As others have said its what you want to hear from the coach going into a new season...we are Leeds, we should be aiming for the top. He has set the gauntlet now though... we will soon see if his squad is good enough to follow up the big words with actions.If not, the free Ammo has been provided for those that Mac ultimately has to answer to.

On similar lines, I'd like to announce that my hopes for next year involve Rachel Riley, Karen Gillan and Margot Robbie.

that's a crock of sh*t too

As per usual on here someone has managed to find a way to moan about something McDermott said that there really wasn't anything wrong with.

I'm glad that the team and coach sound confident that they can bounce right back up towards the very top of the table. If they were coming out saying they were aiming to avoid the Middle 8's and hopeful of pushing for a top 4 spot then be critical because that's setting the bar too low.

McDermott sat the team down before the 2015 season and they talked about doing the treble, he would've been ridiculed for doing that also at that time I'm sure.

Glad he's put it on the line. No room for half measures or excuses. I really hope he and the players have the belief they claim to have.

I seem to remember he was confident of making the top 4 when we were bottom of the league in mid season last year. that proved unrealistic too

Confidence is going to be key, a run of good results and we'll be in good nick.

A run of bad defeats and we could be revisiting the excuse's handbook.

IMO I think we'll be ok.

If you actually watch his press conference he said the seasons goal is to win A trophy, which should be the minimum goal of any Leeds coach tbh

Of course he wants to win everything, so do Wigan Saints Hull Wire etc.

Im no fan of Mac but it is a lot better to hear these sorts of statements from inside the camp than the excuses we heard last year, which is something I thought he would do given we already have a few injuries and with the whole Segeyaro thing

He's completely Barmy , Leigh are taking all the lot this year , the Leicester factor