Re: Relegation Battle : Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:09 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

Can’t see Salford fighting relegation myself dark horses for the play off spots
Trinity 11th Toulouse 12th is my bet

Not a chance, a few injuries and they are done. Don’t get the Salford love In at all, your looking at reputations, very old reputations in some cases.

We will see.

Can I ask, why do you bother following Trinity it must torment you, you predict relegation every year regardless, where is the joy?

Re: Relegation Battle : Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:31 pm  

The reason why fans think we will be fighting relegation is ,that is what we have been doing for the last few year .All we can do is get to Bell Vew and support the team

Re: Relegation Battle : Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:52 am  

To be honest I’m quite pleased to see somewhat more low key thoughts on the season than last year.

There seemed to be a lot of talk of playoffs this time last year and I think that added to the disappointment of the season when it was clear those expectations were not going to be met.

Re: Relegation Battle : Mon Jan 31, 2022 7:32 pm  

jonh wrote:

To be honest I’m quite pleased to see somewhat more low key thoughts on the season than last year.

There seemed to be a lot of talk of playoffs this time last year and I think that added to the disappointment of the season when it was clear those expectations were not going to be met.

I get your point though I can’t remember many people predicting play off last year, you must know some real optimists..

My point is that as a fan of all but a few clubs you don’t start the season expecting to win anything, I accept that.

But equally why would you automatically assume the worst? Yes we’ve struggled the last few years but any fair minded person would accept that we’ve had some real bad luck, most notably with injuries.

FWIW I think the fairest prediction imo is that with a bit of luck we have the potential to be one of the more competitive teams outside the top four.

Re: Relegation Battle : Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:35 pm  

vastman wrote:

I get your point though I can’t remember many people predicting play off last year, you must know some real optimists..

My point is that as a fan of all but a few clubs you don’t start the season expecting to win anything, I accept that.

But equally why would you automatically assume the worst? Yes we’ve struggled the last few years but any fair minded person would accept that we’ve had some real bad luck, most notably with injuries.

FWIW I think the fairest prediction imo is that with a bit of luck we have the potential to be one of the more competitive teams outside the top four.

I’m fairly sure there was a high level of optimism on here but may be wrong.

I think the top 5 will be covered by a smaller points spread than the last few years.

I’m hopeful we can be in the mid table group behind that eg 6th-9th. I’m hoping we don’t get drawn in to the bottom 3 but if we get 10th I will still be happy.

For me with all the other stuff going on in regards the stadium if we can confirm survival early we have a real opportunity to recruit well and then build the team around some very strong foundations.

Re: Relegation Battle : Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:08 pm  

I always look for a player in the new signings that I think can put extra bums on seats.We have not signed one, so like most fans we hope for the best but know we will be out of the top 8 till we get more cash coming in to the ground .Let's hope the new Stadium starts that

Re: Relegation Battle : Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:07 am  

alegend wrote:

I always look for a player in the new signings that I think can put extra bums on seats.We have not signed one, so like most fans we hope for the best but know we will be out of the top 8 till we get more cash coming in to the ground .Let's hope the new Stadium starts that

i agree here there isnt this year a signing that you are excited about

Re: Relegation Battle : Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:13 am  

alegend wrote:

I always look for a player in the new signings that I think can put extra bums on seats.We have not signed one, so like most fans we hope for the best but know we will be out of the top 8 till we get more cash coming in to the ground .Let's hope the new Stadium starts that

You don’t think Hood is better than the Woods

You don’t think Lineham is a class winger?

You don’t think Gaskell is a versatile player?

Mate you clearly don’t look very hard.

Re: Relegation Battle : Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:27 am  

Johnstone, Fifita, Tanginoa, they're our draw cards. Yes the signings are not anyone to get excited about, but hopefully they will add to the team in a positive way. When/if we starts selling more than 1000/2000 season tickets, we might start looking at signings that could out bums on seats. Until then it's making the most of what we have.

Re: Relegation Battle : Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:49 am  

vastman wrote:

You don’t think Hood is better than the Woods

You don’t think Lineham is a class winger?

You don’t think Gaskell is a versatile player?

Mate you clearly don’t look very hard.

I'd also add Corey Hall to that list. (given time)