitude to the club as it badly needs it. I don't expect things to change overnight though, it will be a slow process.
8. Hoping 8th, but we definitely need Terry Campese back and fit for all of the season to achieve that.
9. Forwards. We just don't have that aggression and bite and the same old defensive frailties are there. We have point scorers with the likes of Kelly and Mantellato, but I really fear for our pack this year.
10. Yup(!)
1. Your team?
2. Your highlight of last season?
3. Your expectations this season?
4. Your most anticipated new signings?
5. Who you think will win the league leaders shield?
6. Who will be the dark horses of the competition?
7. Any updates from your club, new ground etc?
8. Final league position of your club?
9. What (or who) will be your clubs weakness next year?
10. Here's what the bookies think, is it fair on your team?
Wigan 10/3
Leeds 3/1
St Helens 4/1
Warrington 13/2
Huddersfield 10/1
Catalans 10/1
Castleford 20/1
Hull 16/1
Hull KR 25/1
Salford 25/1
Widnes Vikings 33/1
Wakefield 50/1
FORUM MEMBERS AND THEIR TEAMS
- physichull - HULL KR
- Evil^ - BRADFORD
- kidloco - WARRINGTON
- Fuggan - LEEDS
- Wonder_Lander - HULL KR
- TonyM19 _ WIGAN
- PudWud - WIGAN
- hoppyintheuk - BRADFORD
- kefkef - WARRINGTON
- Dave26 - WIGAN
- Viper2 - WIGAN
- cheets64 - WIGAN
- hargi - CASTLEFORD
- Vanquish-Storm - WARRINGTON
- Landy - CASTLEFORD
- Xinn - LEEDS
- Lefty - WARRINGTON
- Serverman - WIGAN
- SMN - WIGAN
- gumbald - HULL KR
- ristac - LEEDS
- Gilly - LEEDS
- Kemik - WIDNES
- Funktopus - WIDNES
- shawsy109 - BRADFORD
My answers:
1. Hull KR.
2. Knocking out Warrington in the Challenge Cup at Headingly to reach the final for the first time in yonks. The final ten minutes of that game was one of the true highlights of being a Rovers support in the last 10 years. The final....less said about that the better!
3. Not really an expectation, more of hope, but again to finish in the top 8.
4. I think Ian Thornley will certainly be one of our better signings of the year, tough I can't really say at the moment as our two pre-season friendlies were abysmal defeats. Its not boding well for the new season to be honest so I am a bit worried!
5. I think Wigan will have it this year. I think Leeds won't quite manage it given the big playing names they lost to retirement last season.
6. Hull FC. I hate to say it, but they've got some really big players now and will be a handful for most sides, perhaps even top 4 challengers. Pritchard being the best of their bunch with Minichiello not far behind. They annihilated us in the pre-season friendly.
7. I suppose getting Jamie Peacock in was a bit of a coup for our club and hopefully he can bring a bit of that winning mentality and never say die attitude to the club as it badly needs it. I don't expect things to change overnight though, it will be a slow process.
8. Hoping 8th, but we definitely need Terry Campese back and fit for all of the season to achieve that.
9. Forwards. We just don't have that aggression and bite and the same old defensive frailties are there. We have point scorers with the likes of Kelly and Mantellato, but I really fear for our pack this year.
10. Yup(!)