That's so 'last year'

Leigh in 05

Result that. I reckon they will upset a cuple teams this year, but, controversially, I don't think they will beat Salford. Salford have shown in the past that they can target the games to win and I doubt they will lose to the Celts.

and Widnes in 05

The RFL will act eventually to save face, if it get past round 15 they will send Thaler down as 18th man

aye was there for that shameful display would rather have stayed at home and watched it on sky.



Celtic i think possibly might take it too bradford. i think lower table teams will be more weary of cru than a higher table club. bradford have blown hot and cold and i'd love for the duck to broken at odsal. wishful thinking maybe

start think 3 years forward and not 4 years backwards

how good do you think celtic will be a year from now?

I'm tipping a winless season and the sham that they had money in the bank to build a competitive squad was all smoke and mirrors.

so they have upset you then

Where do we start?



The landlords?

The Welsh RU?

The Welsh for a general lack of welshness at CC?

The accountants?

Gerald McCarthy?

David Thompson?

Well, Catalans started poorly and went on to do much better in their second year. Some parallels are there - squad that didn't have much of pre-season, but some others are not there - plenty of young players who need to get up to speed, a distance to travell which makes home games more of a forteress. In their second year most of the Catalans players had had a year of working at a higher level. Next year you would expect most of the Crusaders' team to be the same, with players playing a similar level to their ability. To improve Crusaders need to find Welsh talent and fast!