As long as we have a good play off run and hopefully a day out to Wembley or OT thatl do me. A final, one or the other, id settle for. A trophy is a bonus.



Also, the biggest factor for all teams this year is going to be injuries. Between us, Leeds, Saints, Wigan and possibly Huddersfield theres not much to choose from. Keeping the key men on the field will be the deciding point. Saints without Roby and Wellens, Wigan without the Tomkins' brothers and Leeds without Sinfield/Buderus will struggle.



Us without Monas / Briers IMO were knackered. If all teams keep those key players fit, then all have a shout at winning it.

See my sig - give the effort and I'm happy.

Most fans would class a season without silverware as a failure, but as long as we compete well in SL

and defend the Challenge Cup to the best of the sides ability we can't ask for much more. Think we could well reach Wembley again and I'd be happy with a top 4 finish into the play offs. TS will undoubtably have the players better prepared then last year come the play offs.

Agreed, the first paragraph I've mentioned before and wouldn't mind if the latter happened.

Semi Final of the CC and a Top 4 finish, ill be happy with.

Well it is crazy not to care about the Challenge Cup. There are only two trophies on offer and a maximum of two teams that will win them. The moment you are out of the CC it becomes very difficult to win a trophy and I don't think it enhances your chances of winning Super League.



If you hedge everything on the playoffs and have one bad day then thats it, season wasted. Back to the old days of "always next year"



For me my no.1 hope for us this season is that we win the Challenge Cup again - 3 in a row would be a special achievement. A Grand Final appearance doesn't really mean anything if we don't win it, it's not like we can say ooh look now we know how to make major finals, we've been in two the last two years anyway.



But overall I think there's a fair chance that our season will end up trophyless but as long as we look credible, play some good rugby along the way I will still be happy, it will be a lot better than we had under Cullen and Van de Velde. Regarding the league with us having injuries I can see us losing ground early in the season so don't think we will be credible contenders for the minor premiership, but we should make the playoffs, so if we do end up getting knocked out of the Challenge Cup we might slip under the radar a bit, everyone will do their mid season analysis on how we are getting old and past our best and need to go into a rebuilding phase, so we might sneak quietly into the playoffs with everyone talking about Wigan and Saints and then be an awkward team to face once in there.

I would be happy if we just managed to beat Saint Helens this year!

Every effort should be put into us winning the Challenge cup again.

Just as a matter of interest, who were United playing, Sorry but I coudn't resist. Good luck for the season ahead.

We should be finishing in the top four challenging for 1st place and we need to put a good showing in the playoffs this year then next season i think we will have a good chance of winning the grand final.

As far as the Challenge Cup is concerned, just as long as we are knocked off our throne by a worthy opponent, then I'm not bothered what round we go out in, though a 3rd win would be even better!!



As for the league, I just want us to remain competitive with the Wigan's & Leeds's of this world and by the time the play offs come around, we manage to mount a proper challenge, unlike last year, when we ran out of steam.



I just hope that if things don't go as well as last year, that the fickle among the crowd don't forget just how bad times were before Tony Smith arrived....Its always a worry that a few people will start to expect a trophy a year and if it doesn't happen, will start to make muppets of themselves and the sensible majority.

Personally, only a Grand Final appearance would be a good season for me.

I know how mad that seems considering 2 years ago a CC semi appearance and top six finish would have been a good season.

But with the squad and Coach we now have only OT will suffice.