I understand what you are saying.
There are many reasons we lost this week. One of which is we are not the finished article.

Sone of the players playing this weekend would not be first choice in the championship. Quite a few more will not be first choice in SL.

The performance and reason for defeat needs looking at but I don't draw the same conclusions as you.

I don't think we always rely on fitness to win. We probably are fitter but not more so than the top sides. Powell has made the point that we don't do more fitness work than the part timers. We do other things though that help.
We do batter teams down the middle until they tire out though. That's a different think.

I'd really like to see us swing the ball about more but against some of the lower teams we break them in the forwards before we get to that point.

I did have really high hopes when I saw how fast we moved the ball when we played Wigan but we've only done that in patches in the main season I agree.
In some cases injury to some players has caused that but more likely other teams are just rushing our weaker players like Kay.
Depending on how long Lino is out we might need a loan player but a small improvement in halfbacks will jump the team on.

This team is only about winning the GF. Next year's team will be different and probably play different.
I'm still confident we'll be playing at home in the GF. I'm not actually sure it will be Toulouse.

fwiw - my take....Players playing out of position for too long and the squad, with a few playing busted over the last few weeks and some players not missing many games has taken its toll. We looked tired and the heat didn't help, hopefully we can start and get a few back ready for the play-offs and freshen a few up.

We have to remember we played our first game 4th Feb! and haven't had many weekends off in that time? maybe we might need to bring a couple of loans in to help some players get back to 100%. I'm sure Powell/Mills will have a plan

Question have the players been told who is staying and who is going Some thing did not look Wright on the pitch .Club have been very quiet about the match but have said you will get your 10 pound back if you were at the ground

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The manner of the defeat was disappointing, but it’s only one game against the other FT team.

The way a certain poster keeps going on one might think we haven’t been to Wembley and win our first trophy in 40 years.

It was reported ages ago the players know if they are staying are going

No need to create something that isn't there.

If it follows the same riles in Championship they knew in May whether the have a contract offer to negotiate or are let go.

This weekend has been a nightmare, what with the IT problem caused delays flying out. The performance Saturday evening. 2 taxi drivers almost fighting over which one should take us to the airport.Now our plane has arrived in Carcassonne and they won't let us board with a possible 2 hours delay.
What else can go wrong, a plague of Locusts, a volcano erupting, all being well we'll be back for the game on Sunday.
Bloody Brexit!!
I don't what I've done to deserve this

Further to my post flight cancelled today and now 11am tomorrow.

Hope they are paying for your hotel.

You are entitled to all types of compensation mate, keep all your receipts for everything. You will get paid a standard fee for the flight. Also don't let ryanair try and fob you off. They will try and ask you to claim on travel insurance. Don't do it ,this is down to them to cough up by law.

Thanks PB for your words, but Sandal Cat says don't panic he's all over it.

We're currently waiting to be taken to our hotel as this disastrous weekend continues. We're due to fly back at 11am tomorrow. So I should be back for Sunday.

Are there a lot of Trinity fans stuck?

Yes at a guess 20 or so, but we're all at our hotels. We're sat with a beer in front of us and we'll see what tomorrow brings.

The match was obviously disappointing but it was a fantastic experience.

Great city and fantastic to share it with a great set of fans.

I hope Toulouse get into SL as I will definitely go back.

We can all see the shortcomings in the squad and thankfully it looks like we are working hard to sort them out for next year.

I’ve a lot of faith in the recruitment team to do that.

Hope you have a good night.
Safe journey back.

Sorry to hear that some fans got stuck in Toulouse.
For us, flying from Stansted, both outbound and inbound flights were delayed.
Coming back was more than 2 hours, plus M11 and A14 shut, certainly an "interesting" and long drive home.

Hope everyone gets back a.s.a.p. today !

Houston the eagle has landed.

You still have a long journey home, you would think they would fly you to the U.K. first.

Painful watching the game with those two French commentators. All one of them seemed to say was "Exactement" (Exactly), in response to everything that his mate said. Watched the second half in silence. Come back TC. Quick!!!

According to figures the temp reached 97f on Saturday a staggering 36 degrees. To me that's dangerous levels to be playing in.

you misheard; what he was actually saying was "excrement" each time our half backs had the ball.

Was painful sat in the stand near to one of the Toulouse players mums/relatives.

Initially thought she was a Trin follower as she was English but pretty quickly it became obvious she followed Toulouse, in fact it was pretty obvious for anyone within a 5 mile radius.