So we're only a month away from the start of Super League, how do you think [a we'll go and everyone else will go?

I think we will do ok. I think we'll improve on last season, but I still think we'll miss out on the play-offs this year. As for everyone else...

Saints, Leeds, Wigan, Wire top 4 any order.
Hull, Catalan, HKR, Cas & Hudds vie for next 5 places.
London, Salford, Wakey, Bradford & Widnes for the bottom spots.

I'm hoping for 8th, expecting 9th at best and will be v depressed if it's below 10th. I'll be both surprised and delighted if we finish above any of the teams that The Butcher has in his top 9 which i think is about right

I think it will come down to how well the team have prepared under the new coaching/fitness regime and how lucky/unlucky we are with injuries. There seams a lot less expectation this year and I predict the usual couple of big scalps and a few heavy defeats when the team picks up a few key injuries. I’m hoping for a much better start than last year with less turmoil off the field.

Let’s hope the lads can put in a few more entertaining performances like they did against Hull KR and Bradford last year when we threw the ball around and showed we are capable of scoring some fantastic tries.

After the disappointment of 2011 I think 9th Place, a few more through the turnstiles and some stability off the field would be a something to build on.

I think the later on in the year you'll see more and more nervous Mayan people.

On an RL slant I think Salford will start slowly come good mid season and maybe scrape 8th, we'll get a big home tie first round of the cup and win only to fall to a Wakey or Cas. Also think one of the big guns will struggle all season and not make the 8 and I hope I'm wrong but think that a Meblbournesque scandal is in the offing.

Salford to complete the treble in 2012
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could see a royal funeral and birth

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I predict, if the we can get a functioning front row, then the backs will go really well; unfortunately, we still have one to many players in the front row that haven't proven themselves. Much of the season still rests on Feka and Anderson being able to reproduce their form of previous years. If everything clicks into place, and the forwards lay a solid platform, we could finish as high as 6th, in a place called dreamland, but it will probably be tough going.

If Feka can return his old wrecking ball self?
If Anderson can muscle up in defence?
If the new conditioner can get the team fit?
If the new head coach can make the step up?
or has learnt from standards Parish set in training?
If Long can get the attack functioning?
If Jewitt can play well for more than five minutes a match?
If Boyle can become more dangerous?
If Moon can overcome his injury and McPherson can settle in?

Just seems too many ifs for my liking, but there is class in this team and our back line is as dangerous as anything else in the league.

I think most Salford fans would settle for having a chance of 8th with 2/3 games left, even if we end up just falling short? Pretty inexcusable with a top 8 play off in a 14 team league to have nothing to play for two thirds of the way through the season like we have had to suffer last season.

Look's more like a wish list to me

Imo a realistic outlook as alway's, the recruitment has been diah, finger's crossed Joel Moon isn't the next Paul Carige or Junior Langi. We'll finish in the bottom 4.

Pessimist or realist? I'd call you a realist, if all you're other posts weren't completely negative!!!

Even you've got to agree:

Second row looks stronger last season, and a back line of Patten, Broughton, Moon and Gleeson and Williams looks better than Patten, Broughton, Ratchford/Nero, Gibson and Henry.

we have to start well that is for sure, i was looking at our fixure list i feel the 1st 5/6 games are all "winnable" even the St Helens games could be a potential bannana skin for them after seeing how they adapted to playing in a new enviroment at widnes last season

April is also a big month all winnable games there.
For me its all about where the players are mentally in this process of moving to a new stadium, no more do they play for a club hiding in the back streets of weastes, all day every day people drive past barton and i feel they may feel a bit more "shame" if we are beaten badly this year.

Im hoping that they embrase the change and grow into their new enviroment, ive noticed during my twitter stalking that certain players twitter use has dropped (*cough* feka *cough*) could mean he is focused on the job at hand or he is bored at with.
Looking at all players body language on the 27th they looked more positive and proud of where they were rather than the usual huddled in a group stuttling around.

Im hoping Sean long installs that "never say die" attitude he was part of at Saints, all "succesful" salford teams ive seen have an element of this, hopefully he will get the players on the front foot at important parts of the game so they can make a difference to actual outcome being active and not re-active to what every happens on the field.

We should be looking to compete with Bradford and Castleford to catch/stay with and pass on the league ladder, thats were we should be as a club being the middle of the middle rather than trying to be top of the bottom or bottom of the middle

Id be happy with 9th, 8th would be amazing but what im looking for is how we perform 10 minutes eather side of the break and 10 mins to go, always a weak point at salford be that fitness wise of mental will need addressing if we are to achive more than we have in the last few years
That and our edge defence, always a problem always switching off and getting caught out with people not reacting or reacting too slowly to events unfolding around them
Our line speed needs improving as well, we "give" teams 5 yards every tackle by waiting for the contact rather than meeting the attacker, if PV and SL can fix that then we will be a better unit defensively

other predictions

Ave It to be ranting at the players within 10 minutes of kickoff v Castleford


Me and GT NOT to bitch at each other all the way though the game in the South stand

I find 'realism' an intriguing concept.

Oh, this year, I envisage a strong performance.