i'm pretty sure the doom and gloom and stuff on here started well before september

Didn't you limp out the challenge cup?

Trying not to get too giddy given our drubbing of Rovers, given that every other team will have ten times that defence. Still think if we hit the ground running vs Salford we'll be up the top half of the table, I don't know why but I'd step over a hundred SL titles for another cup win so that's what I want us to go for and if we got to Wembley in 2013 there's no reason we can't with this (in my opinion) better squad.

I expect us to do better than last year. 6th would be evidence of that but not looking so inept would work for me too. Once again we should have no trouble getting down the pitch but if we have truly turned a corner then we should be turning good field position into big points.

How much better we do depends on a lot of ifs. E.g. if Sneyd plays with England form again. If key players stay fit. If Logan and Abdul grow into their shirts. And so on. If things come together we could mount a serious challenge to the big teams.

There is real hope but I won't be betting my house deposit on us just yet.

My dad always used to say that it's your pack that gets you to Wembley, and your backs that win it.

We must be brothers, because that's what my dad always said to me.

Our backs must have been rubbish every time I've watched us there then

Are you ray french's lad? He used to say it every time he commentated on a cup game

Plus a bit of luck in the draw

I suppose that when you describe last season as "dire", our Wembley backs must have been "rubbish" at the very least.