Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:09 am  

wire-flyer wrote:

Yeah, but that doesn't mean it's a bigger achievement, just because that's the way it is.

Cause it does, the grand final is the biggest prize and the hardest to win. That's when the pressure is on the most.

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:22 am  

Roy Haggerty wrote:

Exactly. I could tell you every GF Saints won. But I actually had to google to find out when we'd finished top of the league. Bluntly, it doesn't matter. Only the GF does.

Totally agree with this as I've had to do the same thing plenty of times.

Cas need to make sure they don't end being Hudds and/or Wire.

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:30 am  

cas all the way wrote:

CC Is great if won the right way. You can get to Wembley winning against lower league opposition like Cas did in 86 and Wire also a few times in a row.

Edited for accuracy

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:48 am  

Cas fans could be in for a treat depending on who finishes 4th and pays them a little visit for the semi-final. They must be praying Wakefield cling on to 4th

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:59 am  

Yeah - prefer Wakey - they will bring more support than Wigan or Saints. Watching Saints last night though and I don't think there is too much to fear.

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:10 am  

Being a Cas supporter, I will be pessimistic whoever we play.
Wakefield - how they would love to get to the GF ahead of us.
Saints - the only team to win at the Jungle this year.
Hull FC - we really struggle against their size.
Wigan - often pull it out in big games.

In reality, I see the semi final and Grand Final as 50-50 games. I reckon anyone who finishes in the top 4 has 25% chance of winning the GF.

What I didn't know was that the team finishing top chooses when to play the semi. Cas have elected to play on the Thursday night to give an extra day's rest IF we win the semi.

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:35 am  

sgtwilko wrote:

Edited for accuracy

I think you will find that cas in 86 had to go to Wigan in the quarters...a Wigan side full of international players,a Wigan side that probably was one of the best Wigan team in the last 30 years.
Easy run in, eh ?

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:22 am  

We (Tigers) get massive criticism for playing "we are the Champions" for finishing top of the pile, a first in our 91 years history and yet last night it's OK for Rhino's to play "Jerusalem" to a stand.

Rugby League - the only sport in the UK that shuns good news stories.

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:57 am  

steadygetyerboots-on wrote:

Ha ha! Thanks for that vasty. I'll be sure to let DP know.

Oh come off it you know it was a stupid thing to say. We all signed up for the same deal did we not, you can't move the goal posts to suit yourselves. It's a fabulous effort I can only dream but it's by far the lesser as it stands.

Had cas finished second but then went on to win the GF would you or your best mate DP be arguing the same way errr no.

The GF winners end up as SL winners end of, didn't matter what anyone thinks.

Best way for Cas and Powell to make the point is to crack on and win the GF. That will shut the elitists on here up once and for all. I think you're more than capable.

Re: Daryl Powell and the hubcap : Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:04 pm  

vastman wrote:

Had cas finished second but then went on to win the GF would you or your best mate DP be arguing the same way errr no.

Spot on. I remember after the 2015 season ended Lee Radford said that the points should be set back to zero at the start of the 8's (when Hull started in 7th place)......didn't see him say the same thing last year or this when they've entered the 8's in 1st and 3rd place respectively.