They haven't been going backwards, under Frayssinous they finished 7th, 8th, 7th and 5th, usually displaying some periods of good form but being let down by inconsistency. That's not a period of decline and to suggest that McNamara took over a club that was in freefall is completely inaccurate, as it is with Bradford TBH. Yes, they were in a period of poor form and there were some challenges there but no club changes coach when things are going well, the job of a new coach should be to stabilize things and improve the outlook, not just to allow things to completely fall apart, become drastically worse and then say "well it was heading this way anyway". Imagine if Saints had appointed McNamara instead of Holbrook, they would likely be in the same position as Catalans now and you could make the same argument, "they have been going backwards for years" etc. No, the point of changing coach is supposed to be to STOP that decline, not to make it much worse and then claim that it was already happening anyway.

So 2 of Cats wins have been a 2pt win over a team with both halfbacks injured (FC) and a cheating Micky Mac throwing a ball at a retiring player (us at your place)?

Don't kid yourself, Cats are a shadow of their former selves. The warning was there last year and they did nothing about it close season.

Tony "Casper" Smith at Trinity, followed very closely by Agar & Webster.

Because we had the Agar years, many had forgotten Smith but 285 win percentage is pretty low.

I think you missed the "Shift" key after the "28"!!

Says who ?

That Mr Smith was a fool. He had a chance to sign French sensational half Maxime Greseque for Wakefield but decided against it.