Did he actually play Mead at centre?

A great win for Steve McNamara’s Catalans yesterday. The race for 8th place is now wide open.

Yes. Catalans Dragons are now only two points outside the top 8 with so many games still to play. Only seven points outside the top 4.

What a turnaround by the French outfit! Christopher Thorman could not have seen that second half coming.

2 wins from 9 games and everything's rosy? Still ranked number 12 in a league of 12 and likely to be in the MPG game, probably against Toronto.

That said, both leagues have a few twists and turns before the end of the season, and maybe a few surprises before we're finished.

Are you suggesting the race for 8th place isn’t wide open?

Only 2 points separate all teams between 8th and 12th

I think what Budgie is laughing at is you thinking on current form that Catalan will reach the dizzy heights of 8th place

Back on topic I spoke to an ex players who was coached by Mcbanana who said that he gave his team talks and they were so complicated that no one listened to him. They ignored what he said and then did what they thought was right.

He is a poor poor coach . He was when he was with England despite some numpties on here defending him.

Never in doubt, but is he the "worst"?
I still say Rob Powell at QRL was.....

Not looking so bad now with Cats upturn in form and win today.

With Salford and Wakefield holding 7th and 8th but looking very poor 7th-12th is wide open

McNamara is the reborn messiah after this win

With Salford in eighth on ten points & Huddersfield in twelfth on five, how is that true?

As for the top eight, I'd say it's definitely wide open.

In fairness to sir kev, his post is now a good few weeks old.

My bad, I'd forgotten how slow the V.T. is nowadays.

No. Joshua Drinkwater is the reborn messiah after this win.

Joshua relishes playing in a diverse team containing many talented players, and situated in a lovely part of the world, rather than with a team of overpaid and over rated has beens, in a depressing northern English town.

Francis Cummins

Over rated and over paid whilst under achieving pretty much sums up Catalans over the last season and a half......Catalans did the double over FC last year and regularly beat them, let's see how they do, including the London Broncos reject drinkater, in their 3 SL games in May...Saints and Salford away and Leeds at Home....

You just cant help yourself can you with the digs.

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.