In my defence I shall say that I have almost certainly seen a lot more matches than anyone else on this site .I stand by my view that Casty is nowhere near as good as he was 3 years ago-how many tries has he scored this year - and that Duport has never been any good except during the play offs of 2009.I have always thought and said that there are some good French players-especially Bousquet-. However the French league is not of a high enough standard and our so called reserve team does not prepare our younger players well enough for superleague.There is some longer term hope from the U 19 team,but we shall have to see. Finally I have been utterly dissatisfied with Inu -another player who never passes-this year

And finally you should remember the failure of the French team to qualify for the recent 4 nations.Instead Scotland qualified . I rest my case.

the fall out freeteams.com/EnglishDragons/new ... ory=160968

the fall out freeteams.com/EnglishDragons/new ... ory=160968

Horo and Garcia both at training last week .No sign of Bird. Looking again at the fixtures and presuming Widnes beat Leigh our home match against Leigh is the crucial game.My forecast is Wigan 22,Saint Helens 21,Huddersfield 20 Warrington 18 Dragons 15 Widnes 13 Leigh 12-but that presupposes a win against Leigh.

Further medical news. Broughton Horo and Garcia are fit . Baitieri is being tested tomorrow. Still no news about Bird or Williame or Bosc.However things are looking up a bit.

Bird has messed his knee up quite bad i think

According to the French site a,Baitieri fit b Wiliame and Bird "trotting"

Duport injured in the thigh and knee and different views about Inu