Just got to say, congratulations to Catalans, well deserved winners of the league leaders shield.
More importantly, they did it without the use of smoke and mirror tactics.

Best side in Super League, well done.

Yes congratulations to the Cats, nice to see a new name on the trophy & would be nice to see them contest the final. I still have the faintest of dreams that HKR could join them but I won’t be gambling my pension on it.once again we’ll done.

Yes fantastic effort from Catalan and to win it in those circumstances was fantastic.

Between Catalan and Toulouse, it really could be the year of the french

Well deserved this season, they've been so consistent.

Congratulations Catalans and good luck in the playoffs unless you happen to play wire of course.

It was a brilliant way to win the League Leaders Shield and Sky should really have made more of that. The Shield should have been on parade before the game and they should have lifted it after the game for the publicity.

I'd love them to get to Old Trafford, it would make the sport seem that bit more colourful and vibrant if they did. The reaction of the fans at Newcastle shows the fans of other clubs would support them at OT if they made it, if enough of them could be persuaded to buy a ticket for their end. A nice £10 ticket offer on group on should be enough to get a fairly sizeable following for them.

But, I still have my doubts about them as a team. They were dominated by Saints for 70 minutes of that game, survived a few incredibly dodgy calls on Maloney in particular and whilst their spirit to come back was admirable, that really isn't going to be allowed to happen in a semi final or final. They'll have a home game against Wigan, Leeds, Cas or Hull KR to reach Old Trafford and it concerns me that they might lose that. It'd be a massive shame if they did that after the season they've had. Wigan are perhaps their best shot out of that bunch, but even they have it in them as their nilling of Cas showed recently. The current play off system is awful, it doesn't reward the team finishing top enough. Catalans could end up playing the form team out of the 6 in the play offs as they'll face a team who has built momentum to reach the play offs and then won their first game, so Catalans reward for top spot is a one off game with potentially the form team in Super League.

They won’t win the grand final, saints will, so it means nothing.

The old top 5 in the play offs was the fairest and most intense way and the sooner we get back to that the better

I agree with you but, probably as Saints will be hurting on jut how they managed to give them the game at the weekend.
Surely, the total collapse in that game will have Saints on their mettle for the full 80 in their remaining games.

As for it meaning nothing. Well, Catalan have won the LLS, for the first time in their short history.

There really is no need to be so bitter.

Cheers Victor Meldrew!

Well done Catalans, thoroughly deserved.

Gladly accept I was wrong about Mcnamara. His a fantastic coach

The question is will they join the LLS also rans alongside Warrington, Castleford & Huddersfield, or will they finally be the team to break the run of Wigan, Saints and Leeds (and Bradford of course) to win the GF ....??

Semi final is a sellout apparently, the club is clearly doing a few things right at the moment. I can't imagine an English team selling out any game, let alone a playoff game.

Hopefully they don't fluff their lines and make the final.

Of course you’ll want them there because it’ll be easy meat for sintellins. Never in the history of human sport has a team win 3 titles so easily, everyone is crap and saints are just decent so keep winning by default.

Warrington aren’t crap. This will be the year they win SL.

Yes. Congratulations to les Catalans, overall the most consistent team all season so deserve it. Should Toulouse joint them it would make for some very well attended & possibly exciting French derbies !

Hopefully attracting a French TV deal as some clubs may not like the idea of TO taking precious SKY money....... Having said that didn't the powers be say there would be P&R this season come what may?

Yes

Let's face it, Saints messed up spectacularly at the weekend but, Catalan were well beaten until the madness of the last 5 mins.
Therefore, even if Catalan make the final, if it's v Saints, I dont think they will win.
However, as we saw at Magic, strange things can and do happen.

I do hope that someone has a plan for selling tickets though.

Even if they wanted to, getting big numbers across from France at short notice will be a nightmare and assuming this cant happen, what will the plan be for selling out Old Trafford ?

Saints.v.Wigan

It's like the fans view here tends to be:

"We want P&R and the opportunity for all clubs to reach a major final.... without it the games a farce."

"Oh no, how on earth we will fill the stadium now that London/Salford/Catalan etc have got to the final...!?!? If it's half full the game will look a farce."