Re: 2012 predictions : Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:33 pm  

Agree with your top 4 Stu - no argument.

I dont fancy London, or oddly Catalan this year to be honest. Widnes are likely to struggle, nothing personal, I like going there so it is not with glee I say that, even though they had plenty time to plan.

Salford, Wakey, Hull KR, Bradford, Hull, Us - all have the potnential to make something happen or massively under achieve.

If Salford get something going at their new stadium - they could be in a position lots of people dont expect. Similarly other effect could happen - bad start and the same crowds as the old stadium in the new and that won't be great watching.

Whatever happens, I just cant wait for some actual competition to start!

Re: 2012 predictions : Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:00 pm  

Was just trawling your forum to see what other sthought of Salford.

Not too many changes to our squad, but if Moon can provide some spark from the centre channel, he's got to be a better defender than Ratchford, so there's an improvement. Jordan James is a better defender than Cashmere, but I don't see him making as many yards. Then there's all the younger forwards, who need to start producing a good match more than once or twice a season. Jewitt and Sidlow have something special, but they need to add some consistency and hardwork. Finally we have Feka and Vinnie Anderson, two players that can really make a team spark, but were well off the pace most of last season.

I think you're right about the group that has the potential to go either way! Knowing Salford we'll be the team that doesn't produce.

Re: 2012 predictions : Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:29 am  

LincolnDEVILSFan wrote:

Was just trawling your forum to see what other sthought of Salford.

Not too many changes to our squad, but if Moon can provide some spark from the centre channel, he's got to be a better defender than Ratchford, so there's an improvement. Jordan James is a better defender than Cashmere, but I don't see him making as many yards. Then there's all the younger forwards, who need to start producing a good match more than once or twice a season. Jewitt and Sidlow have something special, but they need to add some consistency and hardwork. Finally we have Feka and Vinnie Anderson, two players that can really make a team spark, but were well off the pace most of last season.

I think you're right about the group that has the potential to go either way! Knowing Salford we'll be the team that doesn't produce.

I think wakey and cas will finish around the 8/9 position, they are 2 very similar teams in terms of playing strengths and weaknesses. Maybe with cas having the slightly stonger squad - due to the fact they have recruited and retained players whereas wakey had the administration issues last year and lost players / recruited on a shoestring budget.

One thing for sure is the game sunday will give both coaches are where they need to be. i'd liike to see us both going well and maybe both sneaking into the playoffs!!!

Re: 2012 predictions : Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:00 am  

trinwildcat10 wrote:

wakey had the administration issues last year and lost players / recruited on a shoestring budget.

I thought Glover was ensuring you spent the full salary cap?

Re: 2012 predictions : Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:14 pm  

StuMain wrote:

I thought Glover was ensuring you spent the full salary cap?

I believe their intention is to do it in stages (i.e. £1.3m this season, £1.4m next season with a view to go to full cap in year 3 of the licence).

Re: 2012 predictions : Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:09 pm  

trinwildcat10 wrote:

LincolnDEVILSFan wrote:

Was just trawling your forum to see what others thought of Salford.

Not too many changes to our squad, but if Moon can provide some spark from the centre channel, he's got to be a better defender than Ratchford, so there's an improvement. Jordan James is a better defender than Cashmere, but I don't see him making as many yards. Then there's all the younger forwards, who need to start producing a good match more than once or twice a season. Jewitt and Sidlow have something special, but they need to add some consistency and hardwork. Finally we have Feka and Vinnie Anderson, two players that can really make a team spark, but were well off the pace most of last season.

I think you're right about the group that has the potential to go either way! Knowing Salford we'll be the team that doesn't produce.

I think wakey and cas will finish around the 8/9 position, they are 2 very similar teams in terms of playing strengths and weaknesses. Maybe with cas having the slightly stonger squad - due to the fact they have recruited and retained players whereas wakey had the administration issues last year and lost players / recruited on a shoestring budget.

One thing for sure is the game sunday will give both coaches are where they need to be. I'd liike to see us both going well and maybe both sneaking into the playoffs!!!

Sorry if I offend, and I'm only going off Cas's early season form in 2011, but I think Cas have the better first choice squad. Wakey no doubt have more quality in their ranks this season, but I'm not convinced Agar can pull them together. I fear Widnes, Wakey, Salford and London (if they get a few injuries) could be in for a long and not so pleasant season.

I could be wrong, usually I am, but the rest of SL has better strength in depth. Then again Outside the top 3 many teams are looking short on quality, outside of their first seventeen. At Salford I can only think of two/three backs to call on with SL experience, if we get any injuries. Not so bad in the forwards, but the first seventeen still needs to prove themselves.

Re: 2012 predictions : Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:17 pm  

Fully wrote:

I believe their intention is to do it in stages (i.e. £1.3m this season, £1.4m next season with a view to go to full cap in year 3 of the licence).

Interesting, Widnes were also making lots of noise about spending the full cap only to back out of it.

Re: 2012 predictions : Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:03 pm  

StuMain wrote:

Interesting, Widnes were also making lots of noise about spending the full cap only to back out of it.

Perhaps Widnes's is more a reason of the right players not being available for the squad rather than signing just anybody?

I think the Vikings, to an extent, were perhaps hoping to sign a big-name player and still are leaving the space for such marquee signings?

Re: 2012 predictions : Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:58 am  

I'll go with

1. Leeds
2. Saints
3. Wire
4. Wigan
5. Hull FC
6. Catalans
7. Huddersfield
8. Castleford
9. Bradford
10. Wakefield
11. Hull KR
12. London
13. Widnes
14. Salford

At least that's what I posted on our (Leeds') board a few weeks back. If I'd known HKR would lose Green before the season started I might have put them lower.