so we're looking at another month for Taylor and possibly 3 weeks for Bowden. I'm guessing there's nothing out there as a loan option to strengthen our pack. I thought the lad who was at Wigan Kilner would of been a good option financially and could of possibly ended up being a bit of a shrewd signing.

Certainly got some decisions to make from an attacking aspect in regards to evolving the team. Some blame Connor, some Sneyd, some Houghton. will be interesting to see what positions we recruit in. I know which ones I'd look to improve.

Everyone says it every week , no consistncys from the officials.

What did everyone make of the obstruction just before the try they scored the one where the kick hit the post then Langi scored

Looked clear as day with the Catalans ball carrier running into the back of his teammate who was in the defensive line, did I see it wrong? I couldn't believe it wasn't given

Unfortunately we still have some players that cant be dropped, I'd go with Wynne, Connor and Reynolds against Leeds. Give Sneyd a kick up the , give us some pace and more creativity.

Yeah it was Garcia, he didn't surrender himself just started running back the way he came. Clear penalty.

How are sneyd and Reynolds going to get a partnership going if after 1 average game you drop one. Madness. Need to get faraimo in the 17 plus Brown. We are struggling for size on the bench

Also Kasiano was about 1ft in front of play when the ball was kicked so was offside. It was right inline of where I was sat.

Was it the Tom Davies try as well, from the crossfield kick, where the chasers were all offside - as it was from the 2nd kick that they scored?

Have watched bits of the game back, and even the decision to penalise Fonua for the challenge on Tomkins was harsh. Tomkins changes his positioning to see Fonua off

I can't login to ourleague anymore to watch the replay, it thinks I'm half way thru' applying, but none of the drop down menus work.

Is it just me?

edit: Working ok again now.

Satae: "Opponent is dropping to ground. There is no swinging arm. Sin bin sufficient"

Small mercies I suppose.

dont worry we have johnstone and Scott

Our discipline since the early rounds has been very poor and i have said several times the coach has to step in here otherwise we are simply giving a result to the opposition and wearing the team out having to do so much defending

Agree it is small mercies but much like Brown who was sin binned wrongly (when compared to the same tackle by Powell on Griffin in the same game earlier in the half which didn't even get penalised) Satae was sin binned for Maloney losing his footing and colliding with Satae, which never warranted a penalty let alone, never mind Kendal brandishing a yellow card. How it could have been deemed a high tackle in the first place when Maloney was knee height due to purely losing his footing is a new one on me.

Whilst our discipline hasn't been great those are two incidents that have resulted in us wrongly being down to 12 men (or persons/beings) for 10 mins.

These are questions that should be getting asked of the Officials as there appears to be no accountability for their mistakes, which we know happen but the concerning issue is the amount of mistakes and inconsistencies not just game by game but half by half of the same game.

I agree entirely.
The inconsistency is the annoying part and you can see it infuriates the players too.

Who's actually in charge of the officials? Is there a governing body or anyone who's supposed to be holding them accountable?

Surely there's a way to get across how poor the officials are

As Chris said the decisions were on the end of are absolutely ridiculous, the thing is they arnt one offs either it's been in almost every game were in the recieving end of numerous shocking decisions that defy common sense.

It was Phil Bentham who was the Match Officials Coach and he also took on the role of Head of Officials on a temporary basis when Ganson stood down, but I seem to remember reading earlier this year that Bentham had resigned from both roles and don't remember seeing anything about anyone else being appointed.

Five sin binnings in four games is something of a concern.

Basically a rudderless ship then with no accountability, sounds like the setups currently a shambles no wonder the officiating is so poor

Bentham left last month, I can't imagine there'll be masses of candidates clamouring for the job. A bit like referees, they don't grow on trees.

And Steve Ganson is on long-term sick leave.

We seem to be an amateur sport, trading under the guise of a fully professional one.

Probably because there's no money.

I don't think they can afford anymore jumping ship !! .

Catalans the first team to beat Saints this year. Very good side.

Certainly puts our defeat in a different light. On this form they're going to be very hard to beat.

The Saints board is full of comments regarding how poorly they are playing, Woolf is not getting as much adoration as his predecessor.

Catalans without Tompkins, managed to stifle the life out of Saints, much the same way we got despatched, the Catalans are a real threat.