Biff Tannen wrote:
And yet more nonsense spouted Jean.
Because the Cats have signed a World class talent in Carney does not make them a superior team to Warrington bar the front row.I expect they will push for top 4 but i still can't see them getting near the GF.Saints Wire and Wigan should be the 3 to seriously contest that, with Catalan at best a dark horse with Leeds and Huddersfield.Their coach isn't good enough imo and they still have to get more results on the road to get anywhere near.
If Scott Dureau can regain his 2012 form then Catalans will have the best halves in Super League.
Michael Oldfield was one of the top try scoring wingers in SL in 2014. Villiami Sione Tonga was a State of Origin and Australian rep in the past. Vincent Duport is first rate, and if he is not in the centres (because Todd Carney needs the coddling familiarity of Benjamin Pomeroy at the start) then he will probably be chosen on the wing. Morgan Escare is one of the top 3 full backs in Super League and better than Matthew Russell.
The Catalans back row of John Zebolon Taia, Louis Anderson, Elliot Whitehead, Jason Baitieri and Gregory Mounis is equal to the best in SL, and certainly better than Warrington's. Catalans have two fine hookers in Ian Henderson and Eloi Pelissier, even though neither is quite as good as Darryl Clarke. Only in the props department are the Catalans thin in depth.
Thus my claim that Catalans team is superior to Warrington's still stands.
The only part of your posting that can be defended is your questioning of the quality of Catalans' coach.
As for the Catalans on the road performance, you have mysteriously overlooked their 2014 playoff victories against Leeds and Huddersfield on the road.
So who is talking nonsense?
