Come on now gaz, you have copped some unwarranted flack but you're goading now. Can't we just enjoy the win and relief?

At the minute opposition teams can single him out to keep him quiet, put Vaughan, Kasiano and dudson with him and quite simply they can't afford to. He's our best prop Atm bullock has been good after being dropped too but he's definitely playing for his future, he knows what's incoming to our pack. Fair play to bullock he looks up for the challenge of getting the shirt next season.

I've only responded to this. If you're going to give it out, be prepared to take it as well, if not, don't give it out.

I'm cool.

Re. Micheale. He came on during the shift in momentum towards Toulouse so he was having to mostly defend which isn't his strong point - he was badly positioned (to my eye) on at least one of those tries before halftime. But really agree though that a pack with more than one threat will open things up for him. Bullock looked really good again - most improved player this year along with some young contenders.

Not to be negative…. but this worked.

The Monday morning crisis meeting will now forever start with “I told you we can do it when the fans get behind us…”

I think the result, especially the comfortable score line, is papering over the cracks.

I think now, now we are actually safe to put the cue on the rack, pre-season starts. Get the 1 to 13 for next season in position now and begin the prep. Other than the Wardle question mark, the backs, halfbacks, hookers and back rowers are all in. Start building the combinations and stop with the tinkering. Either that, or make a call on the coach/Director or Rugby/CEO and use the next 4 weeks to get the right personnel in place to start pre-season exactly 2 weeks after the season finishes.

Did you hear the comment "It was good when the fans got behind us when we went behind, which has not always been the case".

I think the result is papering over the cracks. I fully expect us to lose all of our remaining games. But barring any crazy results we are safe.

Comments like that from Powell don't do him any favours. His PR work is very poor.

Yes because the insinuation is that if we had got behind the team more we would have not lost those games in which we collapsed. That's weak.

Or maybe he's insinuating a belief that our fans behave in as entitled a manner as a couple of us have pointed out on here, lately?

I think DP has overlooked that the supporters have been there every week but had nothing to respond to. Sport ,like comedy, is a two way street.
As for Big Tom ,he is the type of player who needs a runner on his shoulder to take a pass, but i was pleased with the contributions of Mulhearn & J Clark last night . Danny Walker didn't seem to spend much time on the pitch last night again , before Daz came back on.

As for the Toulouse tries ,were any of them dodgy ref decisions ,i was badly sighted ?

My first and last game this season was Huddersfield at home. In truth we were bored and it was ~£60 for me, the missus and the little one. Not worth it.
I watch on the TV when we are on or listen on radio if I am not doing anything else. I make no claim to be a "big fan".

Did he actually say that?

yes he did