Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 6:56 pm  

DannyT wrote:

Happy to see some smiles on the faces of some of the players. Bullock needs to leave quietly after that shambles though. Very clunky as usual, it’s hard on that pitch to create space at the best of times as it’s tiny but something to build on. Hope the forum goes well tomorrow and we get proper answers to the mess we’ve seen.

I think it’ll go better after that, if we’d have been walloped again they’d have needed a ring of steel around them.

Still that performance should not detract from where we are as a club. That’s one of the handful of good performances we’ve had under Lam - and we still had issues in attack. D was magnificent, no criticism there. Nevertheless Lam is our main issue and needs to leave ASAP. I expect tomorrow to begin with announcements such as our coaching staff for 2022, the return of Wane and maybe some player signings then the questions.

We should though enjoy that. It was far from vintage but it was efficient. Keeping Cas scoreless is no mean feat and the players should be praised for that.

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:21 pm  

Trainman wrote:

The last 2 tries pleased me, particularly the last as we opened them up by passing the ball. I’m hoping that might give us a bit of confidence and belief.

Oh yes! that last one, I thought, More Of This Sort Of Thing!

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:41 pm  

Wigan are back. Still wouldn’t be at all surprised to see you in Grand Final, overall standard is so low!

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:45 pm  

Brick with eyes wrote:

Castleford -6 with William Hill is well worth lumping your life savings on

My missus is gonna kill me

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:47 pm  

The Wire/Saints match looks like its from a different league.

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:12 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

The Wire/Saints match looks like its from a different league.

Doesn't it just! Plenty of errors, but a decent contest.

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:29 pm  

Watched the game after work without knowing the score, well that was a pleasant surprise

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:35 pm  

stpatricks wrote:

Phil Clarke seemed disappointed, loved Powell’s classy summation of the game not one bit of credit to
Wigan.

Powell is old school in so many ways ... not least in his habit of following the Peter Fox / Tony Barrow / Dougie Laughton tradition of letting that chip on his shoulder do all the talking whenever he's unexpectedly lost.

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:58 pm  

Worth the trip. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, we were ordinary with the ball again but the defensive effort was great. I’ve not seen Cas play that bad against us at their place in all my time but we’ll take it. It can only be a starting point for us if we want to make the play offs and then make some sort of impression but at least a foundation we can try and build from.

I thought Hardaker and Hastings went well. Halsall has to keep that wing spot, to ensure the pack is as strong as it can be, Harry Smith was much improved and the pack was game. We’ll need far far more next week and beyond but we’ll see how we go.

Re: Cas (A) : Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:29 pm  

Darwen Warrior wrote:

We had two tickets for Cas a few seasons ago but, on the day of the game, my wife wasn’t feeling too well and I ended up going on my own. I sold her ticket to a Cas supporter half price. Karma’s coming our way tonight, mark my words.

Told ya