I don't know what all the drama is the way he can seamlessly slot into a number of positions is priceless he just hasn't had his chance to shine yet

Quote ="tad rhino"why wouldn't it have been? he is the coach, he gets the final say'" https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ersatility You were right Tad!

Quote ="tad rhino"why wouldn't it have been? he is the coach, he gets the final say'" https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ersatility You were right Tad!

it was never before smiths time. can't criticise him though

that's when it was announced, I seem to remember it being in the press way way earlier than that, maybe May/June last year?, I'm not saying it wasn't a smith signing I just questioned whether we knew that for sure.

Simpson would have played plenty this year if not for the unfortunate injury. Fingers crossed he can hit the ground running next year.

For me it doesn`t matter who signed him.
It was a mistake of a signing confirmed by the Cas fans who have said he was a liability and I`m not sure what we saw in him at the time.

Anybody going tonight? Not sure what to expect. On paper this is the weakest Saints pack we will have faced in many a year, and our forwards should dominate. However their first choice spine is available and clearly better than ours. Feels like a game where we need to start fast and get on top. If we do Saints recent tough schedule might take it's toll. Given the league table it's one we really need to win.

About the only bit of decent business Cas have done since appointing Radford.

I'm going.

I've given up overthinking the games to be honest - this season is so unpredictable (as are we) I'm just not sure what can happen.

Saints could be fired up after all their whinging last week, but then again I'd like to think we have had a couple of weeks to prepare for the next two games and treat them as playoff games as we then have another break after the Leigh game.

I'm not sure their first choice spine is that superior, on paper maybe but Roby is showing his age, Dodd has been poor all season and Wesley has been up and down. Lomax will be off in the first minute anyway when McDonnell gets his free punch to the head that he is sure owed.

Me and the Lad will be going and I'm 100% confident we can get a result no worries.

I hope we're not rusty like the 2 teams last night that also had 2 weeks of to prepare. Sometimes it doesn't seems to be favourable to consistency and they both looked disjointed last night.

In fairness the break after the Wakefield shambles did us no harm!

Olpherts OOC end of 2024.

Pitch is a right state

of course we will get a result , but it will probably be a loss

Awful start. See if we can get a quick play the ball tonight

Wow we are getting royaly f***** over by ref so far after Wellens crying to RFL all week.

Liam Moore 6 - 0 Leeds

saints ruck is being sped up ridiculously by moore but we are getting mauled every time, its a joke

Discipline terrible. Left edge defence looking disjointed. Ends of sets looking like they’re made up.

Not had much off Moore tho he did just ignore a blatant knock on from oldezki.

no aggression in attack or defence but winning the energy battle .....

doesnt look good for fusi there, lads seeing stars

He keeps saying to Saints ‘you’ve got to be quicker' but not penalising them

I was concerned before the game having 3 props and no cover for the backs on the bench, cannot see Fusitua coming back on.

Not a great start, but a long way to go. Hope Fusi is OK, didn’t look well.