Agree about Ashton, was really good came up with big moments tonight in attack. The lads forcing 2 dropouts in the last 10 was fantastic game management.

I don't understand longstaff not coming on at all. Why? It's not like he hasn't proved himself worthy of gametime this season.

Job done.
Sky's tumescence gone, and we've finished with nearly double Cas' points
Silly 15 minutes, but a great closing out. Well done, Wire.

Gutted for Shenton. One of my fave non Wire players.

My thoughts are, yellow cards are down to lucky/unlucky, red cards are down to lucky/unlucky, toss the coin.

Really.rather have mamo..only time will tell

Agreed, Shenton has been a fantastic servant to rugby league. Fantastic player, fantastic career.

Real shame he went out with an injury tonight. Good talker too, maybe he could replace Phil Clarke and make sky presentation more palatable.

4. Why did we not bring Ellis Longstaff on? He may as well have been tucked up in bed with a cup of tea.

To be fair, it probably comes down to what you want from your centre. Both offer positives in different ways. Mamo obviously has a x factor about him and can provide an unexpected spark, while Matuatia, for me, just looks a more solid all round centre, better hands, stronger near the line.

Won't argue too much with anyone who sees it differently though.

26 0 up at HT in what essentially a nothing game for us, i dont begrudge the lads for taking the foot off the gas and was actually good to see us go again when they got close.

Just seen my first bit of "analysis" in years.

WHAT A LOAD OF B0LL0CKS.

I must give my tele a knock. There's obviously something wrong with it. Why is Phil Clarke picking up a wage?,and as for Carney....almost preempting the RFL's decision re Cooper....I thought they were supposed to be neutral.

The Charnley tackle was accidental but the subsequent attack by Turner to his throat was deliberate. So, at the very least Turner should also have neen carded.
The red card for Cooper was simply down to the referee folding und4r home supporter pressure.

Think there be some nervous people Monday afternoon when the MRP is announced. Both could be easily banned and not sure if you picked up any injuries. I certainly wouldn’t expect you to put out a strong side under your new coach next year if in a similar situation.

Thought the red was ridiculously harsh. Cooper sets himself for a strong tackle, then Watts falls into him. It resulted in a very weak contact with the shoulder as Cooper didn't follow through.

A penalty, sure. A yellow would have been harsh. Surely have to appeal any ban.

Well Clarkey says that Cas were the better team all night and who am I to argue…

Really?

He picked him up and dumped him on his neck. The Cas lad luckily tucked his head up or could have been worse for him.

The saving Grace for Cooper could be that he oooks to be pulling out of the tackle, likely as he would have caught Hill if he didn’t. That said, contact to the head. One week we could possibly cope with, 2 or more and we’re in trouble

He will be missing for 2 saints players bans end before the playoffs, teams playing against them. Miss players in case they meet saints. Eamon runs that disciplinary panel.

I think you need to watch it again.

That is hilariously dramatic.

His hips barely went above the level of his head.

Can someone tell me why we are keeping Charnley and getting shot of Lineham?

I really cannot see what he offers above what Lineham does/did for us.

Despite Charnley's problems, the answer to that is extremely obvious.

I thought we started to wobble when Austin came on, he looked like he was on a mission and not a mission to win the game.

At least we closed the game out with 12 men and got the last try, at one point I thought the SKY team was going to demand a recount.

Phil Clark thought that Castleford were the better team in the first half and that we were fortunate to be 28 -0 up.

The red card was ridiculously soft to say the least, the fact that Watts stayed down along with Hill made it impossible to not give some form of punishment. The endless slow mo replays on sky made it look even worse, Liam Moore was about to play on, if they hadn’t of have it shown several different times from various angles.

Play that as a normal Sunday afternoon game with no Sky cameras present Cooper stays on the field.

.....and that answer is??

Seriously, I don't see what Charnley offers

that's genuinely made my night !