: Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:40 pm  

poppys mum wrote:

Because i remember seasons gone by when the railway end was packed with you lot and the drummer boy making some right noise.
I thought wire had a good amount of travelling fans, maybe the finacial climate is affecting us all.

Don't get me wrong, the Wire following was piriful by all accounts, but away support seems to be don all round at the moment.

The big challenge for clubs at the moment is to keep their home support.

Just thought as well actually, around 3,500 Wire fans this week have been out and bought tickets for a match that wont be used for 8 weeks (the semi final - sorry, not trying to rub it in!), so maybe many just couldn't justify doubling their spend on RL this week. Hopefully it was this rather than a lack of interest.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:41 pm  

Think a few things made this attendance a poor 1. Both teams just played in a QF, wire fans just been out and bought thier SF tickets, the expensive trip to scotland wasnt that long ago and with the fianancial meltdown affecting most of us, people losing thier jobs, people strugling to find thier jobs, and yeah before the wakie trolls come along thats effects more than just people in cas. all this and the game was on sky to top it off.
Even tho IMO this was Cas' and Wires' biggest SL of the season due to the table postioning, but the money cost is starting to take a bite.
Disapionting crowd but for some it might be pay the rent, get some shopping and watch it on TV or goto the game, doesnt make them bad fans or socalled airchair fans, just some are struggling.

ar well thats mine 2 pennys worth....and yeah before wakie trolls come....my last 2 pennys

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:46 pm  

Bearded wrote:

I think the threat of bad weather and with it been on Sky will have hit the attendance. Though I would have hoped for more from Warrington, can't have been more than 200 there.

there was 5 coaches full plus cars i'd say about 300 disappointing support for us (wire)but as dave t says we had a semi to shell out for plus barca in 12 days time plus the weather and on t.v. i think all these factors contributed to the poor show for us

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:44 pm  

Bearded wrote:

If the weather is good it should hopefully be better. I think the chance of rain and it been on sky put a few people off.

Granted the Wire turnout was pathetic, but ours was worse. I fear yet another false dawn at Cas. Do we ask too much wanting a competitive team Top 6 and we get the missing 2000 back overnight so we need to turn it around, simple as that-----not that easy though

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:52 pm  

BigNige wrote:

Mistake 1. When Netherton was subbed Chase moved to hooker & the shuffle around of personnel as a consequence cost us a try.

Mistake 2. Matterson using Chase in two key roles. The jobs hard enough as it is without taking away our Scrum Half (stand in) & having no back up therefore no control in the centre of the park.

Mistake 3. I know he's a fans favorite etc. (not in this house) but the day that McGoldrick is back on the boat to Oz can't come too soon for me. He's a liability, must give 2 interception per match, letting the ball bounce, not securing the ball in hand (again must be at least twice per game where he looses it in the tackle), lack of self discipline, I know he's captain at the mo so can ask the ref questions but he goes too far & got 10 minutes for it (Thaler was sh*te but that's no excuse).

First 2 points spot on, but for the 3rd, what can I say

Goldy is a classy centre who has found himself mainly at fullback, joining the line on virtually every occasion, basically doing too much

He is no captain, and as I said after last week he is too one paced in the attacking line. As a team we need to change the pace of our attack, not much chance of that happening when Goldy directs so much of it.

Sarg for captain as far as i'm concerned, gets stuck in, gets bashed about, and doesn't lose his rag--good temperament, and currently our best import along with Rangi, by a country mile

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:05 pm  

At the moment McGoldrick is the most experienced player that will be on the pitch for the full 80 minutes(at least in theory) so it makes sense that he would be captain.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:51 pm  

surely the captin is the guy thats goin to lead by example, encourage and gee the team up wen the goin gets tough, not spit his dummy out and put his team mates under even more pressure by getting binned??
when raz is out i dont no who that man is tbh

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:42 pm  

it does come down to money as stated in the posts above...been to ur place many times and really enjoyed myself..could mention a certain gary hyde when he went over for a hat-rick and kicked all the goals....going top of the league when we beat you mid-week late 80`s..getting k.o`d in the cup in the 80`s only to come back a week later and do u in the league(pat poasa remember him)...for the good of the game i hope your around for a while in super league,such as halifax and widnes...all the best.....

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:21 am  

alw1987 wrote:

surely the captin is the guy thats goin to lead by example, encourage and gee the team up wen the goin gets tough, not spit his dummy out and put his team mates under even more pressure by getting binned??
when raz is out i dont no who that man is tbh

Thats why I suggested Sarge, gets stuck in, gets knocked about but doesn't lose his rag. Its not as if we haven't had props captaining the team before

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:44 am  

Tigerpie wrote:

Thats why I suggested Sarge, gets stuck in, gets knocked about but doesn't lose his rag. Its not as if we haven't had props captaining the team before

Sarge is not on the field enough to be captain, he's only on for 20 min spells in each half, we need someone in the backs to lead, maybe Evans, he's got a cool head and plenty of experience, at this moment in time that's where my captain would be.
I still believe we need to sign a half back/play maker though, if we don't sign one soon, then all hopes for a play off spot will be pie in the sky, we're playing like a team with plenty of heart but no direction.