GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers - 19:45:00

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAME, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

Should be a cracking game this one, very narrow Cas win for me.

Same here, really looking forward to it. Just a shame about the weather. Hope it doesn't detract from the game too much.

For me, we (Cas) have too many out. No Gale, Roberts, Millington, McMeekan. Foster, Clark and Milner is very unlikely to play.
That said, we went to Wire and won with a patched up team last season. But I think Wire are in better form than they were then.
The game plan is to target Austin in defence. Expect to see Sene-Lafeo, Moors and even Liam Watts running wide to trying to get him isolated, and McShane running straight at him from dummy half.

Warrington aren't anywhere near as good as their fans will have you believe so no real excuses for Cas tonight.

Cas by 14-18

ask joel tomkins and a few leeds players about running at blake austin




That being said, we always struggle with cas, and junior moors in particular, i reckon cas win by 8 points tonight.

For Cas to have so many players out and still be competitive is impressive. However, it does suggest that there maybe something wrong with their conditioning. Back to earth with a bump tonight though, Warrington will thrash them.

All teams target their opponent`s halfbacks in defence.

just to say, its freezing rain over in warrington today, gale force winds kicking in later this afternoon

..car parkings poor and the beers expensive!

You do remember last weeks result, don't you


Wire will want to show some reaction after getting done last week and they may well sneak a win but, you may need to explain what "Warrington will thrash them" actually means. If you are saying 20+ winning margin, I would suggest that you may have been drinking

Wire by about 8 for me. Too many players missing for Tigers. Losing Millington for this one is huge. At the beginning of the season I would have taken four out of the first five games so it's job done for me. If we get owt from tonight it's a massive bonus.

Watts might be missing too, late fitness test. Expected to pass it yesterday but didn’t.

50/50 game for me. A try or one pointer either way.

Yes, I'm old enough to remember last week's result but as Cas aren't known for their play acting, I can't see it'll happen again. No, we're head and shoulders above the rest of the league, so a 20 point margin sounds about right. Anyway, must get back to the bar, its my round.

Jurgen Klopptastic!

Clark vs McShane will be interesting. If the weather's sh._te I reckon it'll favour McShane. Cas to win by not many.

Ben Currie is back.

Hope it goes well for him after the injuries and tackle 52.

These are the type of games where McShane is nowhere to be seen and that’s why he’s not close to the level of Clark and Roby. It’ll be interesting to see whether he finally steps up tonight.

At least you've managed to cover your @rse.

Let’s squash this one before the game starts, it’s not currently raining. Met office predicts a very mild night in Warrington.

Can Kendall be any worse than last week?

Great start from Cas yet it’s 4-4. Massey doing his best to get Warrington level.