Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:55 pm  

Why is Willie Isa not playing? He is meant to be amazing and would like to see Steve Snitch back in the side. I'm guessing Terry will give John Walker a rest after him been stretchered off and could see Nick Fozzard made his super league debut for us

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:03 pm  

allenj13 wrote:

Why is Willie Isa not playing? He is meant to be amazing and would like to see Steve Snitch back in the side. I'm guessing Terry will give John Walker a rest after him been stretchered off and could see Nick Fozzard made his super league debut for us

Isa is having time with the reserves to adjust to the conditions and English lifestyle. No use rushing him, especially when he was rusty against Hull.

As for Snitch he has to earn his spot like Hudson. Fozzard will get his shot this weekend.

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:12 pm  

My team this week would be

Mathers, Youngquest Isa, arundel Dixon.

Orr, Chase

Huby, hudson, Jackson
Snitch/jones Holmes
Ferres

Milner, Widders, Fozzard, Emmitt.

Milner to come on when Catalan forwards are weakening. Fozzard for power off bench. Widders as usual. Emmitt to cover prop and second row with Ferres able to move to centres if Isa struggles. Snitch or Jones to miss out from squad with Aspinwall and Clark.

Can see Matterson only changing Fozz for Walker though.

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:26 pm  

Isa won't be in this week.... Plus how could you drop anyone not injured at the moment. The messages to the 17 would be all wrong, the guys in the side now got the nod on trust and pre-season form, nobody has shown such poor form to be dropped so the people on the fringes, be the experienced ex-internationals or 17 year olds have got to be patient.
The exception to this would be Hudson back in for Clarke, he is young but good enough; but probably got through a couple of weeks on adrenalin and there is no value in over using him if we can bring Hudson back and protect him.

This is a huge ask, Catalan will be better than they have been all season this weekend, I am less confident about this than I was about Hull KR, I think Catalan will be mid-table and they have the power to beat us UNLESS we execute better than we did against Hull KR.

Lose by 12 or win by 20 for me, no middle ground.

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:31 pm  

So you would keep Ferres at Centre? Not for me, he looked out of place on Sunday and at times didn't know what to do with the ball.

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:10 pm  

Tougher game than people think,especially if Greenshields is back for them.

I'll go for a four point win for Cas. Hope its a good crowd on Saturday.

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:27 am  

I'll predict Cas by 12.

But only if Bentham keeps an eye on their high tackles, and if we don't take our minds off the game plan and get drawn into the physical encounter.

C'mon Cas!!!!!

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:55 am  

Andy henderson is commentating on Radio leeds with harvey Wiles on saturday.
Wonder where hendo's allegiance will be, kicked out of cas and his brother playing for catalans?

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:56 pm  

I'm loath to change a winning team but catalans have a big pack so i would make a few changes

Mathers
youngquest
arundel
isa
dixon
chase
orr
huby
milner
jacko
snitch
holmes
ferres

widders
emitt
fozzard
clarke

Jones is a good tackler but too small to have much go forward, whilst he hasnt been bad i dont think aspinwall has been anything special either. Snitch will offer us more power than either of these too. Fozzard for the injured walker is a no brainer. You cant drop clarke, we looked more dangerous when he was on the pitch and he made some important tackles in defence. Dont want to leave hudson out and was considering him at loose but i think holmes, snitch, ferres and deano all need to be in the team. Isa is a difficult one because none of us have seen much of him play, if tm doesnt think he's ready i think we should recall thompson as he looked dangerous in the friendlies and did well for us last year.

Re: Castleford v Catalans Dragons - 12th March 2011 : Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:17 pm  

No Hudson in the 19 so it seems certain that Milner & Clark will continue to share the hooking duties.#

I agree with pyeman that we'll see Fozzard for Walker.

Do we read anything into CasTigers.com bigging up the chance of an Isa debut?

Greenshields is in the Dragons 19 as is their top scorer, former Tiger Damien Blanch.