I dont think you can read much into last season. I reckon its like the last week in work before you leave for a new higher profile job, you try and work hard and do your best but really you cant be d and just wanna get the hell out of there

But there were contracts up for grabs and I remain very disappointed in how certain players performed because of that.

There was certainly an element of apathy. It does come down to the "leaving job" scenario but at the end of the day all those players didn't have jobs, most of them were putting themselves on show for the clubs in the championship or playing for a widnes contract.

Though the big performance drops did come AFTER the players were told yay or nay?

nay. I don't think so at all. Those last few games were amongst our worst performances that's true but if we're being honest we weren't good early on in the season either. We hit a bit of a run of form, then we lost a few close games to decent opposition and lost confidence.

But like I say, if they'd been told "yay or nay" they were in the shop window then, they should have been playing their heart out.

So do I. There was room for some stand out performances, particularly towards the end of the season, but it appeared that some players had given up.