Re: what has gone wrong ? : Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:07 pm  

have you just run out of steam (seen it in FC too many times), 4th and a CC run, not bad for one of the "small" clubs outside Wigan/Wire/Leeds/St's eh!

I look forward to the day we play in the CC Final and Grand final in the same season!

Re: what has gone wrong ? : Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:16 am  

I think the OP is looking at Cas' season the wrong way. You need to be looking at the positives rather than the negatives. It's going to be a change for many of your players to be playing more than 27 games in a season and perhaps your coaching team can look at stamina and fitness in the off-season.

But you finished 4th AND got to the Cup final as well as coming with in a hair of finishing top of the table. That's a damn impressive season for any team. There's a lot of talk about players putting themselves in the shop window when looking for new clubs, but I think this season has certainly put your club in the window in regards to attracting new players and hopefully you can kick on next season and improve on this one.

Re: what has gone wrong ? : Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:11 am  

As a Salford fan, Cas have been a joy to watch this season for me up until the challenge cup final i think they possibly played the best rugby league out of any team! Good luck in 2015.

Re: what has gone wrong ? : Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:48 pm  

spegs wrote:

You over achieved and have been found out

No such thing.It is impossible for a team to achieve something of which they are not capable.Perhaps the long season finally caught up with Cas and they didn't quite have the stamina against opponents who do it every year but that is not the same thing.

Re: what has gone wrong ? : Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:35 am  

As a Wigan fan I feel you went wrong by trying to win every game especially when the season comes to an end. Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win a war and due to the lack of strength of depth in your squad your players were looking tired before the Challenge Cup final. Its brutal for players to play week in week out and then have the CC games especially given the closeness of the Semi and the final. After that your straight into the last 2 play offs games which you went out to win for finishing as high as possible. Even Leeds suffered having to go out and win every game if possible from the start of August to the play offs.

Last season Wigan were if i recall 5-7 points ahead of the Giants in July and guaranteed top 4. So we had the luxury of resting players during Super League games. But by losing a few games we did the double. But we ended up in 4th place.

Not only did you get to a final but you play some very good Rugby and have in place a great coach. If i told you that this time last year you would have laughed at me and if i told you that you will finish in the top 4 well you would have thought i had lost the plot. Inside a year Powell has turned you from laughing stock to a very good side and a side that's good to watch.