That is a concern of mine. Rauhihi and a squad player in Pickersgill gone, although Pickersgill didn't play a great deal last season. We are still down a couple of bodies at prop.

We've also "gained" the likes of Eastmond, Ashurst, Dean, Dixon, Lomax and Wheeler who up until last season hardly had any first team experience but who are now IMO exciting members of the squad who can be called upon and now do a better job than some of the regulars

But as you say Cayless (injured) Long (missed big chunks of the season and only has one eye) Gilmour (IMO will be missed) OUT and Moore (Dream Team) Fozzard (No nonsence Prop who makes good yards and plays regular) and Soliola (NZ International whose looked pretty decent so far and is yet to settle in)

Reason has no place here!

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Saddened has been predicting doom and gloom at Saints since the rebirth of christ, so we shouldn't really read anything into it.

Why alll this negativity? for me our 2010 squad is stronger than the 2009. I really think Pryce is in for a big season as he is at the end of his contact and will be looking for one last big one

I think if Eastmond settles into the number 7 role, we'll be fantastic this year. We have good size in the pack and the youngsters have all featured enough to step up this year and fight for a spot in the first team. The concern is in the backs, but with a good pack laying a platform the halves should get plenty of good position to give the backs room. Let's just hope Pryce and Eastmond go well.

i agree looking forward to seeing pryce and eastmond this season got a good feeling about them doing well

we are undoubtedly a better squad than last year

Just posting here to stop the run of rampant positivity. With Mick Potter in charge there'll be none of that at KR this season.

We are a fullback, two wingers a centre and a quality prop away from winning a trophy next season.

warrington won a trophy with a considerably inferior squad to what we have now

It's only superleague at the end of the day and every club has at least a few average players in it.

Saints are 2nd favourites for both trophies and rightfully so. If Eastmond and Pryce click i reckon you'll win something. The pack looks good to me especially if Soliola is played in the 2nd row and Wheeler can nail that centre spot. Add in the option of putting Lomax in at fullback/wing if needs be and you'll not be far off.

Hmmmm. Not quite sure if your logic is sound.
So last year they won a trophy and we didn't which might imply that they won that with an inferior squad to to our squad of last season.

But are you saying that our squad this year is stronger than our squad for last year (?)
Or are you just saying that it doesn't matter how strong your squad is (this or last season) in order for a team to win a trophy?

It could be that Wire's squad last year was not as strong as ours last year but Wire played better than we did and so they won the trophy and we didn't. A team can be the best in the known universe on paper but if they don't play to potential (for whatever reason) then it doesn't matter how good the squad is on paper, the trophies will not be in the cabinet. Francis Meli is an international yet he doesn't know how to drop on a ball in the in-goal area. Great sounding on paper; rubbish play.

At least our squad players, Frodsham, Dixon, Ashurst have played a reasonable amount of games. Their youngsters, Donaldson, Whitehead and the like have only played a few games between them. Injuries could really hurt Bradford's play-off chances this season.

How times change ..... It wasn't that long ago you lot bought Sculthorpe off us

and turned him into the joint best 13 in the league

Joint best? Jason Smith was good but not quite that good.

I think he meant Michael Wainright

no thinking more rob roberts

Of the clan Mc Roberts, ahh yes, gotya !

We now have the monkey off our backs having won a long overdue trophy. The next obstacle is to beat saints at knowsley road and put an end to the nightmare run of defeats stretching back many years! I feel we are now strong enough to do this and we could well win at your place this season. We are now strong all over the park and fear no one in either the challenge cup od SL competitions,just as saints have feared no one for many years. Re signing players. If you have the money you sign them,if you don't you can't,simple as that. I expect that if we do have success fans from other clubs will say we have bought it but we are doing nothing that saints haven't done in the past or won't do in the future,just like many other clubs. Providing you stay within the cap no one else has any grounds for complaint.

I agree with that however I think our pack is significantly stronger than your's and if Eastmond stays fit I think we're the team to beat for second.

I will be honest,and i am not being arrogant here, when Morley and Carvell are in form you will struggle to find a better prop forward pairing in the league!

Not going for first then!!!!!!!!