I should have written "on the other side of the English Channel from Brighton and Portsmouth."

I spend so little time in the United Kingdom, shuttling so often between Carcassonne, Paris, Frankfurt, Kiev, Odessa, Moscow, St Petersburg, Washington, New York, Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Hanoi, Hue, and Sydney that I have not yet gained familiarity with the precise geographical parameters of the rugby league playing English cities and towns.

Have you ever thought about writing books for children because you are good at fairytales lol

Have you ever thought about writing books for children because you are good at fairytales lol

I was just in Sydney for 19 days, among other things attending the wonderful NRL Grand Final. I am currently in Siem Reap, as the mods can confirm. I will be back in Bangkok on Friday night local time. But wherever I am I pay close attention to the progress of the Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique.

The busy life of a sex trafficker

In reply to the op.
I dont know if Catalan can win more silverware next season but, you would have to expect them to be comfortably mid table and on the basis that they are unlikely to lose 8 from the first 9 rounds, possibly pushing for 5th spot.

We all thought their coach was bang average and maybe not even that but, to be fair to the guy, he proved everyone wrong.

Speak for yourself. I’ve always rated Steve McNamara highly as a coach, said he should have been kept on as the England coach and said he would achieve great things when appointed by Catalans.

And Chorley. Don't forget Chorley!

I've never been to Chorley. I don't even know where it is.

My only remote connection to Chorley is the upbringing there of our new Catalans acquisition Samuel Tomkins.

I agree with this post.

I am still not convinced McNamara can win a Super League but after calling for his head at Easter I am happy we won the cup.

Could they have another run of results and performances like they did June July of this year though?

He's very average when it comes to league games only winning 40% of them , he very much put all his eggs in one basket towards the challenge cup and got a lot of recognition for winning that trophy.

When it comes to challenging on all fronts I think he is quite a bit behind Wane, Price, Powell and Holbrook.

If they get on a roll again, there is no reason why not. The cliche about winning becoming a habit is certainly true.
As for silverware, the cup is always a possibility but, the Grand Final is a different matter and for sides that haven't won fro a number of years (or not at all), I think they have to go through the experience and probably lose, before they can win the main prize.

Good luck getting that visa paperwork signed off for "Mrs" Ting Tong.

Remember that he was 2 games from the chop and there wasn't ANYBODY (even YOU) that thought he was doing a decent job over there and but for the win against Huddersfield, he would have been down to le Pôle Emploi.

I would love catalans to win the french league and cup very soon....get my drift chorley cake ?

Catalans made a big mistake getting rid of Drinkwater, as did Leigh !

I predict under McBanana's stewardship a season of Catalans mediocrity, 7th !

I will take note of your wild prediction and return to it next September, when Catalans have made the playoffs.

You do that cocker, whereupon I shall "blow raspberries in your general direction" !!!

The bottom line is adding Samuel Tomkins to the Challenge Cup winning team is only going to make the club even more of a threat to the top clubs.

Who do you think will play full back for Catalan? Grand Final winner Sam Tomkins or Lance Todd winner Tony Gigot.

I don't know what the coach's plan is. But since Catalans already have David Mead and Brayden Williame as centres, either Samuel Tomkins or Antoine Gigot will play in the halves. My guess, and preference, would be to play Tomkins in the halves.

You do know his name isn't Samuel don't you Jeanette?

You know that you could have said you live and work in Europe these days and don't get to the UK much?

Name dropping the individual cities proves one of two things: 1) you're a fantasist or 2) you're compensating for something.