We're now past half way in this years superleague. So who has impressed/disappointed you? How are your pre season predictions shaping up? What are your thoughts on your own team, and aside from the obvious candidates, has anyone pushed on to be knocking on the door of an England shirt?

Catalans have impressed me and look a couple of players only short of really being in the league of the big boys like Wigan and Wire.

I've admired Bradfords efforts in really testing times and hope they pull through in good shape with the rewards they deserve.

London have been the biggest let down. They've spent heavily on the playing squad yet if anything have gone backwards which is disappointing. Cas haven't been much better and seem to be wasting what was great news for them at the back end of last year when Chase and Clark signed long term deals because they won't want to hang around for long with the side playing like this.

As for England's new candidates I find it tough to look past 3 players at my own club who've far exceeded expectations. Daz Goulding is playing like a world beater at the moment, McIlorum is brutal and his alround game is a world away from what it was a couple of years back and as for Gareth Hock....simply stunning! He's always had the potential to be the best backrower in the league and one of the best in the world and he's exactly that at the minute.

Other then those I'm impressed with Greg Eden, Danny Houghton and Danny Tickle as well. They're having top seasons!

would echo the above, then include Leeds in the disappointing category (being a season ticket holder) and possibly Castleford, who i was expecting to kick on under Millward but they just seem to be stale. The two Hull clubs are both on the verge of being very competitive, akin to Catalans this year.

London without doubt the biggest disapointment. When they played Wigan I thought they were fairly competitive and played much better than I expected. Christ knows whats happened there. Also Cas are going backwards.

london remind me of hull fc from the past few years, they have the players, but unfortunatly their coach is out of his depth!

On and Off the Pitch, London Broncos are in turmoil.

The recently announced "review" of things gone wrong on the pitch, coincided with the departure of the commercial manager as well as the marketing and Communications manager.
A quick headcount of the back office team with no connection to the team would show a CEO, a marketing intern and a dance manager....[urlhttp://www.londonbroncosrl.com/theclub/lbrl/staff.php[/url.....for a professional sporting company with a turnover of over 3.5 million a year that is a sign of things being "wound down"

Given the CEO went on record and blamed the poor attendances and failure to attract sponsors on the dire performance of the team, I find it puzzling that the Coach is still there, but the 2 people responsible for putting bumbs on seats and cash in the till are now gone.



I will be very happy, but absolutely stunned if the London SL franchise is there in 2013.......

Well I predicted Saints for top spot and Wakey to break into the 8. Other than that everything is how I expected it to be.

I can only really speak for Wigan players so I'll say that Hock, Lima, Hansen, McIlorum and Finch are impressing me on a weekly basis whilst Goulding is proving me wrong each week as I didn't see him as a centre.

Anthony Gelling is showing some good and bad touches. His workrate and commitment are superb and if he can learn from his mistakes then he'll be a top player.

The only real disappointment I can have is that of Lauaki. I just don't see it personally.

We have done very well. Played all the tough away games already on Hull, Hudds, Wigan, Leeds, Catalan away already. we have also breezed through a few games with pretty much a second string team to rest players.

A+ for us.

I like you as a poster mate but you're dead wrong on Gelling, is he absolutely awful. it is okay to criticize your own players. Makes Kevin Penny look like Greg Inglis.

As I said, his workrate is superb. He regularly comes inside looking for work and taking the pressure off the forwards. He doesn't make two many defensive clangers but he does make mistakes going forward. So far it hasn't cost us but I guess it could. Alternatively, if he learns from those - ie, he pins his ears back when he's in space - then personally I think we'll have a good player.

As for slagging our own players, as I said, Lauaki is shi*e.

He isn't and like myself were better placed to make a judgement watching him every week.

The lads never a winger but he's a huge athlete of a player who works hard. He's made mistakes but has huge potential....just not on the wing!

Personaly I think catalans have impressed and us at wire are flying under the radar 2nd in league and semis of CC, yet no mention of us being contenders mainly due to us not blowing teams away, as we are rotating well and staying fresh.

Players impressing me for wire.

Hill this lad is tough, makes metres and still in first year of sl.

Atkins has been immense.

Dwyer is a hooker for the future likes to take on the line very like a young roby.

Riley has worked hard this year taking kings spot was never going to be easy