Tigers 46 - 14 Fax.

... Hopefully.

If you come in to the bootroom after the game on Saturday i will buy you a drink just ask for Birstall and some body will figure out it me.

Well Cas are my second team so i hope they win, it will be tough though as Fax are well capable of turning you over if your slightly of the boil.

I'm not predicting.

We've never EVER beaten Fax in the Challenge Cup. Ever.

Alright then.. Cas 26 Fax 18

birstall tiger, you should be ashamed at the lack of repect you are giving to the games more traditional clubs

if you want to keep slating clubs like us and halifax do so with your mates at celtic and edinburgh or wherever the next expansion club will come from

oh and try not to judge a teams whole support base on the actions of one idiot. you may even find out one day that cas have at least one numb-nut supporter themselves out of 5000 that turn up

I think you mean 7000

Thread cleaned up.

Can we please cut out the personal insults, the bickering and petty squabbles? And for goodness sake could some of you actually proof-read your posts before clicking the 'Submit' button? Five year-olds would be embarassed by the content in some cases.

Now let's get back on topic...

I think it'll be a tough game for the most part, but we should win it comfortably in the last 20 minutes. Halifax have plenty of confidence at the moment and they'll carry that into the game and take it to us early on.

As fast as they play in NL1, Halifax will need to slow the game down to be able to cope with the speed of our play and with the referee being Steve Ganson, they could well be punished for doing this.

The telling factor is going to be on how we rise above any attempts to slow the game down. If we let ourselves get dragged into a scrap, anything could happen (Harlequins at home is the prime example here); play our own game and it should be a comfortable win, without us ever really getting up to full speed.

There should be a decent crowd too, although it probably won't include me due to the switch to Saturday evening - I currently have other commitments.

Jawohl meine Liebe



Tight first half, Fax to tire around 60 minute mark, 36-12.

Several 'Watene is a Cas fan' chants, Faumuina to be heralded hero/villain/anti-christ, terrace coaches telling Matterson what he is doing wrong followed by banal threads on here disputing attendance/referee incompetence.

Sometimes the iron fist is necessary!




I don't think you'll get great odds on that lot mate, it's all pretty much certain to happen.

Yup he stands behind me at every home game

40~24 Cas

opening 20 minutes of the match

cas 6

fax 12

20 mins before half time

cas 18

fax 18

opening 20 mins after the break

cas 22

fax 24

last 20 mins of the match

cas 32

fax 30

we should be ok for the first hour. but you being full time will tell on us in the last 20 mins. i hope i'm wrong. either way it should be a cracking game some good banter a good crowd and a bag full of points.

Is it me or are predictions getting WAY too specific these days?

I have to admit I'll be rather disappointed with our defence if we concede three tries or more.

Nah.

By 17 minutes we should be 3 tries and 2 conversions in front. Evans and Shenton will get the first tries on 6 minutes and 11 minutes respectively. Dicko will kick the first but miss the second by 4 inches. Goldy will score the third after passes between Shifty, Chase, Faumuina and the final ball to McGoldrick will send him over down the far right hand side. Dixon will add his third conversion after hitting the left hand post.

Just a rough prediction.

Straight to golden point this year I heard.

Then again, I think that was mentioned on the BBC during coverage of Catalans v Bradford so it's probably nonsense.

A little surprised at most of the Fax's fans confidence to be honest! Should be a good game however...Cas by 20

Bonzo our defence has more holes than a colander at times, id be surprised if Fax don’t score more than 3 try's.

I would love to see the completely freaked out look on your face if that actually happened.




Some days our defence is abysmal and others I've been genuinely impressed with it. It was very good at times last week too, but there's always that fear that we're weak in our own 20. That said, if we cut out the stupid penalties, hold the ball and get the kicking game right; we needn't have to visit our own 20 all that often.

quiet confident that you keep sayin that you are at your weakest in your own 20 thats where fax look amazingly dangerous with the ball in hand just hope we get more possesion than we did against fev think should be a good game if we get decent possesion and with some lucky decisions goin are way might get lucky and be an upset non the less sure it will be a great day if not ....... fax 24 - 20 cas

think our forwards will be too strong hence not allowing fax many attacking oppurtunities,
also the class of chase sherwin and raz mac should be enough to get us over the line enough times for a comfortable victory...

cas 38 fax 10

Believe me, if the first 2 go the right way I'll probably make a run to the closest shop to buy some lottery tickets, never mind the 3rd.

Cas to win with a bit to spare in the end, after a struggle in first half hour and first 10 mins of 2nd half, finals score Cas 38 Fax 14

I'll have a look on saturday