There really aren't any negatives going into the season, so it'll be the same (including the start) or we'll slightly improve. We haven't lost any big names (Klemmer, Morris' brothers). We've also signed a couple of players that might feature in the 17 (Stimson, Katoa). On top of that we've had an extra year to build combinations and just get experience and game time into a few of the younger guys. I'd also like to think that Pay's ideal 1-17 is closer this time around then the start of last season (obviously there was a lot of experimenting last year, which is fine, but will affect results). The only thing we need to keep in mind is that clubs we finished above on paper (e.g. Dragons) have a better roster then us and the Cowboys are going to be recruiting (still linked with Holmes so they're sitting on 1m, they're also turning over a lot of their older forwards). At the moment I'll be predicting us to finish around ~10th. That's probably a mixture of my head and heart tho. Also the recruitment of positions we need (Hooker, Centre, Prop, Winger) isn't likely to be sorted for next season (by sorted I mean here at the club and going to feature in 2020), whereas the one after I believe it will.