Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 5:28 pm  

Wigan- Will still be the team to beat, French is by far and away the best and most exciting player in SL, strong pack, electric backs and halves, can't see them losing many.

Wire- As long as Williams and Dufty stay fit they'll be near the top.

Rovers- Will miss Parcell and Hall but still recruited well, can they avoid injuries again?

Sts- There's a few creaking bodies but will be up there, not convinced by Wellens, individual quality will see them through.

Catalans- Unknown in many ways, lots of new recruits, if they can find consistency they may go higher.

Leeds- Think Arthur will have them more consistent, they've got a decent young team.

Leigh- Lost a lot of quality but Armstrong could be electric along with Lam and Ipape they'll have one of the best spines around.

Salford- Will depend on their financial situation and their ability to retain their squad when the vultures circle.

Hull- Lots of changes hopefully Cartwright will get us some consistency, youth players gametime last season will help us massively.

Wakefield- Recruited well will be solid, Johnstone and Mckmeeken are great signings.

Cas- Some quality but maybe not enough to get much higher.

Hudds- Lost a lot of quality and not really replaced.

Top 5 could really be in any order depending on injuries and suspensions.

Then Leeds, Leigh and Salford.

Finally us Wakey, Hudds and Cas, hopefully we're aiming to be top of that mini group or even break into the middle group this coming season.

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:00 pm  

Like most posters I don't envisage a massive change from last year across the board.
Taking a punt, I will go for the following:

1. Wire
2. rovers (2nd to Wire on points difference!)
3. Wigan
4. Saints
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5. Catalans
6. Leeds
7. Leigh
8. Salford
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9. Huddersfield
10. Fc
11. Cas
12. Wakefield

Grand Final: Wigan (comfortably beating rovers!)
C. Cup Final: Wire (comfortably beating rovers!!)

There could be any movement within those three separate groups but the league again has a top, middle, bottom air about it. I notice that everyone who's posted so far has each team in roughly the same place so there seems to be a general consensus about how it may pan out over the year.
There is usually at least one team who do better than predicted at the start with at least one favoured team going in the opposite direction so you can never be wholly sure with these predictions.

Even though there is a more positive air around the club I still think we are having to come from a long way back after these recent horrendous years. It's more about the attitude and performance level with us that I'm interested in, Although I'm hoping to witness more than three wins this time round!
There are a lot of questions around those bottom five clubs I've listed, with no one really knowing how any of them will go. I'd take 8th for us right now as a positive, but after these past years I'm loathe to set my sights too high, we really have been badly burned of late and I'm wary at setting my sights too high. One step at a time and all that.

Like I said, if we're competitive most weeks we should win more games than of late and at least start to look like we are travelling in the right direction again. Let's hope in future we look back on 2025 as the year the fight back commenced. Honestly think that is the best we can hope to see in 2025.

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:05 pm  

Wigan
Catalans
Warrington
Rovers
Saints
Leeds
Leigh
Hull
Salford
Wakefield
Huddersfield
Castleford

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:49 pm  

Think we’ll be battling for sixth with others with 2/3 rounds to go,don’t really care about anyone else

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:57 pm  

Hull KR won't win a trophy.

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:45 pm  

We will be around the 6th place.
We’ve got too many experienced winners in the team to be at the bottom end.
Posters forget how bad most sl teams were last season.

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:50 pm  

1. Wigan - the benchmark club
2. Catalan - if their signings do well, think they'll be up there
3. Rovers - recruited well, think JWH will have a big impact for them
4. Wire - usually do well but have a wobble at some point
5. Leigh - think they've recruited well, one of the best spines, despite losing Asiata
6. saints - think they'll underachieve and wellens will get sacked halfway through the season
7. FC - probably being optimistic but think having a disciplinarian in charge, experienced players and youth with an extra years experience behind them will see us do better than many are expecting
8. Leeds - can still see them underperforming again, interesting to see how Connor gets on there
9. Wakey - recruited well, good coach in Powell, doing well off the pitch too
10. Salford - if they do have to cut a significant amount of wages, that'll badly affect them, they lack strength in depth as it is
11. Cas - ageing squad and poor signings, although interested to see how Rimbu goes
12. Hudds - poor recruitment and Robinson is a very inexperienced coach

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:02 pm  

No way will we be as high as 6th.

Re: 2025 league predictions : Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:12 pm  

boardwalkempire7 wrote:

We will be around the 6th place.
We’ve got too many experienced winners in the team to be at the bottom end.
Posters forget how bad most sl teams were last season.

genuine question

do you think your squad is above 6 other teams including the likes of leigh salford leeds ?

i'd say at a push 7th if abdull plays 100% and plays week in week out, hes the best 7 in SL when he's firing no disputing it

Re: 2025 league predictions : Thu Jan 02, 2025 7:43 am  

1.Wigan
2.Wire
3.Rovers
4.Catalan
5.Saints
6.Leigh
7.Leeds
8.Hull FC
9.Salford
10.Wakefield
11.Castleford
12.Huddersfield

Wigan benchmark team, the team to beat for me, think Warrington will improve a little and can see them pushing for GF, KR lost Purcell a massive loss IMO and brought in an old ill disciplined replacement. Catalan/Saints could go either way but a slow start for Wellens could see him sacked. Think same with Leigh/Leeds but think Leigh slightly better for me, I've put us an optimistic 8th purely on the fact Salford got financial issues and can see them losing a few key players and they haven't got a massive squad as it is. Wakefield be a solid 10th, Castleford and Huddersfield both struggle a big fight for last for me.