Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:16 am  

Really hope our fringe players step up and put a good shift today, I know Saints had a tough game Friday but they still should have too much for us...two players in particular could have a field day (Puletua & Roby).

Not sure who will play fullback for us today?. Hope Ben Johnson gets a run at scrum half but i'm guessing they will go with Mcgoldrick or Milner.

Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:25 am  

Without Chase, Orr & Clark it's hard to see where any attacking guile will come from.

Take out Millington from the forwards and in the continued absence of Huby (hopefully back in the next couple of weeks) our pack looks way too light against a side that always seems too big and strong against us.

Looking at Saints squad the majority of their big stars seem set to back up with the only absentees being players that picked up obvious injuries in their game on Friday. They're in a much better position to be able to rotate their squad due to it having more strength in depth so its interesting to see that they've chosen not to.

A certain Sky pundit pointed out a few seasons ago that the best way to judge where a team will finish is to look at their points for/against. Only Widnes have a worse one than Cas, anyone think we'll finish higher than 13th this season?!

Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:47 pm  

Cecil B wrote:

Without Chase, Orr & Clark it's hard to see where any attacking guile will come from.

Take out Millington from the forwards and in the continued absence of Huby (hopefully back in the next couple of weeks) our pack looks way too light against a side that always seems too big and strong against us.

Looking at Saints squad the majority of their big stars seem set to back up with the only absentees being players that picked up obvious injuries in their game on Friday. They're in a much better position to be able to rotate their squad due to it having more strength in depth so its interesting to see that they've chosen not to.

A certain Sky pundit pointed out a few seasons ago that the best way to judge where a team will finish is to look at their points for/against. Only Widnes have a worse one than Cas, anyone think we'll finish higher than 13th this season?!

I do, we'll be lucky to finish above Widnes!

Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:21 pm  

[quote="Cecil B"]Without Chase, Orr & Clark it's hard to see where any attacking guile will come from.

Take out Millington from the forwards and in the continued absence of Huby (hopefully back in the next couple of weeks) our pack looks way too light against a side that always seems too big and strong against us.


Dont choke on those words , our team were magnifcent in defeat, just wonder what we could have done with the starting 17 from the bottle chuckers game

Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:17 pm  

Just wonder what we could have done if Griffin had sorted out his footballing skills and if we had a fair crack of the whip from the man in green.

Cannot fault the performance. We played with grit and determination and gave a real 100% effort. I thought Ferres and Dicko were outstanding. Hudson always impresses me too - he just seems to make more metres from acting half. Perhaps Milner has also found his new role in the halves.

Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:41 pm  

I thought McGoldrick had his best game for Cas I've seen for 2 or 3 years

Re: Can we... : Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:50 pm  

castigersdave wrote:

I thought McGoldrick had his best game for Cas I've seen for 2 or 3 years

He certainly threw the match-winning pass

He touched the ball about 100 times, giving 2 or 3 telling passes. a low percentage for a halfback.
He failed to break any tackles and while 3 of his kicks were excellent, 4 of them were poor.
He did OK if your honest

Re: Can we... : Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:57 pm  

Don't worry Forrard, I won't be choking on my words...

Happy to admit I was wrong in fearing yet another hiding at the hands of Saints. However, I stand by what I said about the absence of Orr, Chase & Clark.

Reckon that had any of those 3 played we would be reflecting on a marvellous victory and 3rd league win on the bounce rather than heroic defeat.

Despite what people have said about McGoldrick having a great game I'd side with Lord Bruce Burton in his view - he had a lot of involvement without creating a great deal. Would be very concerned if we were relying on him as our creative outlet for the rest of the season.