If Hardaker can keep his head down, stay out of trouble and manage the jet lag each day, he’ll be an asset. The spine is pretty good as you point out, with good threat from Hardaker, Lam and Ipape and Asiata is a good player. One thing that I think will help Leigh is that Derek won’t have any problems in dumping a couple of overseas lads as and when better players come along mid season and they’ll also look at British options that open up, so I could see them starting pretty well and if they do fade, I think we’ll see some movement in to the club to help boost them.

If he decides to fire off, so what? we move on.........You did didn't you?

I agree, but sadly it seems to be something he struggles with.



He’s hardly been out of the pub with a few of his ex Leeds teammates during the offseason.

It’s the levels of disruption his behaviour can cause that is the issue.

Is this a prediction from someone who doesnt predict ?

Either way, we rolled the dice, and we just have to get on with it.

Agree, he’s a talented lad, it’s just a shame he lacks the off field discipline to compliment it…that is where the risk comes in with him.

Send Nottingham Tiger (or whatever he is called) a pm. He took stick on here for weeks on end but was proved right.

St Helens

Huddersfield

Catalans

Hull kr

Warrington

Wigan

Leeds

Cas

Hull fc

Leigh

Salford

Wakefield

Frightened to death of us.

Wigan in 6th behind Catalan, Warrington and Hull KR is a very controversial take even for you

Nice try though.

I was going to give in 2/10 - Terrible attempt

WW69 the one reason you hope Phil Gould is right

If everyone just put him on Ignore we wouldn't have to read his embarrassing trolling

But, but, but, he never makes predictions!!!!!

Is that a prediction my none predicting friend is it just one of your voices telling you to predict.

St Helens

Wigan

Huddersfield

Leeds

Hull KR

Catalans

Wire

Salford

Hull FC

Castleford

Leigh

Wakefield

A lot of people sleeping on Wire. Their spine is very good - Dufty, Williams, McGuire & Clark.



Other squad players with decent enough SL or NRL records too. I'd have Vaughn and Dudson in our pack too.

Wigan

Warrington

Huddersfield

St Helens

Catalan

Leeds

Salford

Hull FC

Hull KR

Leigh

Wakefield

Cas

Can i change this



Leeds are absolute e. Have they done a Pre-season or what?

They’re missing a few but I’ve not thought much to some of the ‘inventive’ changes made by Rohan Smith going in to the year. Players out of position, short kick offs and drop outs and no captain all just feels like a guy trying to be different for the sake of it, as though he wants to be Rugby Leagues own Pep Guardiola and to be seen as a revolutionary. He had them playing so well at the back end of last season and I just don’t get the experimental nature of their pre season.

Everything they are doing is half hearted and laboured. I reserve the right to comment on Wire until iv'e seen them play against a moving opposition. I still don't think they will be there when the pots are being handed out regardless of how many they rack up tonight.

Aye, it’s safe to say trophies won’t be won tonight. If they can remain this hungry their pack will see them take huge strides forward but we’ll see. Tough to confirm much as you say, given how poor Leeds have been. It’s been a continuation of pre season form for them.

Yes of course. Frightened by a team that has been no where near winning super league during a time when st Helen’s won it with ease, year after year. I put Wigan there because they have no pack and whilst peets game plan of chuck it to field worked for the first half of the season, it was completely Ineffective at the back end of the season.



Wigan are no where near being SL champions which is evident by where I put them

Shocked by how poor they were.



They looked massively off the pace, and only got the late tries because Warrington had backed off. One of those late tries, the Wire defender made no effort to tackle him at all. They'd clearly put the cue on the rack.



I honestly saw nothing in that Leeds side to worry any other team in the league. There was no danger there at all.



First game, yeah. Too early to say, things can change etc etc. But it sounds as though they've had a clownish pre-season, and I can't help wondering if the Rohan Smith bubble is going to burst in 2023.