Fri 22 Apr: SL: Castleford Tigers v St Helens KO 20:00 (Sky)

[JohnM]

Poor tactics from Cas. They must not underestimate Saints even at this level. Cut out the stupid risky passes etc.

[DavidM]

Saints young uns looking the part

[Padge]

Cas want to score off every tackle, that is playing right into Saints hands

[Old Frightful]

Cas chuck it wide and Olipherts is in.

[Normy_Rover]

Cas seem too desperate to score whenever they are near Saints line

[Padge]

5 minutes ago, Padge said:

Cas want to score off every tackle, that is playing right into Saints hands

 

2 minutes ago, Normy_Rover said:

Cas seem too desperate to score whenever they are near Saints line

 

[Normy_Rover]

The message about "patience" must have got out from the coaches

 

[Old Frightful]

Jake Mamo Man of the match...

You know it makes sense...

[Normy_Rover]

Naive from from the cas winger

 

[Barca Mum]

I would have been disappointed to buy ticket and pay travel costs and not see at least some of the usual first team players for Saints,as a Saints fan I think it is more than disrespectful to Cas

[Barry Badrinath]

Hint of a shoulder charge in that

[hullste]

Think Cas have got away with a lot of slowing the ptb especially holding the arm of the player trying to regain his feet. 

Saints rightly punished for their ruck infringements

[Jughead]

Quite enjoyed that, actually. Some of the defensive effort by the young Saints side has been superb, though there’s been some real poor errors on the edges. 

[Moove]

Happy with that so far, think the young sprogs can hold their heads up high. Defence in the middle has been pretty good but getting caught out when the ball moves wide. Cas playing some pretty dumb rugby at times.

Will be interesting to see if fatigue affects Cas in the second half. Enjoyable game really.

[Old Frightful]

Somewhat disconcerting for the rest of the league this, Saints youngsters really fronting up and Cas know that they are in a game.

I doubt the result will go their way but they're certainly putting up a fight.

Unlike my bet...

[graveyard johnny]

8 minutes ago, Barca Mum said:

I would have been disappointed to buy ticket and pay travel costs and not see at least some of the usual first team players for Saints,as a Saints fan I think it is more than disrespectful to Cas

an insult to the fans and the game- deduct points and fine teams that pull the weakened team stunt 

[JohnM]

2 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

an insult to the fans and the game- deduct points and fine teams that pull the weakened team stunt 

In full agreement but only for teams whose name begins with "S"

[Old Frightful]

2 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

an insult to the fans and the game- deduct points and fine teams that pull the weakened team stunt 

At the moment, that argument is not looking that clever, the Saints kids are giving it a good shot.

[Waynebennettswinger]

3 minutes ago, JohnM said:

In full agreement but only for teams whose name begins with "S"

Bit harsh on Salford that mate. 

[Old Frightful]

He might be quick, but he's ######.

[Barca Mum]

2 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

Why? Saints don't have a vested interest in losing games. They've just been forced into it by the shortest turnaround (and hardest scheduling around Easter) and had a good enough season so far. We wouldn't be doing this if we were 6th would we so maybe the rest of the league should just be better?

I'd be disappointed if someone chose to buy ticket and travel costs as a Saints fan without looking at the squad immediately after Easter. If it was disrespectful it would be more than 14-0 at half time.

 

Still don't agree with the team selection they are professional athletes 

[Old Frightful]

Olpherts 2nd,

18-0.

[Just Browny]

"Saints are the underdogs here."

Well yes because they have chosen to disrespect the competition.

[Jughead]

Penalty count must be close to being as mismatched as the scoreboard. Some dumb play from inexperienced kids but some real harsh calls at times both ways. 

[jacksy]

10 minutes ago, Old Frightful said:

At the moment, that argument is not looking that clever, the Saints kids are giving it a good shot.

What does the score have to be before sts have once again took the ######?