I think the first choice 17 will be fine but I'm not too sure about the quality in depth once the usual injuries kick in.Also as well as improving our scoring average we also need to improve home form.Too many points dropped at home this season,11 in total.That just isn't good enough.We will do well to finish in the top six imo,lots of strengthening going on in the teams around us,Oldham will be up there,Donny,York, Bradford to name a few. We can't afford to make the same mistakes next season as this season, we certainly need to improve our points for.
FB Owens
WG Ince Butt Sumner
CB Edge Fleming Jones tbc
HB Lyons Gilmore Patton Brown
PF Kirk Reilly Murray Bennion Bailey
SR Lloyd Bent Langtree Roberts Lannon Buckley
HK Johnstone Fozard
LF Gregson Hall
So this is how it is shaping up. I have no idea whether there are any more on the way, but I would say we still look light in the centres.
Definitely stronger than last year and a better coverage of positions, which means we can pick on form rather than availability (hopefully) and reputation. In my opinion that will be a big step forward, but I also want to see us defend and attack as a team rather than rely on individual's creativity and skill, because that is just too easy to counter. If we are going to compete with Toulouse and York we need to match them across the park, not just because we have a couple of skill full players.