I was absolutely rooting for Wigan, as we definitely wouldn't have beaten saints, as i said on a similar post on our boards, they do what we do, but better, grind opponents down. Wigan this year, with Field and French are more similar in style to Hull KR, and that suits us fine. If our very good pack can get on top of them on the day and Field and French don't get to do what they can do in attack the day could well be ours, but it will need to be a near perfect performance as it was yesterday.
It's tough supporting one of the lower SL sides as you know. You have to offer bigger/longer contracts to entice good players than the bigger teams do, and when you make bad choices in that regards you are then stuck with players who wont go anywhere else because they are on such good deals, which can scupper you for years. Develop a good young player and chances are they will be off to one of the big boys after a couple of years. We were in that position about 3 years ago, and it has taken this long to clear the waters.
I said earlier after we played you that you have nothing to fear relegation wise, Toulouse are a much poorer side than you are this year, and i personally thought you performed very well against us, but building a decent side especially with fewer resources is so tough. For us smaller sides you really do have to grab the opportunities when they come along because if you don't chances are they wont come around again for a very long time. You were a really good side a cpl of years back and it's a shame you couldn't win anything in that window and now have to build back to being competitive again. Such is the fare of a lower half SL supporter!