Yeah that was rather poor.

Irrational Observations:

1) Nice to watch a game without being tortured by the aural evil of Hemmings and Stevo. Not one "Good kick, now what is the chase like?", "He knows it", "Get the message out", "Utilise the dummy runner" or "Setting up a grandstand finish" (ruined our drinking game - everybody is still sober here). However it still sounded like commentary from the home town local radio - dead biased.

2) I don't keep up to date with all the rule changes but why do Saints only get 3 tackles before they have to kick but the opposition get a minimum of 12 after the obligatory penalty? Really, I get kicking early in wet conditions but every team drops their full back early against us now so what is the point?

3) Seriously, what is it with our discipline? What is the point of putting in 3 good tackles in the oppositions own half because the penalty with certainly come on the fourth or the fifth. So frustrating.

4) Why are the opposition guaranteed two tries from kicks or knock ons when we are about to go over for our own try?

5) Not sure why Saints have lost any games lately - just suicidal rugby.

They had a man sent off but it was still 16 v 16 as we didn't use Davies. Why put a guy on the bench if not going to play him? I can see the idea agsinst a team we are suppose to beat and give him a run out but why agsinst catalan in what we all knew was going to be close game ?

Why put Charnock on the bench or Fleming who have played super league instead of having a kid sat there helping nobody.

Surely KC didn't thibk we was going to put a good Score on the french!

We've got his recruiment to look forward to next year too!

We already have a tate of it as Burns is a Cunningham recruit. He told us about it before the season started.

Cunningham is killing us. Its plain as day that its his tactics to play the way were and its just not good enough in fact its @ng dreadful and im sick of it.

Up against 12 men and still we refuse to shift it. Were handing out contracts willy nilly to absolute garbage like Dawson. Will spend my money on sonething more entertaining in future.

Daryl Powell went straight in at the deep end at Leeds and after being replaced by Tony Smith he dropped down to coach in the Championship. After taking over at Cas he has proved himself to be a fine coach after gaining experience without the spotlight and expectation that comes when coaching at SL level. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but maybe KC should have been given more time as assistant to experienced coaches at Saints (or he could have dropped down a division as head coach).

Still think the top 3 will be any combination of the current top 3. Saints will be in the semi final.