Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:11 pm  

Baxendale wrote:

Who?

William Tonga is a centre who has played for Canterbury Bulldogs, and most recently for Parramatta Eels, as well as for Australia. He is very good, and perhaps one of the most talented centres to have played in the Super League.

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:12 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

CATALANS DRAGONS

Morgan Escare,

Michael Oldfield, William Tonga, Benjamin Pomeroy, Vincent Duport,

Todd Carney
Thomas Bosc/Scott Dureau

Jason Baitieri
John Zebolon Taia, Elliot Whitehead,
Remi Casty, Ian Henderson, Louis Anderson.

Interchange: Eloi Pelissier, Olivier Elima, Jeffrey Lima, Gregory Mounis

Reserves: Julian Bousquet, Antoni Maria, Benjamin Garcia, Damien Cardace, Matthias Pala

This team, if Todd Carney stays fit for most of the season, should sew up a top 4 spot.
If Todd Carney can find his 2010 form then he is a strong contender for Man of Steel.
This team will be strong enough to ensure that no other club will "romp" Super League.

Villiami Sione Tonga

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:21 pm  

SecondRowSaint wrote:

Villiami Sione Tonga

Good call.

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:23 pm  

CATALANS DRAGONS

Morgan Escare,

Michael Oldfield, Villiami Sione Tonga, Benjamin Pomeroy, Vincent Duport,

Todd Carney
Thomas Bosc/Scott Dureau

Jason Baitieri
John Zebolon Taia, Elliot Whitehead,
Remi Casty, Ian Henderson, Louis Anderson.

Interchange: Eloi Pelissier, Olivier Elima, Jeffrey Lima, Gregory Mounis

Reserves: Julian Bousquet, Antoni Maria, Benjamin Garcia, Damien Cardace, Matthias Pala


This team, if Todd Carney stays fit for most of the season, should sew up a top 4 spot.
If Todd Carney can find his 2010 form then he is a strong contender for Man of Steel.
This team will be strong enough to ensure that no other club will "romp" Super League.

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:48 pm  

deeHell wrote:

In SL the statistical norm for normally below average teams that have an above average year is for them to regress to the mean. I see no reason that Castleford should be any different this season. That’s why I have them in my bottom four in my predictions.

Normally an above average year constitutes a team finishing 7th or 8th that finished 12th/13th the year before. Not a side finishing top four. We may regress but I doubt we'll regress 5-8 places.

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:55 pm  

Fully wrote:

Normally an above average year constitutes a team finishing 7th or 8th that finished 12th/13th the year before. Not a side finishing top four. We may regress but I doubt we'll regress 5-8 places.

But Castleford has lost a key play maker, Darryl Clarke, who happens to have been the Man of Steel in 2014. That is a major loss. His replacement is inferior. It suggests a major fall is imminent

Compare with Catalans who have lost three very good players -- centre/winger Darryl Millard and props Mickael Simon and Lopini Paea -- and an inconsistent player -- five eighth Leon Pryce. But Catalans has gained two outstanding players --- five eighth Todd Carney and centre Villiame Sione Tonga --- and regained a very good prop Remi Casty, with a talented French junior likely to replace Paea. So Catalans have made a significant net gain in 2015, while Castleford have suffered a net loss.

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:52 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

But Castleford has lost a key play maker, Darryl Clarke, who happens to have been the Man of Steel in 2014. That is a major loss. His replacement is inferior. It suggests a major fall is imminent

Compare with Catalans who have lost three very good players -- centre/winger Darryl Millard and props Mickael Simon and Lopini Paea -- and an inconsistent player -- five eighth Leon Pryce. But Catalans has gained two outstanding players --- five eighth Todd Carney and centre Villiame Sione Tonga --- and regained a very good prop Remi Casty, with a talented French junior likely to replace Paea. So Catalans have made a significant net gain in 2015, while Castleford have suffered a net loss.

*Daryl Clark,no E!!!

Losing one player wont drop us all way down the table,people predicted us to do that when rangi left and we know how that went

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:19 am  

the machine 87 wrote:

*Daryl Clark,no E!!!

Losing one player wont drop us all way down the table,people predicted us to do that when rangi left and we know how that went

Castleford still have the Tank on the Flank, and have acquired the enigmatic Samoan international Benjamin Roberts. But there is still a gaping hole in the ranks with the loss of Darryl Clark.

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:27 am  

He will be a loss but we'll adapt and move on

[PopTart]

Re: Expected 17 for your team? : Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:05 am  

Clark wasn't a stereotype hooker.
His loss is big but the replacement of him isn't a straight swap with another hooker in my opinion.

Replacing Clark is as much a part of signing the likes of Roberst as it is a hooker. As long as they replace the ability to make breaks as he did, it doesn't matter what position it is coming from.

Cas "may" not be quite as good, but they won't fall far if they do.