Thought overall James Child was very fair to us at Warrington, if anything he let us get away with a fair bit around the PTB...countless times I thought he could easily have penalised us but didn't...there was a couple of odd decisions but I thought we got the benefit quite a bit! Would have no problem if he was ref, one of the best around for me now...
Watching the Warrington game back how much did we miss Big Dave! I honestly believe he could have been the difference between winning and losing that match...he's a huge presence and a real talisman for us...definitely think we miss him more than any other player in the team...what he brings cannot be replaced!
What I'd like to see against Cas is two homegrown lads come in...Batchelor for Kirmond (who I'm presuming won't be fit) and Annakin for Pauli Pauli...a couple of local lads putting their bodies on the line in a derby is the kind of thing that gets others going and lays the platform for a big performance..
Nothing against Pauli either...he showed some good stuff against Warrington but just think he needs a bit more time to show his best...as the season goes on he could still be a great signing...he looked a lot better when he came out wide in the 2nd half...Chester said a bit back he wanted him to lose a bit of weight, get in better shape to play second row and that could be his role going forward...back row impact from the bench...maybe a few games at Dewsbury at a lesser intensity and a few more minutes may be really beneficial?
Big Dave to hopefully come back in and possibly Kyle Wood to share the hooking duties with Randell who I think would be much more effective spelled a bit...
We played better than I though at Warrington...on the whole...the little things we did wrong can be fixed up and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't have a real good chance of winning Thursday...looking forward to it!