: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:13 pm  

The Catalans were never going to be able to keep on improving every year, at some point they were always going to find their level. They will probably still end up in the lower end of the play-offs, 6th-8th, they might be dissapointed with that after last year, but I think that would be a decent start to Walters coaching career

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:41 pm  

Quacoe wrote:

The Catalans were never going to be able to keep on improving every year, at some point they were always going to find their level. They will probably still end up in the lower end of the play-offs, 6th-8th, they might be dissapointed with that after last year, but I think that would be a decent start to Walters coaching career

the pool of players to call on grows each year. after a rapid rise i think the improvement will continue but at a slower rate.
they'd benefit greatly from a better french competition though.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:16 pm  

Anyone who saw SLS will agree that Catalans seemed very unlucky in defeat.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:26 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

the same greg bird who scored last night?

The very same. Last minute addition to the squad, captain after two sub appearances, not french. A year of losses to blood young players woul be prefferable to mid-low table obscurity thanks to Bird.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:34 pm  

Mark_W wrote:

Anyone who saw SLS will agree that Catalans seemed very unlucky in defeat.

Will they?

I just saw some heroic defence and ultimately taking your opportunities saving a match, by a team who have had more than their fair share of bad luck especially from Vidrefs.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:48 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

Will they?

I just saw some heroic defence and ultimately taking your opportunities saving a match, by a team who have had more than their fair share of bad luck especially from Vidrefs.

No I'm not taking that away from Bulls, fair point, I was merely saying that Catalans still looked pretty good going forward and it's not like that they weren't competitive.

Re: How much longer can Les Catalans retain Walters and Perry? : Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:52 pm  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

This year's squad is stronger than last year's, on paper at least, with the addition of Ryles and Bell. It should have cruised into a top four position. Yet the club is losing games in the last few minutes --- a sign of poor concentration in defence.

The club hired as its coach Kevin Walters -- a man with no previous experience as head coach of a SL or NRL club. And he is allowed to bring with him a Brisbane Broncos reject as the crucial scrum half.

The sooner that Graham Murray is called in to pick up the pieces, the better for Les Catalans' on field performance.

Mick Potter had no experience as a head coach.