Re: unlucky : Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:53 am  

Fair dues you may feel unlucky. Saints have definitely ridden their luck lately and Cas put in a great performance for periods and really took their chances well.

Good interview by Powell at the end and there will be an inquest as to why the game wasn't shut down in the second half.

From our point of view, some of the stuff to get back in the game was outstanding, but both teams will be very unhappy with some massive blunders that lead to tries scored for the other team, especially given the game was so close.

You'll find that Classy Cas are a lot of people's 2nd team, so you'll get plenty of interest and support on these boards

Re: unlucky : Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:17 pm  

Truth be told I hope dp rips into them a bit. What is the use in feeling sorry for ourselves? Do you think Wigan played the unlucky card when we beat them as the hooter went. Its a cas thing to play the unlucky card, be gutted we lost late on in a game we should a won and for too long the club has had that attitude too. For me it is perfect timing to learn and build from it. We have the players and coaches to have a great season. Have we got the right mentality?

Re: unlucky : Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:20 pm  

No complaints whatsoever about the officials. We blew it, end of.

Re: unlucky : Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:24 pm  

tigertot wrote:

No complaints whatsoever about the officials. We blew it, end of.

Agree mostly with this, I thought Cas put themselves in a great position to win the game, and with a bit more composure and smarter second half play they would have won it.

Refereeing decisions go both ways, and ultimately its the team that loses the game that look more into it. I havent heard anybody complaining about calls that went against Saints (such as Swift given as in touch when he clearly wasnt and had passed inside to Lomax who would have scored had the whistle not gone) but thats down to the fact we nicked the game and its irrelevant.

I genuinely think the Cas team in the first half would have destroyed any team like they did to Saints, and in hindsight we were possibly lucky to hold you to 24. Powell & Danny Orr have done a great job, and its scary how much more organised and fluid your attack looks without Rangi Chase...maybe a couple of lessons to learn on closing the game down but I think Cas are looking like the real deal this year and I expect them to be up there come the end of the season which is great to see (they would be my 2nd team if I had to pick one). Hope it continues and I can see you being up there challenging for silverware come the business end of the year.

Also, thought it was nice to see Shenton playing his best rugby again. Know some Saints fans gave him a lot of stick but I always liked him and wish we had kept hold of him longer...never really played with an actual half back with us and would have loved to have seen him outside Walsh as he would have been awesome.

Re: unlucky : Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:31 pm  

You were unlucky - very unlucky with the knock on that was allowed to go and led to a saints try. I thought you played really well, I liked the look of Millington - he meant it that lad. By the way if you show half of what you did against saints against us it will be a walk in the park for you, DP is the best signing you could have made - we have RA. Its like Hilda Ogden standing next to Cindy Crawford.

Re: unlucky : Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:16 pm  

Agreed WorksopWildcat - Millington was MOM for me, we need to learn from our mistakes in this game i.e closing the game down. Some of our options in the 2nd half were realy poor IMO. Game management needs to inprove dramatically if we are going to do anything against what I am sure will be a vary motivated Wakey side.

Re: unlucky : Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:36 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Agreed WorksopWildcat - Millington was MOM for me, we need to learn from our mistakes in this game i.e closing the game down. Some of our options in the 2nd half were realy poor IMO. Game management needs to inprove dramatically if we are going to do anything against what I am sure will be a vary motivated Wakey side.

They wont be motivated they wont have any belief and I will be shocked if you don't stick up at least 40 against us - which to be fair will be an improvement on our last three outings. I don't go in for the hate Cas stuff - obviously I do hope we stuff you but I really appreciated the way you performed against Saints. You played with belief that you would win, desire, creativity and grit - just fell short in the end with the ref making a terrible call with allowing the knock on.