This is all the 'Say What!?' predictions we got. We were looking for something possible but improbable, something funny or different or bold. Some people though just used it as a chance to vent their spleen or cast their deepest darkest wishes against those they despise. Some people didn't give one at all. We went through some of our favourites on the show, but here they all are: (any spelling and grammar errors belong to whoever sent them in to us!)
| Pete Osborn | 5+ players to test positive for coke. Jamie Ellis to never win a single 'slimmer of the week' award throughout the entire season. Gary Lo to have the 'freedom of Castleford' by Easter. |
| David cantrell | RFL finally decides to come down like a vengeful and angry god on coaches who badmouth referees. Misguided fans crowdfund the huge fine. |
| Mark W | Nigel Wood's replacement will be announced and all the people who have spent the last decade moaning that the RFL hates their club or that the refs are biased or that Nigel Wood is the worst living human will now get a chance to quieten down and begin to enjoy the sport. Oh, and Fartown for the treble |
| Fatboy_Rob | Wigan to start shite then break the salary cap to get themselves out of the shit (cheating pie eating Twats) |
| Paul O’Brien | There will be no controversy at Super League games as Video referees are at all games and the fans have stopped blaming referees when there team gets beat and Steve Ganson returns to refereeing to help Saints beat Wigan in the Grand Final disallowing a try in the final seconds as his son goes over the line for Wigan. |
Lee Randall |
I predict the Bristol rl club won’t even start the 2019 season |
Alan Walker |
Widnes to beat Wigan in the million pence game. |
Cut Throat Jake |
Leeds will beat Melbourne in the WCC match by 40 points with Ryan Hall running in 4 tries |
| Rich Langley | Hull KR fans to focus on something other than Hull FC, Toronto to sign more SL players and Nigel Wood's replacement to push rugby league forward significantly and immediately surpass their predecessor |
| Chris McKeown | Highly unlikely, but there will be a game that takes place in which all fans agree the referee wasn’t actually biased against their side. |
| Andy Barden | Hayne decides he wants to follow his long lost dream, leaves the NRL to play at Dewsbury |
Scott Schroeder |
Catalans will surprise everyone and finish 3rd |
| Paul Michael Craig | RFL to admit 3 new North American teams & then a month later the Wolfpack will go into voluntary administration |
| Mike Dodd | Bennie Westwood to not get any bans across the season. LMS to shave his greasy locks. Liam Watts not to get a red card over the season. Jake Connor to not be a prick. Mark to not have a rant across the season (here’s hoping that doesn’t actually happen!) |
| Byron steele | Better refereeing videos at every game or none at all they couldn’t get it right with help |
| Joshua's Granddad | Wane to be 1st coach sacked replaced by Lockers, Maguire sent off for arguing with refs as they realise he is not in Leeds shirt anymore |
Dominic Barker |
Zak Hardaker will sign for a Rugby Union team. |
| Shoddynmungo | The rugby league family come together and sell out our showpiece events! |
| WakeyWhite | 2 Wakey players to get England call up - Johnstone and Ashurst & Catalan in the MPG |
| Leigh Whitnall | Luke Gale will forget to wash the shit-nuts out of the arse hair he's had surgically grafted to his scalp. The rugby league media will declare it a fashion triumph and the sky commentary team will be seen sporting their own poo-do's the following week in reverence to their hero. |
| mitchelldarts | Garry Lo to do Garry Lo things and get 50 tries in his first season in the super league. |
| Rich Wilkinson | Cas to not bottle it in a big game..... nah! That's too far fetched. |
| Graham | At least 1 super league team loses to a lower league club in the challenge cup. |
| Neil Mckeown | Dr Koukash to buy Widnes after him not being appreciated by Salford fans, fingers crossed the inbreds down the road are not celebrating their year again ha ha . Danny Craven to win man of steel for last minute drop goal to win challenge cup . Kev Judas brown to win fuck all again 🙏🏻 |
| Colin Render | Shaun wane to leave Wigan after a mediocre start but go on to be England manager. |
| Bob Phillips | 1. Tom remembers every single recording date and venue through the season. 2. Emmas stand in and do a podcast one week as the boys are too unwell. 3. A stand-up IT genius works out a way of streaming cam content from every match and gives SLP family access to it. |
Brendan Loftus |
We get a proper international program for the next 4 years |
| Sarah Mackenzie | Luke Gale's hair transplant was done by a wakey fan and by the start of the season it is growing red, white and blue. Danny McGuire breaks his leg and retires before playing a competitive 80 for rovers! Fat boy Rob wears a pair of trousers instead of shorts to a match! |
| St.David | Wakey to make progress on their ground... sorry you said between possible and improbable.... Wane to get the chop, Gary Heatherington to appoint Cath Heatherington as RFL CEO reporting directly to him, Hull KR to beat Hull FC with a bizarre last minute vr decision at Magic, Tom to get a bit pissed at The Summer Bash and forget to turn up for another SLP! |
Frogmore |
Someone other than Dr Bob will win the Dr bob award. |
| Phil Nadin | Wakefield to be in the top 4 and Warrington to be in the million pound game with Toulouse but win 😀 |
| Andy Currie | Castleford will struggle and miss the top 4, there will be a big resurgence from both Wigan and saints, Leeds and hull will also make up the top 4. Widnes for relegation |
| Aaron Bannister | Castleford to win LLS and Challenge Cup. Toulouse to get promoted to SL. You heard it hear first!! |
| John Cassidy esq | SOL to finally retire, Sam Tomkins to rip it up at 6, Salford to go down, Gale to turn up in the 1st game with a hair transplant, Tom to get a sex change. |
| Tyler Casfan | Widnes to finish top 8, Warrington bottom 4 again, Catalans players to go on strike to get rid of the Coach & Featherstone to make the Challenge Cup semis |
| Ben Jones | Danny McGuire leads Hull KR to Cup success, whilst Hull FC fall out of the Super 8’s. |
@AndyGilder |
Shaun Wane to be the first coaching casualty of the season. |
| Martyn Simpson | Catalan Dragons could surprise a few teams this year and end up
in the top 8; perhaps even the top 4. Castleford could suffer a bit of a hang over at the start of the season and might struggle to make up lost ground. Catalans to replace Castleford in the top four... anything's possible! |
| Rob Ainscough | Sean lawless to be a guest on sky sports panellist following his recent Wigan blog tv appearances |
| Ethan O'Gorman | 1st Prediction: Fatboy rob will go the whole year without mentioning the words "Sat on toilet" in his tweets. 2nd: Ben Barba will be done for drugs again 3rd: Mark and Tom will finally reveal their long lost love for each other and get married at the DW Stadium. |
| Phil | 1. The referees allow a fast free flowing game of rugby and all work from the same rulebook. 2. Free play rule omitted, if a team knocks on then it should just go to the opposing team. Not go all the way back to the first offence. 3. Go back to bottom team in Super League relegated and top team in The Championship promoted. 4. Restructure super 8's. |
| Rod Hutchinson - Lakes Rhino | Already said Toronto to go up, but will add McDermott to be new England coach |
| John Hazeldine | Wigan will have a poor year along with Catalan. Castleford will be a mid table team. Top 4 will be St Helens, Hull, Leeds and Warrington |
Peter Nelson |
Widnes to drop out of Super League |
| Dan Hull | Castleford bottom 4. The jinx of winning the league leaders shield. |
| Jake Thompson | Wakefield to push on and make top 4! Cas to not go as well in the league but to win GF! |
| Kris Illingworth | Top try scorer to have more than 45 tries in super league alone this season |
| aksteele69 | Shaun Wane to announce he is to live his life as a woman and respectfully requests that the media call him Shauna from now on. |
| Guy Incognito | Daryl Powell and Shaun Wane to kiss and make up by Magic Weekend?! |
Tom Carr |
Saints win Grand Final by white washing Wigan 40-0 |
Matt Hardiker |
Sam Tomkins fails a drugs test |
| Leighton wicks | Catalan dragons and Salford to be very close to winning some silverware. Wakefield to be in the top 4 |
| Kev Todd | I think the rlf should introduce a reserve grade but do t think this will happen and also predict they will still make some very irrational decisions which seem to be eroding the very heart of our game |
| Alan Witts | Rugby League fans will stop bloody moaning and realised that the refs are not against their team. |
| Sid | Hull FC having lost their two best players in Ellis and Fonua will finish in the bottom 4. |
| John Davies | 3 North American Teams will join the RFL in 2019 and with Super League Teams Introduction a 14 or 15 Franchise system for 2019 but agreed in 2018. Championship and League 1 = TV Deal |
Nick Jenkins |
Wigan in bottom 4 |
| Sean Lawless from Wigan Fan TV | Eddie Hearn will reach an agreement with the Super League club owners to help run Super League, including a new Super League 2 league - taking into account the expansion teams |
Martin Silcock |
Salford to win the league leaders shield |
Bib geldoff |
Champions |
| Matt | Saints to win treble. Wire miss out on top 8 Wakefield top 4 Leeds to struggle. |
| Daniel Moxon | Castleford Tigers to win the grand final and right the wrongs from last year, and Zak Hardaker to get a 12 week ban and play some pet in what will be a fantastic piece of history for the club |
gill harpin |
up the trin |
| Paul laverack | Hull winning everything league grand final and challenge cup is the improbable! Possible Salford to go bust |
| Tom | Should Hull FC gain a large number of injuries, particularly in the forwards, Gareth Ellis will play another few games for Hull. |
| Callum Insull | Toronto Wolfpack to continue their rise as a club and reach the middle 8s qualifiers but miss out in the million pound game to Huddersfield. Also for the first year in many, Wigan will miss out on the top 4. |
| Riggs | Re vamp of super league with Toronto and Leigh being added to make 14 teams, back to top 4 playoff for grand final , challenge cup moved to spring |
P Robinson |
Up the Robins |
Andy Hamilton |
Castleford to finish 5th and win nothing |
| Arran Smith | Last year I called Broncos v Catalan in the million pound game (got one team right) this year how about London v Toronto in the million pound game |
Jay |
Salford will make top four |
| Lynne | I want changes to the salary cap so we can compete with the NRL and I'd like to see more competition between the NRL and super league. I also want changes in the Super league structure that will result in the first 23 weeks meaning something. |
| Daniel Cartledge | I believe that Castleford squad is still hurting a lot after their grand final loss therefore will not have a great season, potentially finishing in the bottom 4. |
| john murray | Another person with no idea of RL to gat Nigel Woods job, Ben Barba to go home, Cas to finish out of top 4 |
| Pete Jackson | I’d say this year is going to be Warrington's year but you’ve said it has to be something possible!! |
| Ricardo Shilllyshally | Robert De Niro admits he is a Wigan fan and buys the club, meanwhile all the clubs decide to get rid of the cap and return to winter rugby |
| Dave Chadwick | That we all know what league structure will be in place here and we finally stick to it plus a American/Canadian league is formed with 10 teams who have their own league and own countries players in which to grow the game there.😉 |
Andrew Hockless |
Hull kr to go back down |
Andrew carter |
Ben barba to leave before the season ends |
| Tony Townend | Rugby League finally decides to reclaim the word "rugby" from our Union cousins and markets the game in what might at least be perceived as a professional manner. |
| Steve Mcculley | Warrington treble its always our year. 😂😂😂😂 just to enjoy another season of rugby ❤️ super league |
| Tom Eckley | Matty Blythe is realises that security isn’t for him and that Super League can’t survive without him. Expect him to return in round 12 for Leeds where he will stand out in a 4 try showcase before going back to physio. Still man of steel though |
Keith |
Hull fc to win all trophies |
Barney |
Giants to get to win the grand final 😅 |
James Blakeborough |
Huddersfield Giants 2018 Challenge Cup Winners! |
| Ryan Wilcockson | Eddie Hearn to come in and shake things up finally putting English Super League on the world map. |
Nate Bradley |
Catalans will be safe of the middle 8s by mid-season. |
| John knox | I think there's a lot of shocks to come. Fev are a dark horse side to watch. Hope its our year at the Wire |
Bob |
Faraimo top try scorer |
| Mark Warner | Wigan to struggle and finish in bottom 4 along with HULL Kr |
| Tony Roscoe | a change to the super 8 format as it makes the rest of the season meaningless. |
| Mary from Wigan | Unless some changes are made soon the game will die. We have been supporting Wigan since the 50' and cannot remember feeling so disenchanted |
| Paul walton | The BBC improve there coverage of our great game Ellery Hanley comes out of retirement and wins the Steve Prescott Man of steel |
Terence |
Saints Leeds Wigan middle 8s |
Dave Regan |
Wakey to finish in the top 4 |
| Jordan Goodall | Hopefully a return to Manchester with the magic weekend for 2019 and a Toronto Wolfpack promotion! |
| Andy Willby | England to pick a team on form! Steve McNamara to take on his 17th coaching job in the past 12 months and Hull KR to celebrate a victory against hull F.C. like they’ve just won the double! |
| @albany85 | Rob Burrow to ‘unretire’ after injuries force him to come to Rhinos first team rescue. Ok it’s definitely towards to improbable end of the scale. |
Dgknight |
Nigel Wood signs as a forward for Toronto Wolfpack. |
Chris Eastwood |
Toronto to get to the semis of the challenge cup. |
| Stephen forkes | New referees, to make the big stage and to be fairer and not one sided, also less use of video refs, it would be nice to see some of the lesser teams getting to major finals. |
| Paul Whiteside | Without a Wembley appearance for almost 50 years that would make my Salford supporting life almost complete. I’ve had my heart broke in four semi finals 1988,1997,1998 and 2017so just want that day at Wembley. Also fancy Widnes to finish in the top 8 despite people’s predictions, they have some good young players. |
| Lee Percival | I think Wigan will be in the bottom 4, and that Shaun Wayne will be replace by the end of the season |
| @AidenStalker | After winning Man of Steel Alex Walmsley becomes a woman and lives happily ever after as my lover. |
| Dom Hodgson | Barry Hearn decides to dip is toe into Rugby League by buying Swinton Lions. |
| Colin James | Eddie Hearn is invited in and immediately tries to implement the original plans for a European Super League by merging clubs. He strips all funding for anyone not in SL and tells them to go and die. Everyone realises he's not the saviour and he gets booted out after two weeks. Nigel Woods reclaims his throne and is awarded a knighthood for services to RL. |
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Mark
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