I think if we're at (or near) full strength, we're in with a decent shout. Depends whether we put in a Wire/Leeds type performance, or a Rovers type showing.

Really feel for the travelling supporters, so disappointing when you've spent so much money and also taken some days from your holiday entitlement. Been 3 times and FC have only turned up once. Making the trip for the cup. Said at the time of the draw that we wouldn't win both games, and the cup one's the more important. Hoping for a more Leeds/Warrington performance.

It's a pretty dire result. Could have seen us consolidate a better position, but we're done with Wire, Leeds and Catalans already so the run-in looks reasonable and we're 9 from 11 with important players returning and still in the cup. Pretty happy with where we are.

'Extremely disappointing' according to PG.
Gotta turn up next time.

maybe a little credit to the Catalans WZ ?

Hello mate.
Best team won by the sounds of it, no doubt.

I thought we were lower in intensity against Leeds than we were in both the KR and Wire games. We didn't really need to reach the same heights against average opposition on the night and it was a comfortable win for us.

Yesterday's game shows that we still have a way to go in our development which most of us knew anyway. Any team that doesn't do the basics well will get burned in this league and clearly we were way off in this one.

Watched game in New Clarence without knowing the score beforehand. Commented that it was like watching the Magic game again - poor ball retention, butterfingers, defence and discipline. Do we struggle in heat? Also, it had been raining all day there and the pitch was very wet. We slid and slipped over far more than Les Cats did. Sounds ridiculous, but wrong studs?

Apart from one great run, Crookes' return wasn't good, although it was the first time he'd partnered Yeaman (who was solid) and his first on the left wing. We missed Briscoe in this. Sharon, Lineham and Crooks were also poor by their recent standards. Houghton had a good game but Holdsworth's kicks weren't as incisive as usual and the French kicking game was strong. Ellis went off and I couldn't see if he came back on? I felt we really missed O'Meley against the massive French pack and a big off prop is the absolute priority on the shopping list for me. All our pack were blowing like the Rovers fans currently are into their shiny new bubble and need to build some serious stamina for these conditions.

Outclassed by the better side by far, in summary, but little respect for the possession we did have and shocking defence particularly in the first half did for us. A revealing rehearsal for the cup match, at least we know what we need to work on. Did someone say they have a week off next week? I'd be tempted to take them all off for some hot weather training.

Learn the lessons from yesterday and beat them in the cup. That is the game at Catalan in 2013 I want us to win.

It was only 20 degrees in perpignan yesterday once the rain cleared, hardly tropical

But similar to the Magic temperature and significantly hotter than any other match this year. Was it humid?

Either way, it'll be much hotter in July and [iif[/i this is a factor which causes us problems we have a month to prepare. Wigan were doing hot yoga training on the Super League show.

I have no axe to grind, but 1 poor performance, well 1 1/2 if you include the magic weekend, in the last 11 games isn't bad. In past years that ratio was probably 5 or 6, which is an improvement and if that improvement continues you could be challenging right up the top end of the table if not this season, next season.
I myself have picked you as the proverbial 'dark horse' for the Challenge Cup, and for that I apologise given my tipping record.
Chin up, and bounce back next time.