I did actually state at one point that Wigan could put 100 past us!

Maybe so but all teams are finding their feet. That was just Round One of a very long, tiring season. Look how many players suffered injuries today? To make a bold statement like 'Cas won't finish any higher than XYZ' is quite laughable given we don't know what may happen in the future.



This was the first game where our first team squad had played an entire 80 mins together without the chopping and changing and altering of tactics like during friendlies. In addition to this, we STILL didn't have our entire first team squad out. And furthermore, we also the likes of Walker, Arundel, Holmes and Milner, young kids that are not seasoned SL players, playing 40/50 minutes and in the case of Arundel and Milner 70 minutes. Not bad, eh?



It's going to be a difficult season - do I believe we can make the eight? Yes. Do I think we will? Who knows. We're going to face some competition and I think some Cas fans are getting overly excited and ambitious tipping us to finish 5th and 6th. I think the scoreline today was a fair reflection on the game. Cas dominant in attack and some issues in defence, perhaps borne out of indiscretions and ill-discipline but certainly deserving of that margin, which should have been bigger had Dixon brought his kicking boots. You also have to factor in the general positivity that has lifted your side in the last 24 hours. Kear will have told them to go out there and not just make up the numbers and to embrace the occasion instead and they look like they did that for you.



In contrast for Wakefield, I thought they put up a resilient performance for the part and showed some class in patches and I think you may surprise a few people, especially if you can get a couple of extra bodies in like stated.

I get what you're saying, but it's every sides first game. I agree that you weren't at full strength and had youngsters in there, but so did every club. I've only based my opinion on what I've seen today, after tomorrows games it may be different again. It wasn't an attempt at trolling, purely my opinion. And based on today, I reckon we'll finish bottom with or without a points deduction.

I know mate - I'm not lambasting you for that. I just feel you're jumping the gun by writing any side off and judging by your post quoted, that's including your own team!

So if it's not trolling, is it an attempt to make yourself look silly and the side you support look like they don't deserve a super league franchise?

Does anyone know what penalty count was..?

Thought we did ok/not great/not poor.



The amount of games we will win/lose by a couple of points will be the difference between us making the 8.

Point being we need a good kicker.

Dont get me wrong, Matterson is def not stupid + Dixon must really kick well on the training park but he cannot deliver on the day, Ferris/Huby are Quality kicker's, let them kick when there on the field, Dixon as backup. This really makes me mad that he just wants a kicker on the filed who is usually out there for 80mins.....



Who gives a to$$ whos kicking as long as weve got the best kicker out there??!! It isnt dixon....



Oh rant over, but it is a HUGE problem for us.



Milner is a real talent, rangi + Orr should gel well after time together, we should go ok v's most of the teams, but on the performance's of Saint's/Wigan/Hudds i think were a little way off the standard..... Thats just one game though, so take that with a pinch of salt......

Based on what was on view today that means that Warrington and St. Helens are also going to struggle as neither of them produced anything sparkling, and they didn't have 37 penalties to contend with. The other games were left to flow a lot more than ours and there were numerous occassions where the same offences were being committed but going unpunished. It is foolish to judge any team on the first full 80 minutes of the season, more constructive assessments can be made after 3 or 4 matches as every team so far has areas on which they can improve.

Thinks I deduced from yesterday:



1. That is a better team than last years side.

2. Wakefield were poor but you can only beat what is in front of you.

3. Orr will ease the burden on Chase and we will see even more from him as a result.

4. We need a better kicker.

5. We have another batch of terrific kids coming through.

6. We will need to raise our game to have a chance of beating MOST of the sides in this league.

7. We should be concentrating on eighth, rather than higher or lower!



Oh, and:



8. Either we're going to have to be incredibly fit and disciplined or get used to extreme differences in refereeing this season!

Good win last night and a spirited but weak polecat side, The penalties definitely dropped in the second half and the game after, maybe the refs were told to forget it ? Now the sin binning decision was poor,



Now the commentary, If you listened to it throughout the game it was Wakefield this Wakefield that to the point where i thought they must be knocking one off each other every time they scored, It was poor, very poor and being as though they are supposed to be unbiased just shows what pillocks the gruesome twosome are really like

Noticed the mention for the Wakey youngsters in their lineup....



Cas must have fielded a team of veterans then.

Was thinking the same





Thought Milner had a great game IMO Seemed very calm and to enjoy the moment. Anybody know about the extent of hudsons injury?