New 2011 season : Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:11 am  

So folks with the season nearly upon us who do you reckon is going to hit the ground running, who will be the players to watch. Let's have a really discussion about rugby and not a slagging match against Wakefield fans.

Team to beat: Warrington, got some good good players and will build on last year.

Player to watch: O'Donnell(huddersfield) massive unit and will certainly bring back some biff!

Surprise team: us or Salford I reckon both recruited well and build on last season

Rough season: Quins and Crusaders neither have recruited well


What's your opinions folks????

Re: New 2011 season : Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:19 pm  

Hmmm, Team to beat, Wigan, sad to say.
Player to watch, Joel Monaghan, the mix of playing with his brother, playing for redemption, new start etc will inspire.
Surprise team - Catalans.
Rough season - in perspective, I just have a feeling Bradford might miss 8th again and that will certainly be counted as rough to them. I think they have opted for quantity over quality on some of theior singings and on other positions, lots of eggs in one basket.

Re: New 2011 season : Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:48 pm  

Team to beat: Warrington, got some good good players and will build on last year.

Player to watch: O'Donnell(huddersfield) massive unit and will certainly bring back some biff!

Surprise team: us or Salford I reckon both recruited well and build on last season

Rough season: Quins and Crusaders neither have recruited well


What's your opinions folks????[/quote]

He's mine

Team to Beat: Saints - I think a new coach will freshen things up and have made some good signings

Player to Watch: Brett Finch - excellent signing and would have loved him down at Cas

Surprise team: Cas (fingers crossed) then Hull KR

Rough season: Wakefield (sorry to say and not trying to stir)

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Re: New 2011 season : Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:56 pm  

One possibility:

Rough season: Wakefield + surprise team: Wakefield.


It depends how the on-field team reacts to the off-field issues. And Kear is good at motivation …

Re: New 2011 season : Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:39 pm  

Team to beat - Wigan or Warrington
Player to watch - for me this has to be Luke Patten, quality signing
Suprise team - Salford with Patten or hopefully us!!
Rough season - tough one as I think it will be close this season but I'm oging to go with Quins or Catalans

Re: New 2011 season : Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:27 pm  

Team to beat: Wigan
Player to Watch: Luke O'Donnell
Surprise Team: Huddersfield
Rough season: Wakefield.

Re: New 2011 season : Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:57 am  

Team to beat: Leeds
Player to Watch: Josh Veivers
Surprise Team: Castleford
Rough season: Harlequins

Re: New 2011 season : Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:26 am  

Team to beat: For me, it's got to be Wigan. Defending champs (need I say more?)

Player to watch: O'Donnell (with that size and drive, should be a hell of a player) or Joel Monaghan (wanting to prove himself and playing alongside his brother should make him relatively fun to watch)

Surprise team: At the risk of sounding bias...us, good recruitment, better depth than we've in a fair while...Cas to me are looking very exciting for 2011.

Rough season: Without trying to stir or anything of the sort, it Wakefield for me...in the current situation, it's difficult to see past them for this one.

Re: New 2011 season : Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:45 am  

Team to beat: Wigan, closely followed by Wire.
Player to watch: too many to call this year but I hate that we are all picking Aussies and no English. Il go Lee smith at Leeds, gunna rack up plenty of tries.
Surprise team: cas or Salford.
Rough season: wakey for the simple reason of franchise and not recruited very well.

Re: New 2011 season : Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:54 am  

Fully wrote:

Surprise Team: Huddersfield.

To do badly? Would it be a surprise any more for them to do well?

Team to beat: Wigan. They have the experience of winning now and their strength in depth is formidable.

Player to watch: It will be interesting to see how Willie Mason goes should he ever arrive. Will he be a star or slump off home in a sulk after a couple of months? Closer to home, I'm also interested to see how Rangi Chase will fare with, hopefully, a steady reliable partner alongside him for the season in Danny Orr.

Surprise team: Salford & Cas are very reliant on keeping their best 17 fit and on the field. Either could struggle with a couple of injuries. I can see the Catalans having a good year.

Rough season: All fingers point to Wakefield, John Kear's got a heck of a task on his hands.