Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:31 pm  

James Child had an absolute shocker & gave Saints everything. Three of the first four tries off the back of clearly wrong calls.

Once the game had gone, Cas really dropped off & looked lost. Did the CC Final defeat really take that much out of them?

Is it that other sides have worked out how to close them down easily? Clark was anonymous tonight, Ellis in place of the departing Sneyd.

Cas were looking great but the bubble appears to haves burst, why??

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:38 pm  

apart from the ridiculous forward pass decision that went in cas' favour?
i thought child had a decent game tonight, cas were as poor as we were yesterday, can't blame the officials for such inept performances.

shame for cas that their season could end on a whimper, they have been great this year,but it looks like it's taken it's toll.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:07 pm  

As a Saints fan a few 50/50 calls went our way i do agree. If you watch the game closely there is a number of incidents that go un punished for example Castleford on a number of occasions and especially Carney, seem to play the ball 10 metres from where they was actually tackled by moving off the mark.

You can't blame Child however it was Saints dominant defence that won the game.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:44 pm  

I think Cas and Saints have a pretty lousy win record when Child is the ref. A few calls went our way, the biggest difference was Cas was always having to chase the game and came up with quite a few errors.
Your team looked a bit weary in the 2nd half and at post match Powell mentioned something about performances dropping off after the cup final, Leeds have gone the same way.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:00 pm  

meast wrote:

apart from the ridiculous forward pass decision that went in cas' favour?
i thought child had a decent game tonight, cas were as poor as we were yesterday, can't blame the officials for such inept performances.

shame for cas that their season could end on a whimper, they have been great this year,but it looks like it's taken it's toll.

Hello troll, 57...nice number eh ?
At least Cas have a decent following, unlike Huddersfield Midgets......a football town.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:23 pm  

No one can blame the ref, a few dubious calls for each side, I just think Cas are running on fumes, the players look physically and mentally drained.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:40 pm  

Just like Huddersfield the night before, the kicking game by Cas was lousy and they never turned the Saints defenders
A really bad platform from that meant there was no relief from defending in their own half.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:36 am  

that forward pass decision when tommy makinson went in at the corner was ridiculous...it was nowhere near forward...(the touch judges are a complete joke as well).i thought your lads looked tired and jaded tonight..apart from when u play us ive been shouting for cas all season...good luck in the next game!

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:56 am  

RIGSBY wrote:

that forward pass decision when tommy makinson went in at the corner was ridiculous...it was nowhere near forward...(the touch judges are a complete joke as well).i thought your lads looked tired and jaded tonight..apart from when u play us ive been shouting for cas all season...good luck in the next game!

It was forward, go back and watch it on sky the first camera live was on the same line and its clear percival passed it forward.

Re: Another Joe Cocker : Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:43 am  

dubairl wrote:

It was forward, go back and watch it on sky the first camera live was on the same line and its clear percival passed it forward.

No where near forward on that angle, just look at Percys hands the way the ball comes out.