Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:49 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

France has the best food in the world and some of the most scenic rural areas in Europe.

Personally I prefer Italy on both counts. All my opinion of course but to claim something is the "best" is a bold statement.

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:04 am  

Off topic again then...

Sigh.

For me I only see a coaching change. The Millard try at Saints the poster a page or so above alluded to was brilliant but is fading in the memory.

With the right plays this side could excite with Mead and Gigot at the heard of some unstructured play. Chaos plays we call them. I just don't see McNamara playing that brand of rugby.

Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:12 pm  

Jimmythecuckoo wrote:

Off topic again then...

Sigh.

For me I only see a coaching change. The Millard try at Saints the poster a page or so above alluded to was brilliant but is fading in the memory.

With the right plays this side could excite with Mead and Gigot at the heard of some unstructured play. Chaos plays we call them. I just don't see McNamara playing that brand of rugby.

It has become known as the "wide to Millard" try, because of comparisons to the "wide to West" try by St. Helens many years ago. Trent Robinson was coach then.

I agree that a new coach could get the star studded team playing at a much higher and more entertaining level.

Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:30 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

It has become known as the "wide to Millard" try, because of comparisons to the "wide to West" try by St. Helens many years ago. Trent Robinson was coach then.

I agree that a new coach could get the star studded team playing at a much higher and more entertaining level.

By who, other than your good self?

Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:56 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

By who, other than your good self?

As I recall, Edward Hemmings made the comparison. Phillip Clarke concurred, as he was wont to do.

Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:55 pm  

I wouldn't go as far as star studded

Re: This Catalans team. : Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:26 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

As I recall, Edward Hemmings made the comparison. Phillip Clarke concurred, as he was wont to do.

Ah apologies, you really are in the company of greatness.

Re: This Catalans team. : Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:11 pm  

Jean.

Are you o.k?

Re: This Catalans team. : Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:39 pm  

41-0 . Mc Namara must be under pressure now surely.
On paper Catalans have a decent squad , do they get a bigger salary cap than the rest of SL , they used to didn’t they ?.

Re: This Catalans team. : Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:44 pm  

The Reason wrote:

41-0 . Mc Namara must be under pressure now surely.
On paper Catalans have a decent squad , do they get a bigger salary cap than the rest of SL , they used to didn’t they ?.

They have a decent squad but they have lost their identity. They really are a team of mercenaries who don’t interact with each other off the pitch and as such, have zero team spirit. I worry for their future and the future of rugby league in France

Regards

King James