are you optimistic for next season? is this just a season to lay some long term foundations for you guys?

It obviously hasnt been great but it hasnt been as bad as some are making out either and has actually turned out better than I thought. We have had some good wins against the top clubs and won more games than I thought. We have had some very bad games but that is to be expected in the first season back in Super League.

Bingo. Absolutely spot on.

On the playing side If you looked at the table and saw the points we have without knowing how we got them then we are probably about where we thought we would be. The problem has been the quality of the teams we have beaten may have given us false expectations of how good we are. Brilliance against Saints Leeds Warrington etc has been balanced by banality against teams we thought we may have a chance against. So all in all i believe we are where i thought we should be but by a vastly differant rout than i thought we would take. The real dissapointment has been the impending departures of two of our good young players.The idea that franchising would help clubs keep players and build for the future has passed us by where Turner and Myler are concerned. Adamson staying and Ratchford blossoming have counter-acted my dissapoinment. Crowds have been poor and the atmosphere has been muted at alot of games
However..one subject dominates and has done for a long time now. The stadium issue hovers in the background of everything we are trying to do. This weeks news has appeared to raise a level of cautious optimism in me about it getting built. But it has to happen or our future is bleak.
All in all i give us five out of ten and a must do better. We have potential to be better but we are in the hands of the franchisers as to how much time we get to fulfill that potential.

Rubbish we have played boaring rugby and been lucky with a few lucky wins on the way. 1 out of ten i would give for the whole season

I'd say it has been a puzzling season.

There have been times when we've actually looked good - In my opinion our best performance of the season was away at Huddersfield, we controlled the whole game, made very few mistakes, played out our sets and beat a very good side. Whilst I thoroughly enjoyed the win at Leeds (and apparently was seen on the telly jumping up & down like a mad person) you can point to a few Leeds errors that normally you wouldn't expect to see likewise the win over Saints - not to take anything away from Salford, as the old cliche has it you can only play what's in fron of you!

But that's why I say puzzling - for every one of those A+ performances there have been at least two C- ones - why? Answers on a postcard to Mr S Macrae, c/o The Willows.

I also think that with a very small squad, the injury situation hits very hard - loosing White, Talau and Parker for much of the season has been a real blow.

Overall I reckon we've won about as many games as could have been expected, just that they've not been against the teams that we thought!