Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:04 pm  

I think alot of problems lie from the top. The board went with a small team for whatever reason. We get injuries and then we suffer. For me it's the same problems we see week in week out. Poor defence, missed tackles, poor kicks and we suffer. For as much as i know it isnt all Mattersons fault he must take some blame. I dont know what is happening down at Cas but it doesnt seem good. Rumours of fighting amongst players and fall outs, rumours of no new stadium etc It seems nothing good is coming out of Cas atm. I think we as fans just need to stick together and TRY be positive, get behind the team as best we can. Saying that, i cant see it being too long before some fans get annoyed and turn away...

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:20 pm  

Heard rangi chance and brent sherwin dont get on at all.
Maybe that is part of the problem.

Like as been said , there's deffinatly something going on down at the club that as a negativeness around the club.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:22 pm  

poppys mum wrote:

Heard rangi chance and brent sherwin dont get on at all.
Maybe that is part of the problem.

Like as been said , there's deffinatly something going on down at the club that as a negativeness around the club.

Thats what i heard today. I knew there was a rumour about it going around but i heard today about the reason (if true) behind it. Not good at all if true :/

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:07 am  

I'm not one for knocking the team/TM/BoD but there is wrong within the team. Again, I'm not one for listerning to rumours but there was no chemistry between Chase and Sherwin what so ever when Sherwin finally made the field. If there is a problem with our half back pairing and it can not be fixed then one should be taken out of the equation. If Sherwin is only good for a spot on the bench I'd rather look to the future for that spot and but Brierly there if he is seen as the clubs future 7.

On a positive note from yesterday, I thought some players are starting to hit form. Hudson has played really well since his shocker at Bradford. When he went off in the second half Wigan ripped us to bits down the middle. The pack in general are playing well. I just think we are missing Widders and Ferres. Evans was a big lose yesterday too because we could have put Dixon on Richards to stop the high ball threat. Although Thompson had a cracking game against one of the best wingers in SL in certainly a player I'd like to see more of this year.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:33 am  

Not a great performance...but not an altogether bad one either!

Wigan are one of the current form teams, they had a near full strength team out yesterday, yet didn't blow Castleford away.

I agree....a lot of our players were in unfamiliar positions, and mis-matched in terms of size and experience against their opposite numbers, and also the rotation of players from the bench was again odd to say the least. However, IMO we took our eye off the game, and lost composure by re-acting to the wigan wrestling and lying on at the tackle. Yes, the ref penalised them plenty for doing so, yet penalties alone was not enough to get the message across!! On the fifth or sixth offence, the captain should have been warned and a player should then have been sent for a 10 minute cool off!

As this didn't happen, Cas players understandably yet wrongly, started to react and we lost composure. Wigan ran in 2 or 3 quick tries, and we had an up hill battle from that point on.

Must say....Fieldens dive was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time!! Proper girly dramatics!!

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:00 am  

Double Dutch wrote:

Thats what i heard today. I knew there was a rumour about it going around but i heard today about the reason (if true) behind it. Not good at all if true :/

If the rumour is true and they don't get on then they should both grow up. They're paid to play rugby in a team, not to let personal differences get in the way of performances.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:07 am  

Legionited wrote:

If the rumour is true and they don't get on then they should both grow up. They're paid to play rugby in a team, not to let personal differences get in the way of performances.

If it's over a lost game of monopoly then you may have a point. However, there are some issues that can't be so easily swept under the table. Something needs to change though.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:14 am  

poppys mum wrote:

Heard rangi chance and brent sherwin dont get on at all.
Maybe that is part of the problem.

Like as been said , there's deffinatly something going on down at the club that as a negativeness around the club.

They were getting on last night in the Smawthorne Hotel, along with Westerman and Mcgoldrick

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:18 am  

Cas Man wrote:

They were getting on last night in the Smawthorne Hotel, along with Westerman and Mcgoldrick

What a suprise

I know we always have this debate each season

However, i am still all for banning the players from drinking throughout the season (not just our club but the league as a whole)

If true that Matterson is a soft touch then we need rid and someone who will be respected by the players. We had the same problem with Steadman, he wanted to be "one of the lads" and look where we ended up

I can't see where the "we've worked on defence all off season" comes in to it because it certainly doesnt look like it!!

We showed some good signs in the first half yesterday, yes fair enough Wigan weren't anywhere near what they have been, but 8 second half minutes completely killed us off. We got frustrated and went for the man rather than the ball.

Rangi will probably be banned when he appears in front of the RFL tomorrow night and i would imagine McGoldrick will get at least another warning over his conduct (how many more is he going to have?)

Something needs to change, we need to get rid of the dead wood, including coach if needs be. Sherwin is a crock who is very well paid for not much work. Higgins and Wainwright put 110% in week in week out but are not SL standard and the less said about Clayton the better!!

Ridiculously Thompson was one of our best players yesterday, I just hope we keep hold of him unlike Boyle, Knowles, Gledhill and the rest of the list that seems neverending in terms of quality youngsters leaving our club.

I fully expect Crusaders to come and do us over on Friday night and would not be suprised to see them make the play offs this year, unlike ourselves. The urgency and desire of other teams does not appear to be something of ours. The "we'll get by" attitude needs eradicating from top to bottom

As for future development and the stadium, don't be suprised to see us kicked out of the league and back in the Championship next time the licenses are given out

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:24 am  

What I'd do is ban them from drinking all week, if they win they can have a drink that night, but not too much. Have a drink during the week or after a loss you lose 2 weeks wages and spend the week in the u20's.