Hopes:
I hope we back up last season with a strong year and a trophy.

Expectations:
I think on paper we have a top5 squad. Top8 should be a bare minimum (baring a catastrophe on the injury front). I think Wigan in particular & Warrington's squads are stronger than ours and I reckon they'll be top2 by a fair distance. I expect us to be fighting it out with Saints & Cas for a playoff spot, and a strong defence of the cup.

Predictions:
Wigan
Warrington
Saints
Hull
Cas
Leeds
Catalans
Wakefield
Salford
Leigh
Hudds
Widnes

Rovers, Toulouse, London & Feath top4 from the Championship.
Rovers vs Hudds as the £1m game. Hudds to stay up.

6th or 7th

Tough division this year . I hope our expectations have not been built up too high ?
A top 6 finish is a must .

Think we'll be top4 but got a nagging feeling we'll still fall short of Old Trafford, but then again I didn't see last year coming at all...my crystal ball is on the blink!

Top 4 and a good cup run. Pretty much the same as my expectations for last season.
Hopefully not lost any of that tremendous team spirit we had last year, although I think Frank played a massive part in that. We have strengthened in the backs but look a bit light in the forwards. Hopefully we can do as well injury wise in 2017 as we did in 2016.

As a few others have mentioned we need the younger players to step up and show they are capable as and when the time comes.

Be nice to win more silverware but as we all know those big games are generally tight affairs that are settled by the odd mistake by a player or an official. You need a good run of luck as well as skill to win trophies.

Hope....league leaders and challenge cup and grand final winners
Expectations....a tough start with a few grind out wins with youth taking part in team selections to save the 1st teamers for the tough games and late on in the season with minimum injuries
Prediction....A roller coaster ride with Hull fc again this season...hang on to your hats

We'll be better equipped in the forwards now and more balanced that we won't be carrying a player for more than half the season who barely did 20 minutes a game in the wrong position far too often.
Nice bloke I'm sure, good for morale off the pitch, no doubt, on the pitch he won't be missed in my personal opinion, did some good things but that was far too infrequent for a marquee player.
BAcks we are stronger and if kelly does his thing we could be scoring a heck of a lot more points than last season which would be bloody fantastic

Last year's season could be described as the Lord Mayors Show. Hope this year is not the Dust Cart!

I think with Frank, most of us expected him to slot into the 2nd row channel and make barnstorming runs, rather than predominantly down the middle.

Whether that was purely Radders tactics to play him in bursts down the middle, or Franks fitness dictating his usage I'm not sure.


Whilst his minutes on the pitch weren't great and I agree we should've got more from a marquee player, his stats say that whilst he was on, he was pretty effective (but unspectacular) at getting us up the field:

270 Carries (Manu 278, Ellis 255, Mini 246)
2,162 Meters (Ellis 1819, Manu 1,804, Mini 1,759)
20 Offloads (Mini 14, Manu 13, Ellis 11)
34 Tackle Busts (Mini 91, Manu 49, Ellis 26)

This is what worries me a little about the bench this year, I'm not sure we've replaced his go forward yet.

That's my worry.