Re: Castleford Tigers - Away : Sat Sep 09, 2023 4:19 pm  

B0NES wrote:

We've lost to three really poor teams in the last three weeks ,I don't see that changing for the forth week sadly . I just hope its finally hitting home the magnitude of the job Smith needs to address next season .

Trying to find positives and one will be that the squad will have changed so much by the 1st day of preseason training that a new culture will hopefully develop. Its the first winter for a while where it isnt the same faces.

Re: Castleford Tigers - Away : Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:28 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Just what did people expect before the season started?

Smith did similar at Rovers, you could argue they went backwards before they went forward under him.

In fairness that is correct. Season 1 (half a season) Rovers were 11th and escaped relegation on points difference. Season 2 Rovers 11th and bottom but no relegation (Toronto pulled out). Season 3 6th but not a normal season due to COVID. Season 4 at the time of his sacking Rovers were 10th. McGuire took over and got us up to 8th.

Tony Smith is totally in love with himself and as long as you are too you'll get on fine.

Re: Castleford Tigers - Away : Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:24 pm  

His Bobness wrote:

In fairness that is correct. Season 1 (half a season) Rovers were 11th and escaped relegation on points difference. Season 2 Rovers 11th and bottom but no relegation (Toronto pulled out). Season 3 6th but not a normal season due to COVID. Season 4 at the time of his sacking Rovers were 10th. McGuire took over and got us up to 8th.

Tony Smith is totally in love with himself and as long as you are too you'll get on fine.

He also got Rovers to 80mins from both Wembley and Old Trafford. Also the poor finish in 2020 was influenced by knowing there was no relegation

Re: Castleford Tigers - Away : Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:38 pm  

UllFC wrote:

He also got Rovers to 80mins from both Wembley and Old Trafford. Also the poor finish in 2020 was influenced by knowing there was no relegation

Could also argue a total unknown in Willie peters has done better than he had in just his first season.