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.

O'Brien bought specifically for the million pound game as he has form there!!

Catalan announce the signing of ex Leigh Centurions scrum half Josh Drinkwater until the end of the season.

Oh my word Jean, another player that has been on the payroll at "Lowly Leigh" to join the Mighty Catalan Dragons, who would have thought a lowly "insert the many derogatory phrases about Leigh you have made" team would have the quality players to wear the shirt of the superstar laden team?

Another halfback is exactly what Catalans need. They need someone directing them around the field, which Josh Drinkwater will provide.

Wrong username Jean

Jean , Kev , Lebron . It must be confusing ...

Josh did fine for us at Leigh, and I'm pleased he has got another SL gig. However, as for 'directing them around the field', well he wasn't brilliant at doing that behind an often beaten pack. (What half back would be?) Of course, he has the might of the Catalans squad to work with, so he should be fine!

Seriously though, I wish him well - he certainly gave it everything at Leigh

I have read on another site from a Frenchman with inside contacts, that Les Catalans Dragons have signed Mitchell Cornish, the reserve half of the Sydney Roosters. I guess that must be for next year, which is why Joshua Drinkwater has only been signed for the rest of this year.