Quote ="Tricky2309"Come on snowie you know I wasn’t suggesting paying average players more, you sign better players because you spend more money which means some of your guaranteed starters now become decent squad players and allow you to rotate.
I am not contradicting myself re Leeds, they have been short of forwards especially front rowers for considerable parts of the season. Throw in Callum Watkins and it is not difficult to see that some of the close defeats they have had with a full squad available would have been wins and they would be in the 8.
I also acknowledged that they are not getting best value for money from their cap spend.
Comparing us with Catalans imo is wrong because quality wise they have a better 17 then us and that is largely due to the money they spent on assembling it.
Unfortunately, with our current situation whether we like it or not we have to accept that finishing top 8 3 years in a row is progress. Most of us on here have been supporting Wakey long enough to realise that achievement for what it is. Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that.'"
Do they? I very much believe Catalans are a teams of average players who are in outstanding form, it's not very different to what side started all the way back in round 1 and just look how different the performances have been.