Just watched the Saints game back and we will give ourselves half a chance against Les Cats if we can dramatically cut down on our errors ,( forced & unforced ) . Looking back at it now it had a real impact on our chances of creating any kind of pressure on Saints as time and time again we came up with some howlers ,the Franco one in particular was a dagger to the heart ,gifting Makinson probably his easiest try of the season .At times we went toe to toe for long periods with Saints who made more than their fare share of errors but the big difference was they capitalised on ours whereas we didn’t or couldn’t .

I think you’re being harsh there. Kershaw had a number of defenders closing him down on the edge and 1000% did the right thing coming inside all while making a good 20/30 metres and avoiding tacklers. Had he not stepped across he would have ended up in touch.

I have no idea why we haven’t seen Croft and Kershaw pair up a lot more this season. The partnership only got broke up because Lyne and Langi returned and to me that was an error. Against 2 strong back lines in saints and Catalans Croft and Kershaw have been very good.

I will give you a clue. Michael Carter thought it was a good idea to pay for Croft to play for someone else for most of the season

I do recall only me and one other poster on here bigging up Croft last season. He took a lot of unnecessary stick after that Salford away mauling.

Yes true. I recall he had a couple of good games right at the back end. However if the club decided not to hang on to him then that was fair enough. Then pay him to play for someone else was ludicrous especially when the same people keep preaching they have no money.

Too many bang average players who are too slow at distributing or have a complete inability to look for a pass, the movement was pedestrian has been all year. Second row has been no attack with the exception of the odd line ran well by Ashurst/pitts, a second row of Griffin and Tanginoa would have made a big difference but seemingly Applegarth doesn't pick a team on ability but by player power. Tanginoa yes injured most of the season.

Hood couldn't pass the parcel and stifles all the play immediately, which kills any attacking opportunity for the halves and instantly increases the pressure on them to do something, leading to a mistake, aside the Warrington game I can't think of another game Hood has been effective in, Kay at loose doesn't work, Atoni had a good game there so typically changed that the next game, just like the team after each win got swapped around.

At the end of the day get what you pay for inexperienced coach who has zero charisma, zero leadership and zero clue on how to change things. every press conference was copy and paste, every performance by the players on the pitch was copy and paste all that changed was the team after a win.

Its been a long time coming has relegation and hopefully it will allow a mass clear out of all the 'jobs for the lads' with a complete refresh and reset