Re: Score v London : Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:43 pm  

Heard that Danny orr was taken off injured, do Cas have another recognised halfback

He was replaced by Phil Bentham!

2 poor sides. We really played you into the game. Allowing you 2 tries straight after we scored through stupid mistakes.
For 20 mins in the second half we didn't have a prop on the field. Kaufusi, Bryant and Temata were stood by the bike on the edge of the pitch.

Chase although a great player needs to allow others to play. Defending isnt difficult because it all goes to him (Then you just need to stop him which isnt easy)

Millward has a challenge starting Mon on his return.

Re: Score v London : Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:57 pm  

Regarding the numbers in attendance, there were 4 coaches from Castleford (2 official supporters and 2 coaches run via local pubs) so that's 200 before you count those that drove down to make a weekend of it. I would say 300-350 was about the right figure.

Re: Score v London : Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:39 pm  

Heard that Danny orr was taken off injured, do Cas have another recognised halfback

Ryan Brierley and unfortunately, Ryan McGoldrick.

Re: Score v London : Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:57 pm  

Budgiezilla wrote:

Relegation battle for Cas this season ?

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If, as seems likely, we finish bottom and if, as is almost certain, we havent laid a brick at GH, I fear that come Autumn we may well be for the chop.

Re: Score v London : Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:11 pm  

Reckon Cas will beat Salford, Hull KR and Widnes so I think you won't finish bottom. (just below wakey )

Re: Score v London : Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:13 pm  

Worst Cas performance I've seen for a long long time and against a pretty poor side too. When we actually held onto the ball and created something, London were very easy to break down. Unfortunately we gifted far too much possession to them and most of our tackling was nothing short of abysmal. The performance was a country mile away from that of last week. Infact we only seem to be able to play very well or very badly at the moment - there's no middle ground.

As ever though, more Cas fans made the trip than we've seen London fans down t'lane in the last 15 years combined. A credit to the club, showing pride and passion - shame the 17 halfwits on the pitch didn't reciprocate.

Re: Score v London : Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:32 am  

Bonzo wrote:

Worst Cas performance I've seen for a long long time and against a pretty poor side too. When we actually held onto the ball and created something, London were very easy to break down. Unfortunately we gifted far too much possession to them and most of our tackling was nothing short of abysmal.

Says it all about the two sides really doesnt it.

Bonzo wrote:

As ever though, more Cas fans made the trip than we've seen London fans down t'lane in the last 15 years combined. A credit to the club, showing pride and passion - shame the 17 halfwits on the pitch didn't reciprocate.

Poor comparison given that its the only away trip of any note, without a jolly down to the south of France, that your fans need to make. Your turnout was pretty poor - still doesnt excuse our poor away crowds - always said that if our fans went to just one away game a year we'd average 250/300 at each one.

Re: Score v London : Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:46 pm  

Darthchris wrote:

Poor comparison given that its the only away trip of any note, without a jolly down to the south of France, that your fans need to make. Your turnout was pretty poor - still doesnt excuse our poor away crowds - always said that if our fans went to just one away game a year we'd average 250/300 at each one.

Our turnout was pretty poor? Maybe you should look a little closer to home before criticising the numbers visiting clubs bring. That trolling idiot was on last week asking if we were bringing 5 taxis - well we brought 4 buses and a then some. It's unfortunate that one could've been led to believe that it was the London fans that had come on the buses, there were so few there and it was their home game.

Re: Score v London : Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:53 pm  

I'd have thought London's travelling support might pick up a bit if they ever manage to average a decent home crowd. Attracting an audience though has always been London's problem.

Re: Score v London : Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:01 pm  

Walking to the ground from the train station, I didn't see a single person going the same direction as me. There were no clues anywhere in the surrounding area that a game was on. It was like walking through the streets of Townville rather than an affluent suburb of the capital city with two sizeable stadiums.

London really need to sort their promotion out close to home. Of course none of this is new, and they are hampered by being so far away from London, but after five full seasons at the Stoop, nothing much seems to have changed in getting the locals (20k in the immediate area) interested.