Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:53 am  

Just finished watching the game back, and the togetherness was unreal last night. When Koni hit McMeeken with a couple of minutes to go, and the ball ended up in touch, I found myself fist clenched punching the air when everyone ran in like we’d scored a try. Great stuff.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:56 am  

Agreed. Brilliant to see. Thought Briscoe had a good game, hes really got some form back.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:11 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

Agreed. Brilliant to see. Thought Briscoe had a good game, hes really got some form back.

Same with cuthbo and Singleton, both look like new players!

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:59 am  

D4mo78 wrote:

Why is it rubbish? He was stood down field, saw what Eden was doing and ran to put Rankin under pressure. If he didn't, Rankin catches that ball and who knows what happens. I get you don't rate the kid, and I agree he isn't the standard we need. But when someone does well give them credit.

Basically if Handley went for the ball Gotcha would have said he should have gone for the man and vice versa, fact is he went for the man which was the correct decision.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:58 am  

RHINO-MARK wrote:

Defensively we were immense our pack were determined aggressive & git stuck in.
I thought Ava was awesome but so were Merrin & Cuthbo.
I thought Sutty did an excellent job on Lefao with Newman also stepping up.
Our HB's are beginning look like they know how to play together & Myler was top class.
Yes there were errors but from 1-17 they grafted their nads off & that's all we want to see.
Agar isnt my choice long term at all but he's got a Team playing for him & each other so fair play.
Re-Handley he had a decent game & recovrred well after that error in the 1st half & irrespective of what Gotcha thought his pressure on Blair after Eden tried a worldie was spot on & a game breaker.

Agree with that. Really pleased I went along, they looked like a team. I wonder if they've been told you are the squad for next season with possible exceptions of Ferres and Golding and therefore spirit is in a different league.

Myler has done ball steals in last 2 games that has changed both games our way.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:59 am  

christopher wrote:

Basically if Handley went for the ball Gotcha would have said he should have gone for the man and vice versa, fact is he went for the man which was the correct decision.

Shame really because Gotcha clearly has a lot of knowledge about the game and I enjoy most of his posts. But he rarely changes his opinion or accepts anyone else's if they disagree with him. The lad maybe doesn't have the ability but tries, like when he almost got out of the in goal. And at a time when so many of the team have been going through the mentions, he's been someone to at least give it a go

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:34 am  

Danibo160 wrote:

Same with cuthbo and Singleton, both look like new players!

Not to be churlish but where the _____ have they been all year? Playing well because your contract might be torn up doesn’t wash with me at all.

Benefit of the doubt; Lui is helping Myler and some others have been recovering from niggling injuries.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 11:13 am  

christopher wrote:

Basically if Handley went for the ball Gotcha would have said he should have gone for the man and vice versa, fact is he went for the man which was the correct decision.

He should have gone for the ball, Simple as. The player dropping the ball had nothing to do with Handley, he wasn’t there for the drop, that was because of the pass. Handley has no idea what he is doing and just goes for the man. The ball was there.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 11:18 am  

D4mo78 wrote:

Shame really because Gotcha clearly has a lot of knowledge about the game and I enjoy most of his posts. But he rarely changes his opinion or accepts anyone else's if they disagree with him. The lad maybe doesn't have the ability but tries, like when he almost got out of the in goal. And at a time when so many of the team have been going through the mentions, he's been someone to at least give it a go

I agree on the ingoal area, and I don’t even blame him for the drop ball from the kick, as all those Cas players were way offside. But the rest of his game was awful. His positioning in defence terrible, and the really frustrating issue of not been on his wing when attacks are made there. But the biggest thing last night was the the Hurrell no try. It shouldn’t have come to that, even kids teams wingers would have scored before that. What he was doing with flailing arms on the floor I do not know, it was quite simple to score.

If he plays well, I will quite gladly comment on it, and I have a couple of times. But most times he is a very poor winger. I actually think he is better at centre.

Re: SL RD 21 | Castleford Tigers (A) : Sat Jul 06, 2019 11:36 am  

Gotcha wrote:

He should have gone for the ball, Simple as. The player dropping the ball had nothing to do with Handley, he wasn’t there for the drop, that was because of the pass. Handley has no idea what he is doing and just goes for the man. The ball was there.

I didn’t think Handley had time to go for the ball. The Cas player was already catching the ball as Handley got there. It was Handley’s pressure that contributed to it being dropped.