Good luck to Toulouse. The aim should be a French TV deal, either to supplement Sky diminishing returns, or to let the two French teams have the income and share Sky's money between the 8 remaining teams (from 2023). As to the question "What about Salford, Wakey, Huddersfield etc?"....if w...

Was Powell's distribution identified as ponderous when we were at the top or winning GFs? I suspect that it looks ponderous as we seem to have first receivers who stand flat-footed and invite opposition defences to tackle them before they even reach the gain line. And that is a result of poor coachi...

Like most seasons success or otherwise can be determined by injuries and suspensions. We started off badly with injuries yet won the first seven games. As the season rolled on the injuries carried on and Lam's barnpot team selections and failure to rotate the players in the squad determined our poo...

At this time of year, I just do a quick skim though this forum every 2 or 3 days, as there's very little real news and discussions inevitably turn into post mortems. Are posters aware that you can set up a footer saying, for example, "Powell is useless and Tommy should have retired years ago.&q...

I usually pass on rumours and speculation, but . . . though I absolutely understand the comments on Tommy and his age etc and am not disagreeing with anyone . . . * A big factor in successful teams is the blend of youth and experience. * We shouldn't be where we are, but that's a pointless comment ...

I usually pass on rumours and speculation, but . . . though I absolutely understand the comments on Tommy and his age etc and am not disagreeing with anyone . . . * A big factor in successful teams is the blend of youth and experience. * We shouldn't be where we are, but that's a pointless comment a...

The one person who has clearly been a self-publicist throughout this saga has been Edwards. My guess is that his heart wanted to be Wigan coach, but he started having doubts as he got better offers. The one person I'd believe, despite having doubts about his competence for the job, is Radlinski. Fwi...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2021/sep/29/mark-evans-rugby-league-union-premiership-super-league Can't cut and paste all of it, but here's an extract: Super League is considering changing to a 10+10 format and the Premiership has postponed relegation, but does restructuring ...

If you look at who "produced" these players, by my reckoning there are 4 from abroad, 4 Saints, 3 Wigan, and one each for Huddersfield and Batley. Talk of decline in the game, having a 14-team Super League, expansion, poor standards and so on, mostly ignores the fact that you can't have qu...