Re: Castleford (a) : Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:05 pm  

WWste wrote:

What happened with the ref getting in front of Marshy stopping him scoring a try?

Plus the suspect pens and missed hit on Wardle

And will Marshy get in trouble for pushing the ref out of the way?

Re: Castleford (a) : Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:35 pm  

proper-shaped-balls wrote:

And will Marshy get in trouble for pushing the ref out of the way?

Probably but if saints can get away with chicken winging someone I’m sure anything can be excused

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:05 am  

Very bizarre stuff at Saints tonight. Great game - not sure what the fuss is over the supposed shoulder charge - the defender's left arm was around the attacker on contact. The normally pleasant Konrad Hurrell kicks drinks bottles all over the place after a red card for direct contact to the head, Walmsley has to drag Percival off the pitch and a few fans shouting all sorts at Rohan Smith at the end.

Saints probably a little emotionally drained after the WCC and lost a close one - not sure why it led to all of the anger given their recent success. Though I guess when you get used to winning then losing becomes harder to stomach.

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 8:44 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

We earned that tonight. The scoreline doesn’t tell anything like the story. We were pinned in our half for the first 30 minutes (mainly due to silly errors and a ref who closed his eyes whenever we had the ball) and the first try broke it open for us. The ref was the best player for Cas on the night, including the tackle of the season on Marshall at 0-0 to stop a certain try.

I didn’t feel we had any real standouts bar Marshall, it was just a gritty team effort and after we ground them down, you could see the difference in class. I’d still love for us to sign another forward but it was a pleasing night.

The ref blocking Marshall when he had nothing but open field was horrendous! Not one for putting refs down as it is not an easy and often thankless job, but i hope he see's some disaplinary action for that and his overall performance at times. A few weeks off being the main ref is in order i think amd some positional training.

You are correct in the scoreline not painting a full picture of the game, some heroic defensive efforts in that first half which was the most pleasing part for me, particularly when you take our Hull KR defensive display into account. Coming from a slightly clouded memory, Marshall, Field, French and King all had some great try saving tackles and there are probably numerous more i am forgetting and missing.

Came away from the game last night a very happy fan, and hopefully we keep up the momentum. 96-0 in the last 2 games, not a bad stat eh?

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:26 am  

BoredWiganer wrote:

The ref blocking Marshall when he had nothing but open field was horrendous! Not one for putting refs down as it is not an easy and often thankless job, but i hope he see's some disaplinary action for that and his overall performance at times. A few weeks off being the main ref is in order i think amd some positional training.

You are correct in the scoreline not painting a full picture of the game, some heroic defensive efforts in that first half which was the most pleasing part for me, particularly when you take our Hull KR defensive display into account. Coming from a slightly clouded memory, Marshall, Field, French and King all had some great try saving tackles and there are probably numerous more i am forgetting and missing.

Came away from the game last night a very happy fan, and hopefully we keep up the momentum. 96-0 in the last 2 games, not a bad stat eh?

I thought maybe the ref tackle wouldn’t look as bad on tv as it did live but no, it looks even worse.

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:18 am  

Still not seen the incident, three minutes of highlights and tries and SKY sports decide to edit out the main talking point of the first half... https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... highlights

Still not seen the incident, three minutes of highlights and tries and SKY sports decide to edit out the main talking point of the first half... https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... highlights

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:20 am  

I wasn't able to attend last night as I don't get to many away games these days due to family circumstances.

I listened to Joe Mills and Bilko who I thought were excellent on Listen Live.

It's always a tough place to go so to get a comfortable win after enduring lots of pressure first half and to win to nil is very pleasing.

I'm hoping we can continue this going into the game against Catalans at the DW on Thursday night.

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:29 am  

What pleased me is that 4 players who are roundly criticised by a section of fans had very good games.

I find it interesting when players like Singleton, Isa, Powell and King (the pre season scapegoats) all have good games that the praise is generally very low key.

It worries me a little that we are so reliant on Isa but at the moment he cannot not be in the starting 13.

I still hope in the background we are making moves to bring in another secondrow mid season as I think it may be a push for him to maintain his current level of performance for a full season, but if this is to be his last season with us he has started it off fantastically well.

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:37 am  

MattyB wrote: Still not seen the incident, three minutes of highlights and tries and SKY sports decide to edit out the main talking point of the first half... https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... highlights They include it in the Wigan TV highlights.

MattyB wrote: Still not seen the incident, three minutes of highlights and tries and SKY sports decide to edit out the main talking point of the first half... https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... highlights They include it in the Wigan TV highlights.

Re: Castleford (a) : Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:40 am  

MadDogg wrote: They include it in the Wigan TV highlights. Just seen it on Twitter. Wow!!! https://twitter.com/Evegorex/status/163 ... DswJg&s=19

MadDogg wrote: They include it in the Wigan TV highlights. Just seen it on Twitter. Wow!!! https://twitter.com/Evegorex/status/163 ... DswJg&s=19