It's also easier to defend if you have the ball instead of the opposition. Didn't we aimlessly kick on third tackle last week in the second half.

Very well said, absolutely Noble would have coached every team we've put out in the past 3 seasons to the play offs.
Yes, Noble did inherit a great team but teams don't coach themselves and he took us to heights that no recent previous coach for us has been able to.

And those that say would struggle to build a team, look at what he left at Wigan for the new coach to work with.

All of which begs the question as to why he has been out of work for 18 months - despite apparently having applied for several vacancies

Just saying

Didnt he voluntarily choose not to extend his contract at Crusaders in favour of a sabbatical for a season? Im sure thats what he said.

Yes he did work wonders at Pieland, but it was in the days of "Uncle Mo" when the SC applied to everyone else bar them, till they got caught but dragged us down with them

Nobby would still have struggled to do much better with the Bulls due to the now lack of finances compared to what he was used to and he never volunteered to come back apart, from giving Macca advice

Because all the other clubs think they're getting a Michael Mcguire by signing unknown Aussies. Daryl powell, Karl Harrison couldn't get an SL club, does that make them bad coaches? I think Potter will leave at the end of the season and return to Australia regardless. For me Powell, Noble or Harrison to get the job. Under those 3 coaches the players would get a shock to their system.

Karl Harrison would definatly bring a HUGE shock, players would think twice before being lathargical on the pitch if they knew they had him to deal with at Half Time

16 out of 17 from last week yet a totally different defensive performance. How come? Genuine question.

The pitch was described as a mud bath. That evens the teams out. Not taking anything away from our defence, but the real test will come next week against Wigan when the pitch isn't like the a swamp

Pitch wasn't actually too bad. Certainly muddy but calling it a mud bath is going too far imo

We were better than Cas up front and that meant we could control the ruck. When Cas moved it wide we had Chase and Orr well covered.

We should be well used to inconsistency by now, jusy hope we start to see more performances that have the guts and commitment we showed today.

That's what makes the difference - winning the collision. We hardly ever did that against the massive Catalans pack, but as I said earlier in the week our forwards were far more evenly matched against Cas - even without Elima and Manase (acknowledging Cas had some missing too).