Re: Cas away : Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:17 am  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

From listening on the radio yesterday we are more of a one man team. Sounded fully in control only when SOL was on the field?

Good point. He went off at 16-0 and the game should have been a stroll. When he came back on it was 'game on'. Our glut of late tries coincided with Lockers move to scrum half. He and George were particularly good together.

Re: Cas away : Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:43 pm  

Quite what Wigan will do when Lockers does finally retire i really dont know,they are a different team when hes not on the pitch.

Re: Cas away : Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:48 pm  

hengirl wrote:

Quite what Wigan will do when Lockers does finally retire i really dont know,they are a different team when hes not on the pitch.

We managed alright without him through the Super 8s, semi final and most of the final last season! Lockers is a big player for us but we have plenty talent elsewhere when we aren't decimated by injury.

Re: Cas away : Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:17 pm  

hengirl wrote:

Quite what Wigan will do when Lockers does finally retire i really dont know,they are a different team when hes not on the pitch.

Bateman?

Re: Cas away : Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:24 pm  

hatty wrote:

No he won't , both Cas & Wigan players fly out 24 hrs later.

Thanks Hatty, I stand corrected.

Re: Cas away : Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:07 am  

I can only see a Wigan win on Saturday we have hit a bit of a blip and although the effort is there we have lost the last two games with disappointing performances.

Re: Cas away : Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:07 am  

jus@casvegas wrote:

I can only see a Wigan win on Saturday we have hit a bit of a blip and although the effort is there we have lost the last two games with disappointing performances.

We're up against it in the backs. Tomkins, Manfredi, Gildart and now Leuluai all missing. It'll be interesting who we use in the halves. Shorrocks is the natural replacement for Leuluai but he's out for the season too! Maybe Powell to 7 now that we have McIllorum back but we'd then need cover at 9 because MM is nowhere near ready to do a full 80. I shudder to think what we'll do the week after against Salford when O'Loughlin and Williams are in Oz!

Re: Cas away : Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:42 am  

Bigredwarrior wrote:

We're up against it in the backs. Tomkins, Manfredi, Gildart and now Leuluai all missing. It'll be interesting who we use in the halves. Shorrocks is the natural replacement for Leuluai but he's out for the season too! Maybe Powell to 7 now that we have McIllorum back but we'd then need cover at 9 because MM is nowhere near ready to do a full 80. I shudder to think what we'll do the week after against Salford when O'Loughlin and Williams are in Oz!

Maybe a chance for Josh Ganson for the Salford game?

Re: Cas away : Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:06 am  

Cherry_&_White wrote:

Maybe a chance for Josh Ganson for the Salford game?

He's been playing superbly for the Academy, but I suspect Gregson might get the call up, he did a pretty good job last times he was in there.

Re: Cas away : Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:15 am  

Cherry_&_White wrote:

Maybe a chance for Josh Ganson for the Salford game?

Says on the BBC web site that Tommy as broken is jaw and still has the plates in from the first break bad news that.