Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:08 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

I reckon I’ve watched almost every Castleford game Pete Mata’utia has played in, and I can’t remember him kicking the ball once.

Sorry i meant goal kicking rather than attacking kicks during gameplay

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:15 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

Ryan Atkins was head and shoulders above anybody playing centre at the minute,

So was Chris Bridge. And that's not neccessarily saying that I think Bridge was anything special. Just that the present standard of SL centre is a bit ropey...

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:51 pm  

easyWire wrote:

Mata’utia has had a couple of nice touches so far the Wakey game.

MOTM and rightly so. Wasn’t a great game by all means does make you wonder how we managed to dish up such a bad performance in the cup.

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:21 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

Ryan Atkins was head and shoulders above anybody playing centre at the minute,

I'd forgotten about Atkins.. Just shows how players fall off the radar.
Very strong, but didn't get his winger away often enough - I think that was the main criticism of him.

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:24 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

So was Chris Bridge. And that's not neccessarily saying that I think Bridge was anything special. Just that the present standard of SL centre is a bit ropey...

Bridge was a top drawer centre. Could time a pass to a winger better than any wire centre I've seen,...........except gleeson!

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:25 pm  

Crumbs - yes.
Again Gleeson and Bridge both very very good.

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:55 pm  

Surprised Reece Lynn not mentioned - he is no world-beater but compares well to others mentioned IMO

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:24 pm  

fez1 wrote:

Crumbs - yes.
Again Gleeson and Bridge both very very good.

Matt King - another one who was fantastic on his day.

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:41 am  

Mata’utia showed enough yesterday in his MOM performance to convince me he’s good enough to make a difference. I enjoy watching Mamo but Mata’utia looks to have a better all round game maybe.

On the subject of Reece Lyne who was also mentioned, what is his injury record like?

Re: Holmes & Matautia : Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:51 pm  

Crosswire wrote:

Surprised Reece Lynn not mentioned - he is no world-beater but compares well to others mentioned IMO

I've always preferred Bill Topou to Reece Lynn, but haven't seen much of Trinity recently, and missed last nights game.