Also, Simon Grix looked a bit unfit but was one of the classiest players in the game

Well Simon Grix never had a bad game with us. He gave 100% every time.

All you can ask is players to give 100%. He doesn't have to be the most skillful player in the world to be the best. The best earn it.

Atkins - Currie?....Are you having a laugh

Although there was very poor individual play on show ( Lineham's non existent defence, Brown's passing the ball down the line without any thought to take the line on), the main issue was that the team were playing at a low tempo. I have not seen TS's comments, but if it's true that he said the team were 'flat', then that is very much down to him. I am not a fan of the Wigan coach, but he certainly doesn't stand for anybody dropping off the pace. The team need to be motivated for every game that they play - perhaps not by putting the fear of god into them, but motivated nevertheless, and that has to come from the coach. The game looked very much like the one's we played mid season but without all the hundreds of mistakes.

So a recurring theme this season looks to be the fact that TS simply can not get the team motivated. He didn't need to do it during the Monas / Morley era because we had so many older experienced players that they simply got on with the job and dragged the younger players with them. We do have some inadequate players in the squad, but perhaps TS's inability to get the players up for each and every one of our games, is our real Achilles heel ?

Livett, Currie, Hill, Westerman, Julien?

Post-match, TS looked, and sounded, like a dejected figure who knows that he his time has passed, and whilst he is clinging onto loyalty to his players for old times sake they are looking in the opposite direction, denying blame, accountability, responsibility and regret.

I admire his loyalty, but to say his players deserve to look flat is as undiplomatic to the paying public, as it is laughable, nonsensical and just, plain wrong.

The job is securing SL status but it would be nice to do it with dignity and style, as opposed to apathy, ineptitude, finger-pointing, disdain and unpleasantness.

It has been a shocking season, and not just for us. How many stand out TVs games have here been? How after playing a dire form of "anti rugby" for most of the season have Wigan and Saints still got a chance of making the semis?
If you could swap a full squad from another club for ours, how many (other than Cas) would you truthfully take?
There is a malaise at the heart of SL this season, I'm not sure what it is but it seems to be reflected in a number of teams underperforming.

Absolutely, and when you see the John Smiths stadium in Huddersfield, the town more synonynous with RL than any other, packed out for a football game when SL can't even quarter fill it, you fear for the game.

Incidentally, they may be our rivals down in the mosh pit of SL, but the demise of Catalans is another terrible, sad potentially disastorous nail in the SL coffin.

Yes it slipped my mind you don't know what a laugh is.
However you are right to flag up Atkins and Currie they too slipped my mind.

If you were in the sales business you would surely be looking for constant feedback from customers on the product you were selling. Whenever I buy something on compooter these days, I invariably get a questionnaire on customer satisfaction as well. Unfortunately the RFL don't seem to have twigged that they too are selling a product and need to connect with their customers to find out why gates are down and their new version of SL mark 65 is not dragging in thousands of more fans.

My suspicions are that;

Fewer playing at grass roots = Fewer high quality players coming through = Lower quality matches.

If true, no amount of farting around with systems that endanger a financially viable club like Catalans by dragging it into the lower tier competition ( for the thrill of 'jeopardy') is going to prop up the system. Nobody want's to watch inept referees that miss knock-ons, ball steals, off-sides, by teams that rely on each others mistakes to get the ball back and kicks to the corner because their 3/4's are lacking the talent and ability to break down the opposition defence.

100% agree with this, I nearly choked when I heard them comments, only thing bothering me now is I think nink&poop will still be here next season.