Quote ="BigTime"Me too and if that’s because of ticket office shenanigans then they deserve a kick in the aris. If it is a sell out it does beg the question, how and does suggest we don’t need to do any of that fancy Dan marketing or advertising. We will see.'" /> It wont be a sell out, not even close. All of the West is closed, not sold out. Blocks 123/124 were held for Season ticket holders, even with those opening up it suggest we have a few hundred ST holders at best for the year. Not ideal. All in, hoping a lot of the community tickets that appear to have been given away turn up and we have a decent start crowd wise for the season.

Quote ="BigTime"Me too and if that’s because of ticket office shenanigans then they deserve a kick in the aris. If it is a sell out it does beg the question, how and does suggest we don’t need to do any of that fancy Dan marketing or advertising. We will see.'" /> It wont be a sell out, not even close. All of the West is closed, not sold out. Blocks 123/124 were held for Season ticket holders, even with those opening up it suggest we have a few hundred ST holders at best for the year. Not ideal. All in, hoping a lot of the community tickets that appear to have been given away turn up and we have a decent start crowd wise for the season.

Quote ="Victor"I have to say that despite all the rain that we have had over the last few weeks, the torrential downpour that we had in the few hours before the match. The pitch stood up well.'" /> Pitch wasn’t a problem, but like last season we were poor in wet conditions

Quote ="Victor"I have to say that despite all the rain that we have had over the last few weeks, the torrential downpour that we had in the few hours before the match. The pitch stood up well.'" /> Pitch wasn’t a problem, but like last season we were poor in wet conditions

Last season we were making (many) mistakes in wet conditions. Did we make (any) mistakes on Friday that appeared weather condition related? I thought we played okay, in fact better than that. Just appeared we were totally out classed. Came into yesterday's game concerned if we;d win a single league game this year. Now also concerned how many games we will be totally shut out on. /> Thought some of our quick passing along the line in the first half was excellent and reminiscent of how Eccles turned the team around last year (prior to Warne and Norman?), The difference this year was the Catalans recovery defence meant those moves were ultimately snuffed out. /> And I still can't get this. The kicks from Catalans put us under immense pressure and were a far better tactic for the Catalans than running on the sixth tackle. In contrast our kicks were caught unpressured. Looked to me in the second half that was tactical. We didn't pressure the receiver and instead positioned ourselves for the first tackle. I guess that was because the Catalans ascendancy allowed them to commit players to the ball, whereas the risk for us was leaving gaping holes if we over committed.

Last season we were making (many) mistakes in wet conditions. Did we make (any) mistakes on Friday that appeared weather condition related? I thought we played okay, in fact better than that. Just appeared we were totally out classed. Came into yesterday's game concerned if we;d win a single league game this year. Now also concerned how many games we will be totally shut out on. /> Thought some of our quick passing along the line in the first half was excellent and reminiscent of how Eccles turned the team around last year (prior to Warne and Norman?), The difference this year was the Catalans recovery defence meant those moves were ultimately snuffed out. /> And I still can't get this. The kicks from Catalans put us under immense pressure and were a far better tactic for the Catalans than running on the sixth tackle. In contrast our kicks were caught unpressured. Looked to me in the second half that was tactical. We didn't pressure the receiver and instead positioned ourselves for the first tackle. I guess that was because the Catalans ascendancy allowed them to commit players to the ball, whereas the risk for us was leaving gaping holes if we over committed.

I believe we played three foreign players short on Friday. Two injured and one yet to be signed. Not sure how long we can do that considering our playing strength. Thought I heard that the Catalans signed three new players direct from the NRL. All three played on Friday night, but assume we fielded those three and the Catalans didn't, would the Catalans dominance have been far less?

Quote ="BigTime"Pity they didn’t hand out mine!'" Think yours had been given to Jacob Jones cos they'd run out. /> The handing out of shirts of course is quite American. I quite like the idea but do it before the first game of the season & not after they had already worn it. Maybe they could persuade Tony to put his boots back on as we're short of a hooker or perhaps try for Stormy Daniels.

Quote ="BigTime"Pity they didn’t hand out mine!'" Think yours had been given to Jacob Jones cos they'd run out. /> The handing out of shirts of course is quite American. I quite like the idea but do it before the first game of the season & not after they had already worn it. Maybe they could persuade Tony to put his boots back on as we're short of a hooker or perhaps try for Stormy Daniels.