Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:44 am  

RIGSBY wrote:

so there's really no mention of tommy makinson being done out of a perfectly good try for a NON forward pass which could have taken us 4 points (or 6 points) even further then?...we had child a couple of weeks ago when we got caned by him against warrington..he did nothing but penalise us that night!...we wouldn't have won anyway as wire were far to good for us on the night!..swings and roundabouts comes to mind.

Think the point Snowie is trying to make, is the the 'forward pass' try wouldn't have made much difference if it had been given.
The damage had already been done prior to that.
But Child can't have had a bad game, Stevo said he had been 'superb'!

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:57 am  

There's no way Child was responsible for a 41 point capitulation; Cas were soft in defence and had absolutely nothing to offer in attack - they looked shot to bits after the first 10 minutes. Child did indeed make a couple of errors (aided and abetted by Mr Hicks on the line) but for me, it balanced out; Saints were, quite simply, light years better than Cas in every department.

As an aside - how good was James Roby? The lad's an absolute machine - showed that Clarke has a long way to go before he gets anywhere near him as the best 9 in SL, and possibly the world.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:09 am  

I thought Child had an excellent game, he did not give any stupid holding down penalties, and I prefer a ref and his touch judges to blow up for a flat pass going forward than letting slightly forward passes go. I prefer them to give any benefit of doubt to the side defending. Basic skill of the game is to pass the ball backwards.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:30 pm  

Oki Holmes Let on to a friend that Cas were running on empty about 2 weeks ago.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:52 pm  

bren2k wrote:

There's no way Child was responsible for a 41 point capitulation; Cas were soft in defence and had absolutely nothing to offer in attack - they looked shot to bits after the first 10 minutes. Child did indeed make a couple of errors (aided and abetted by Mr Hicks on the line) but for me, it balanced out; Saints were, quite simply, light years better than Cas in every department.

As an aside - how good was James Roby? The lad's an absolute machine - showed that Clarke has a long way to go before he gets anywhere near him as the best 9 in SL, and possibly the world.

This ^^

Bang on B2K.
Looks like the roller coaster ride has come to a halt for 2014. Roll on next season.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:35 pm  

Cas have done brilliantly this season and played along with Leeds have played the most matches this season. Unfortunately they do not have the depth that Wigan, Leeds, St Helens and Warrington have and therefore can't rest and rotate players as much as them.

It's no surprise they're out on their feet and have been since the cup final, but that shouldn't detract from a superb season.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:40 pm  

Trinity Till Death wrote:

Cas have done brilliantly this season and played along with Leeds have played the most matches this season. Unfortunately they do not have the depth that Wigan, Leeds, St Helens and Warrington have and therefore can't rest and rotate players as much as them.

It's no surprise they're out on their feet and have been since the cup final, but that shouldn't detract from a superb season.

the will suffer even worse next season when the likes of..huby...clarke...and sneyd have all gone...shame really after building up a good side like theyv'e had all season!

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:44 pm  

Where is Mariano? It looked like they needed his size and strength in the second row or at least coming off the bench against that monster St.Helens pack. He could have slipped into centre for Webster when he got injured.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:32 pm  

asmadasa wrote:

Where is Mariano? It looked like they needed his size and strength in the second row or at least coming off the bench against that monster St.Helens pack. He could have slipped into centre for Webster when he got injured.

Apparently, he wasn't expecting to be in the play-off and is on honeymoon in Vegas with NGB4C, who was surprised to find there was another Vegas outside Cas.

Re: St's v Cas - a game too far? : Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:15 pm  

I bet Powell wishes he'd bought a bigger tin of that turd polish.