Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:24 am  

tad rhino wrote:

might be better than lilley but not by much. good luck to him but was never good enough imo.
cas are assembling a very bang average squad, again, imo

Might be a bang average squad but imo they have a below average coach and I'm predicting that he will be gone within 18 months

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:58 am  

I agree. I was amazed he got the job

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:59 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

cas are assembling a very bang average squad, again, imo

Dont make it sound like thats a bad thing. Lol.

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:54 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

I agree. I was amazed he got the job

As a Hull fan, sick to the back teeth of the Club's SL showings, I thought he'd end up with someone like Leigh, or even Wakefield, given that Chester was really under the pump at that time. I said when Cas announced it that this is the end of "classy Cas" and he seems to have faith in the players that let him down at Hull, by signing them up at Cas! I don't think the fans will ever take to him, I could be wrong entirely, but I'd expect major disenchantment among their ranks, after 4 or 5 games and he'll be gone before the season end.
At Hull, he had a very expensively assembled good looking squad that proceeded to lose a record number of games on the bounce, it was painful and felt inevitable, he has no plan B, if power doesn't work , try power and if that fails, more power.
I hope I'm wrong, well sort of, but he'll be gone pretty soon I think when it starts to unravel.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:07 pm  

I dunno, There seems to be this weird camaraderie between FC and Cas that I just cant fathom.

One things for sure, they wont stand for any of the turgid rugby that blighted his tenure at FC.

A bit of a shame with McClelland, we never got to see him after a decent, settled run in the team. He isnt going to displace any of the starters in ours next year so a move makes sense for all parties.

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:16 pm  

Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino wrote:

I dunno, There seems to be this weird camaraderie between FC and Cas that I just cant fathom.

One things for sure, they wont stand for any of the turgid rugby that blighted his tenure at FC.

A bit of a shame with McClelland, we never got to see him after a decent, settled run in the team. He isnt going to displace any of the starters in ours next year so a move makes sense for all parties.

They bond over their love of Lee Crookes and hatred of Leeds

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:30 pm  

Good luck to the lad. I think he might get a better chance at Cas but to be honest I don’t think he will be ever a starting/first choice SL half back. He lacks pace and arrogance that good half backs require at the top level.
Someone compared him to Gale not making it at Leeds and then going on to prove us wrong. However his path in to the first team was blocked by Danny, Kevin and Robbie, three rather better than average half backs.
Anyway good luck probably best for all parties.

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:28 am  

I still think there's a good player in Callum, he's had horrendous luck with injuries whilst with us.

Having said that I expect Jack Sinfield to be better and that's probably where our eggs are now.

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:17 pm  

GrahamBray wrote:

As a Hull fan, sick to the back teeth of the Club's SL showings, I thought he'd end up with someone like Leigh, or even Wakefield, given that Chester was really under the pump at that time. I said when Cas announced it that this is the end of "classy Cas" and he seems to have faith in the players that let him down at Hull, by signing them up at Cas! I don't think the fans will ever take to him, I could be wrong entirely, but I'd expect major disenchantment among their ranks, after 4 or 5 games and he'll be gone before the season end.
At Hull, he had a very expensively assembled good looking squad that proceeded to lose a record number of games on the bounce, it was painful and felt inevitable, he has no plan B, if power doesn't work , try power and if that fails, more power.
I hope I'm wrong, well sort of, but he'll be gone pretty soon I think when it starts to unravel.

The Noble school of coaching

Re: OUT 2022 | Callum Mclelland - Castleford Tigers : Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:18 pm  

Steves wrote:

Good luck to the lad. I think he might get a better chance at Cas but to be honest I don’t think he will be ever a starting/first choice SL half back. He lacks pace and arrogance that good half backs require at the top level.
Someone compared him to Gale not making it at Leeds and then going on to prove us wrong. However his path in to the first team was blocked by Danny, Kevin and Robbie, three rather better than average half backs.
Anyway good luck probably best for all parties.

He never looked fit enough - was his heart really in it?