Yes, Catalans making a couple of good signings and showing more cohesion. Personally would be surprised to see Wakey in the Middle 8s.

Catalans should be comfortably top 8 with that squad but have struggled due to having no half backs most of the year

wakey seem to be hit and miss, 2 wins out of 8 is it? not great form, lot of chest pumping from their fans early in the season saying they had a great pack, doesnt seem that great atm!

Very weak Cas side named tonight. Rovers should be doing us a big favour.

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9 - And Eden is over. Picked up a stray pass 10m out and had no right to score but accelerated past some shoddy KR defence to mark his return from injury.

Vaivai loses ball coming out of his own 10 and now KR done for dissent.

14 - Cas’ third try. KR defence all over place but lovely pass Ellis as he takes it to the line and sends Foster over untouched. This will be killing Sheens after that defensive effort to beat Wigan last week. Ellis converts 0-16

18 - Another KR fumble and Cas over all too easily again as Matt Cook stretches through some meek goalline defence. KR in all sorts of trouble. Cas not even really in third gear either. Ellis makes it 0-22

Rovers only beat Wigan last week as the backlash from Wane saying he was leaving and the players being ed off

So it would seem, but Cas missing loads.

The weaker teams can catch the better teams on an off day but rarely string 2 or more quality performances together. rovers will be flying though once they get lunt, maguire and carney back and jackson hastings arrives

Like who,they seemed to have a pretty strong team to me barring Gale but you have a thing about exaggerating injuries unless it's us of course as for the game we were awful Cas where pretty good and Watts didn't do much

Rob Crossland doing plenty of Twitter defence tonight.
"Trust me Mike if this season goes the same way (as 2016) it’ll be the end." Oh no.

Top of my head
Roberts
Minnikin
Gale
Moors
Webster
?

Missing Roberts, Minikin, Webster, Gale, Moors I think. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8.

Like I said they had a pretty good side out and barring Gale I don't think they missed any of them

playing rovers is hardly a stern test of your weaker squad members though

Wigan might not be as safe in the top 4 as we thought. The club seems to be falling apart at the seams with Wanes announcement. The Tomkins brothers video that is doing the rounds makes Kelly look like a gentleman. Players are announcing they are leaving left, right and centre. And on the field that's over 2 and a half hours without a try. With our respective fixtures over the next month we would be breathing down their necks very soon

Wigan really do seem unsettled, wonder if there's more than meets the eye with Wane leaving. Anyone we could sign from them for 2019?

The thought did cross my mind that they might lose their way but unlikely I'd have thought. It will be interesting to see the response.

Not really anyone that would improve us in the positions we would be looking at. Their only good prop is Sutton and he is off the the NRL. I would find a place for Bateman but I reckon he will head down under too.

Yes it will. Their fixtures for the rest of the season look really tricky. They play all of the current top 8 and then Catalans in round 23 when they may need a win to make the 8, plus they are having to shoe horn in their game in hand v Cas during the international break, so will be shorn of a few stars for that one.

It makes our game against them in a couple of weeks really important. If we can turn them over and avoid slip ups against Salford and Widnes you have to say we have every chance of overtaking them.

The media response to rectumgate will be interesting. The woman who appears to be manhandled in the video has reportedly said on Facebook that money changed hands to delete the video..

I agree Joel Tomkins hasn't done himself any favours with that video definitely worse than Kellys

Definitely.

Well, that's almost job done in terms of making the 8. Interesting win for Hudds tonight. Catalans v Widnes an intriguing match up too.

Leeds and Wigan’s loss of form has come at a good time for us, Wigan still have breathing space from their earlier form but even Leeds cant do their usual ‘improve in the summer, peak for the Grand Final’ routine from 7th under this format.

Also other clubs having games in hand may actually help us, we will get a week off at semi final weekend but other teams have games to fit in.

Optimistic we can now stay in touch with the top4 and with bodies back later in the year and no CC distraction who knows

Leeds are drifting into the middle eight dogfight. Be incredible if they go from middle eights to champions to middle eights again.
Very interesting few weeks coming up.