Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:48 am  

Starbug wrote:

He is from Yorkshire, I wouldnt expect anything else

The 2 results show why the top 8 play off system is a joke, once a team at this stage goes 3 score down, the towel gets thrown in and energy conservation becomes the priority

Spot on. It was nothing to do with the ref, who actually had a decent game - it was the touchies that were the problem, but everything to do with Cas apparently not being bothered. Hey-ho, two play-off games, two games I've turned off at half time.

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:19 pm  

Starbug wrote:

He is from Yorkshire, I wouldnt expect anything else

The 2 results show why the top 8 play off system is a joke, once a team at this stage goes 3 score down, the towel gets thrown in and energy conservation becomes the priority

HUDDERSFIELD finished 3rd and CASTLEFORD finished 4th so both would have been involved under any form of play off system that we've ever employed in Rugby League, what's the top 8 got to do with it.

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:34 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

HUDDERSFIELD finished 3rd and CASTLEFORD finished 4th so both would have been involved under any form of play off system that we've ever employed in Rugby League, what's the top 8 got to do with it.

Think he means more the fact they've got a second chance with the current Top 8 system, so just conserve energy when a few scores down

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:39 pm  

SFW wrote:

To be fair to Powell he's equally acknowledged his own teams shortcomings, and they did get some questionable calls, but I'd be far more disappointed in his players than the referee. If they react like that every time they don't get the rub of the green it doesn't bode well for the future. That said, if he alludes to some kind of vendetta that Child has against Cas it's no surprise to see his players fold like they did.

Shocking from Cas, and it's a travesty that both they and Huddersfield get home games next week after putting in performances like that.

Not sure how many games Child has been in charge of Castleford games this season, but get the feeling our players don't like him and he doesn't like us either...may go back to the time of his S.L debut when he got pulled off at half time by the ref commissioner when we played Celtic Crusaders.

Some of the crowd & the players (on both sides) were questioning his decisions, and when it was announced he wouldn't be returning for the 2nd half due to "injury" it got the biggest cheer of the day.

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:55 pm  

Castleford are surrender monkeys in the mode of Huddersfield. Darryl Powell may well be part of the problem.

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:13 pm  

We were awful and have been pretty much since the cup final, nobody disagrees with this. Having said that James child is the worst referee I have ever seen in he sport, if he is able to take charge of a top flight game then we may as well start recruiting blind folk.

Obviously the best coach in the country isn't as knowledgable as most on here but I'll agree with him

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:46 am  

Cas have a consistent and unusually low win percentage when James Child is reffing and that has gone back years (from memory there's only been 3 wins with him in charge - Lock Lane in the cup and Wakefield twice this year) every 70-30 never mind 50-50 goes to the other team.

That said, Cas could still be playing right now and still wouldn't have scored a try.

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:01 am  

Gronk! wrote:

Cas have a consistent and unusually low win percentage when James Child is reffing and that has gone back years (from memory there's only been 3 wins with him in charge.

Could that not be because, on the whole, Cas have been pap for most of James Child's career

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:37 am  

We beat hull fc away in mattersons last year with him in charge,we also won at cardiff(2011) with him in charge too

Powell has had an issue with him all year ,read his comments about him following the salford away match

Re: Darryl Powell loses his marbles : Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:56 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Castleford are surrender monkeys in the mode of Huddersfield. Darryl Powell may well be part of the problem.

Wow....a Frenchman (allegedly) calling somebody surrender monkeys....my ironymeter has just exploded.