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

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.

By who, other than your good self?

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

I wouldn't go as far as star studded

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

Jean.

Are you o.k?

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

I believe the salary cap for Catalans has always been the same as other clubs, but converted into euros, so the weakened pound will mean they have more euros to spend now than a few years ago.

I think Steve McNamara may now be on borrowed time.

Poor Jean.....Catalans and Toulouse being beaten...in fact, being well beaten by heartland teams on the same weekend. No doubt that these two will be meeting in August/September......if it doesn't fill the stadium it's played in it will expose the "French expansion" for the farce that it is......even more so if they meet twice with the second game being for a place at the top table.
Catalans just don't seem interested as a "team".......their owner showed more backbone last week with his rant about bent referees. Toulouse were shown to be wea up the middle and the likes of Huddersfield will steamroll them in the 8's.......

Interesting that Huddersfield and Catalans now have exactly the same points difference. Both will need to improve if they happen to come across the Toronto Wolfpack in the middle 8’s.

That’s far from certain at this stage. If either of them do manage to turn their fortunes around, they are only 2 wins behind 8th place, which is currently occupied by financially stricken Salford, who may need to sell more players to stay afloat.

If Toronto are serious about SL, then they need to be buying NRL quality players and top SL players......playing Leigh/Salford rejects was OK for the third tier and is just about cutting it in the 2nd, but if they don't want to yo-yo, then they need to build a star studded squad.....

Recent signings seem to have been decent?

Gareth O'Brien, Darcy Lussick & Chase Stanley are all handy signings.