Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:10 pm  

Easter weekend, plenty of opportunity to rotate the squad. Thought we went OK last night, had enough chances to win and got over the line 3/4 times. Bit more luck and composure and who knows, we could of won, we didn't. Don't see the need for the nooses all of a sudden.

Chances are we'll be the the 9th to 5th bracket. It's particularly competitive in these positions with all teams capable of beating each other.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:38 pm  

For me the main difference between the teams last night was game management. Cas were patient, didn't panic when attacking our line, played percentages, the whole team were on the same song sheet, and were disciplined.
We in the first half, pushed passes that led to mistakes and loss of field position, did not take the two - again, were not patient and looked disorganised in attack.
On the plus side I thought we looked great in defence apart from Paulie Paulie who was poor again. Woody looked great, Miller was poor.
Chester has done a good job with the defence but with ball in hand we need to get back to basics of no risk Rugby

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:57 pm  

Willzay wrote:

10 losses on the bounce against these lost - there is no pride in these derbies anymore.

At the risk of offending, Finn and Grix are starting to make Smith and Mathers look quick. Horo and Pauli are turning out to be uninspired signings.

Pauli was decent last night and and I feel for some reason he is getting hard done by on this forum. H ehas been steady away but I think some are expecting him to be some David Fifita. Fifita is top class... Pauli has only played about 4 games and was out with injuries for the last 18 months. Get a grip. Give him some time and he may become a quality forward for us.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:56 pm  

Adam_Harrison9 wrote:

Pauli was decent last night and and I feel for some reason he is getting hard done by on this forum. H ehas been steady away but I think some are expecting him to be some David Fifita. Fifita is top class... Pauli has only played about 4 games and was out with injuries for the last 18 months. Get a grip. Give him some time and he may become a quality forward for us.

Would agree with this. Fifita took time to settle, gave plenty of penalties away and pushed stupid passes. He now has season and a half behind his back and seems to be the clubs talisman.

Pauli ain't gunna get match fit without playing so were going to see the work in progress on the field. That said I didn't think he did too bad last night and if Bishop had somehow managed to collect that offload people would be praising his affect on the team. Fine margins.

Another thing to note is he is competing against seasoned props and not blocking a talented up and coming player.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:18 pm  

steadygetyerboots-on wrote:

In fairness I agree with the poster you quoted. The wakey pack may be huge, but they're not the old fashioned lumps who trundle it up. They're fast, fit & have a quick ptb to put their backs away. It's the distribution to those backs that isn't quick enough to do the damage it could, but that's another story!

Couldn't disagree more.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:56 pm  

Interesting post on Trinity heritage since 2011 we have had Childs 31 times winning 5.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:59 pm  

poplar cats alive wrote:

Interesting post on Trinity heritage since 2011 we have had Childs 31 times winning 5.

It's Child - and I maintain that it's entirely Richard Agar's fault.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:30 pm  

bren2k wrote:

It's Child - and I maintain that it's entirely Richard Agar's fault.

CC was not happy with at least 2 of his 'decisions' last night - not Agar's

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:02 pm  

We didn't get any of the 50/50's that actually mattered, but still the game was winnable right up to the last minute.
Its not been mentioned anywhere so mebbe I'm wrong but I though McMeekins try was forward from Roberts, I mean, that pass is a some you win some you lose job, so I make it a 50/50 that went against us.
On the next set from the kick off, Roberts did it again to webster but got pulled for it....course, it wasn't as important on their 40m line.
The England loose carry over the line I thought was a 50/50 too, but it was sent up as a no try on the back of what Child thought had happened, they couldn't disprove the knock on in the same way they wouldn't have been able to prove it had it gone up as a try.
Fifita's over the line ball steal, well it wasn't even a 50/50, it was a steal straight up but if you call it a 50/50, we didn't get it.
The off side penalty on our line near the end, wrong or not, I didn't think it had much bearing on the result.
Over all, we needed to produce more to overcome the conditions, the 50/50's and great defense from Cas managing their lead, it was there right to the end but we couldn't quite get the breaks.
Can't complain about anybody in the squad, they all did their bit in a mud bath, to single anyone out like Pauli or Miller is pretty harsh imo, they didn't look any worse than the rest of both teams splattering about in a muddy field.

Re: 19 for Castleford : Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:44 pm  

deeHell wrote:

It's fair to be critical of Chester but to be compare him to the likes of Agar is well out of order.

Agree
Crazy comment
Chester’s doing a great job