We are pretty much half way through the season and in my opinion Ian Millward has had more than a fair chance to make his mark on the way Cas play their game. I don't know how others feel about it, however so far he's done nothing to impress me.

So the question is....what has Millward brought to our game?

a record defeat too the mighty impresive Hull kingston rovers

keep up the good work with your team full of local no marks

did you ever go to school ?
Not won a major trophy for 27 years have you.......Bless

Just ignore him, he isn't going to be posting on here much longer.

As for Millward: he's brought about a massive embarrassment to the club; poor signings, defence has got even worse and the attack has vanished.

The club need to get rid first thing tomorrow morning.

Think cas looked really lost today without chase or Orr however credit to the fans that turned up and braved the cold in the south stand. Rovers played well today however cas were pretty poor by cas standards it does show a couple of key players out what it does to a team. Good luck for rest of the season.

I feel sorry for Millward, apart from the obvious reason. BUT I agree, his signings have been dissapointing, when he signed Stephen Nash from us (Leigh) I was surprised, Ste is a good 'championship' player, but he doesn't ADD anything to your squad, subs bench at best. Ian's team's have always been 'we will try and score more than the other team', but at the moment, it's not 'classy Cas' at all is it ?
You guy's were so unlucky not to get to the Challenge Cup final last season, so to see you lot struggling like you are, 'stuck in the bottom 5' in SL is a little weird.
Think Ian needs to have a break from the game, and Cas need to look for a new coach.
I know there is no relegation, BUT Cas are not Salford/Wakefield/London/Widnes....I would expect a cup run and the play-offs at least.
Anyway, hope things 'improve' for you, but a change is needed.

Don't worry we are in the same boat at Wakey

Brilliant, isn't it?

Yeah and we had two halfbacks

At least Millward doesn't hand out e second half speeches

I'll guarantee you that we will cave in next week because of Agar's "rousing" words

There's a chance it could be an even worse game than the Cas/Widnes game!

From what iv heard it isn't the coach you want rid of it some of your players

Millward has tried to make your club more professional on and off the field with the players but they don't like it The problem is if the coach hasn't got the money to replace them what can he do and if players are still under contract on good money he's stuck with what he has got The thing is at all clubs it's the coach who gets the chop. I think if Cas stick with him get rid of the players that don't do as there told and he brings his own players in next year you will be back in the play offs

Im struggling to find anything good Millward has given us. He spoke about improving our defence when he came in and it has gone backwards. As bad if not worse than it was under Terry. Our attack has also gone backwards. Im losing faith in him already unfortunately.

Wigan 2006 (Feb to May) all over again it seems.

Millward has brought to cas what richard agar has brought to wakefield bugger all. Poor team selections, poor defence and attack from what i have seen and speaking to friends who are cas fans both sides need a new coach and fast to avoid another poor season.

We are stuck wilth Ian Millward, just like he is stuck with the over paid players from yesteryear. He has spoke lots about his recruitment for next season so I am going to judge him on that. Hopefully, he can get these 2 new centres signed on (Shenton + 1 and 3 if/when Arundel leaves) as well as the new half back he says we need.

As far as the signings go, is that really Mildred's fault?
Cas are hardly awash with money and i would imagine due to Rangi Chase's new deal and cas having a few top earners, club players were all he may have been able to bring in.
Agar's matrix may be useful??

Something I totally concur with - from elsewhere ragrding is it the Manager or the players:

I think you can only go one way on this - I am a specialist manager and the board above me selected me to deliver a vision and a business in the style they want. That includes sometimes changing philosophy and changing people's thoughts, values and behaviours.

Petulant 'efforts' like on Sunday becuase they dont like what someone is trying to create shows a number of players up in their small minded approach, and they fear the change and they fear committing and failing, personally and emotionally. Appointing a Harrisson or Kear for the reasons stated above is tantamount to saying you want to battle it out to occasionally over achieve in a cup run or make the 8. They will punish the players for performances like yesterday, just like I have spent many an hour doing shuttle runs carrying tackle bags; that will attract the kind of great effort and honest graft but ultimately wont create what Leeds, Huddersfield and Warrington have worked so hard to create from the ground up - You can't do that overnight and you cant shout your way to that, you have to progressively change the way you think about performances and challenge yourself to improve within yourself.

Appointing Ian Milward for three years was the first step to building something for the longer term - Tub thumping motivating and rallying cries are appealing here and there, but ultimately will not grow a management, vision, performance led culture of striving to achieve and improve over time - it will simply result in the management style of "if you always do what you have always done, then you will always have what you have always had".

So, there is a choice to either do as Chelsea or Liverpool have done for short term gain - they appeased the players and got a one off bounce out of it...... (A big bounce I grant you, but a one off bounce non the less)..........
Or you do what Spurs, Everton, Manchester United, Arsenal to an extent and grow something based on your vision and principles over time. I have never met Ian Millward and I dont know what his and Richards vision looks like, so I am not in anyone's pocket on this, but I find it sickening to think that the 'talent' as it were can shamelessly for their own petulance abandon professional pride and do little more than my 4 year old does when he doesnt like something and sulk.

More defeats!