Re: 19 for Castleford : Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:44 pm  

Tommy Duckfingers wrote:

Probably on my own here but thought Pauli Pauli wasn't that bad, quota spot/import aside, I thought he looked reasonable. Fair enough he gave us a couple of penalties away but by my reckoning he played longer than anybody else in the front row?

Horo however appears to offer nothing so far.

Cas came to grind out a win, reckon they fancied it as a practise match for the grand final due to conditions and weather. Like us though. they'll have to find several extra gears to be anywhere near the final come the business end of the season.

Wood was the best player on the field when out there.

I think it's the fact that a fair bit of expectation and hype came with him, not really helped by Fifita saying he's gonna cause more havoc than him this season. Plus people aren't that interested or to some extent what injury he's recovering from and how much pre-season he missed when their paying at the gates. Don't look at the longer picture imo

It was obvious we bought him as a chance that we could have one the best front rowers in the League if we could get him back into decent shape. For me, it's gonna take a few more games to see, especially since it dries up because that's an energy sapper for a huge man like him.

Anyway it's whether CC sees Baldwinson as more of the work hose and a safer bet but in the long term what is chucking PP down to the reserves gonna achieve. Maybe a game wouldn't hurt.

horo though, we've no excuse with the likes of Batch, Crowther & Annakin chomping at the bit.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:08 pm  

As a neutral regarding Pauli Pauli, he ran at Gsle several times and I thought Gale coped very well with him given the obvious size difference . That's quite telling, he should've been running over him.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:56 pm  

I don't think you could question the effort of our boys tonight, they gave their all and on another night would have won that game. I just think we could be a bit smarter and clinical in the opposition 20. Hopefully the pitches will dry out soon (will they ever?) as these sort of games don't suit us at all. Hope to see a few changes on Monday, a few need a rest and some deserve a chance now after 3 straight defeats.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:13 am  

Emley Cat wrote:

Hopefully the pitches will dry out soon (will they ever?) as these sort of games don't suit us at all.

Shouldn't they suit you though? The much mentioned size of your pack should suit a poor weather forward dominated game, especially against a team that likes to throw it about. If anything the weather should've given you a better chance, not hindered you.

If you've got a pack full of massive forwards and you say these conditions don't suit you then you're doing something wrong.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:31 am  

Why don't you just go on your own forum?

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:08 am  

PrinterThe wrote:

Shouldn't they suit you though? The much mentioned size of your pack should suit a poor weather forward dominated game, especially against a team that likes to throw it about. If anything the weather should've given you a better chance, not hindered you.

If you've got a pack full of massive forwards and you say these conditions don't suit you then you're doing something wrong.

If that were our main/only strength, then perhaps that would be true. The big props (the rest of the pack isn't big) allow us to occupy and compete with the better/more expensive forward packs in the league. However, our real threat comes from out wide with Miller, Ashurst, Tupou and Johnstone. We play our most effective RL in the summer when Miller is orchestrating that attack. Look at last year's results for the evidence.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:23 am  

TRINITY01 wrote:

Why don't you just go on your own forum?

Because we didn't play tonight. It was fair enough questions.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:33 am  

PrinterThe wrote:

Shouldn't they suit you though? The much mentioned size of your pack should suit a poor weather forward dominated game, especially against a team that likes to throw it about. If anything the weather should've given you a better chance, not hindered you.

If you've got a pack full of massive forwards and you say these conditions don't suit you then you're doing something wrong.

To defend wakefield a little here, they've actually been the side throwing it about a bit this year, playing pretty exciting stuff, either TJ and BJB scoring plenty between them, whereas we've been pretty steady and had a few grinds already this season. They have forwards who like to promote the ball , last night it wasn't really a suitable option. Massive week ahead for Trin with hull away and leeds at home. Gotta win at least 1 to show their credentials.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:34 am  

PrinterThe wrote:

Shouldn't they suit you though? If you've got a pack full of massive forwards and you say these conditions don't suit you then you're doing something wrong.

Thanks for pointing it out, I realise that due to your commitments on rlfans it would be difficult finding time to get down to Bellevue, but I know our coach would welcome your input with open arms down on the training ground if you could possibly find the time and bob down for a couple of training sessions you'd make a lot of Wakey fans happy

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:06 am  

PrinterThe wrote:

Shouldn't they suit you though? The much mentioned size of your pack should suit a poor weather forward dominated game, especially against a team that likes to throw it about. If anything the weather should've given you a better chance, not hindered you.

If you've got a pack full of massive forwards and you say these conditions don't suit you then you're doing something wrong.

No, a bigger pack tires quicker in wet conditions.