I'd expect him to keep his place.
Offers more for the centre slots than Goulding and in Thornley's absence.

Another good game from him

Thought he was excellent kept Carney relativley quiet, clocked up huge meters again I dare say and contributed with some great assists.

We really could in my opinion have uncovered a real gem here. A good long run in the side probably sees him become our established centre at Wigan and with another good off season he could come back frighteningly big.

He's an important player for us given our lack of size in the forwards.

Player of the year so far for me

He looked like a man with a gunpowder enema last night.

I lost count of the times he got up seeming to be injured in a tackle, but the next minute he was running full pelt at the Castleford line. Well done that man.

Good game from him again but he does need to learn to play the ball quicker - seems to be quite slow putting the ball on the ground and playing it.

The pass for the 1st Burgess try although looking simple was excellent - good centre play.

Runs it back with plenty of interest and aggressive in defence. Improved massively since 18 month ago.

Big blow for all those who have him in the "Scapegoat sweepstake"..

Terrific athlete, rough and rawboned, but he is getting there albeit slowly, mainly due to the chopping and changing he has had to deal with....

New 2 year deal at least please Mr Chairman

Gelling had a great game and so did the Wigan team. Well done.

Gelling was excellent. Again.

My ratings (out of 10) last night:-

Bowen 8
Burgess 7.5
Manfriedi 7.5
Gelling 8
Sarginson 7.5
Powell 7.5
Smith 8 (MOTM)
Taylor 6
Mad Micky 7
Flower 6
Farrell 7
Hughes 6.5
O'Loughlin 7

Replacements: Crosby 6.5, James 6.5, Hampshire inj, Sutton 6

Thought Hughes was by far our worst player last night tbh. Couple of laying on penalties which he seems to do almost every game and ran the wrong lines a couple of times which resulted in crossing penalties.

Wrt Gelling, I think he's really coming to his own now but I wish SW would decide whether he's best playing on the right or the left and let him develop a settled partnership with a winger. It seems atm that if Goulding plays then Gelling plays on the left with Burgess, but if Sarginson is picked then he gets shifted to the right. I guess if Sarg ends up at fb while Bowen and Hampshire are out we'll see

Sarginson
Charnley/Manfredi
Goudling
Gelling
Burgess

for the next few weeks anyway.

Been outstanding since he got his chance of an extended run in the side and getting better with every game. His appetite or work is second to none and he's cut out the mistakes that he tended to make too (although I always thought they were a symptom of his not getting enough game time anyway). I remember saying on this forum early on that he reminded me of Kevin Iro and the more I see of him, the more that rings true.

I agree that Hughes was poor. He did have one barnstorming run when he hit the gap, unfortunate to have the ball stripped though.

More of that please!

He worries me sometimes when there seems to be an age between putting the ball on the floor and playing it. I'm just waiting for the opposition to strike at it sometimes.

One thing that has frustrated me this season is the correct play the ball is a thing of the past these days. 95% of balls are rolled under the foot without being touched.

Only a few seasons ago this was jumped on by the refs (just like obstruction is this seasons fashion), now its completely ignored!

Hi guys, any truth in the rumour he is on his way to Cas next season ?

No.

Not unless Beach Hill is in Castleford.

It might be, but Beech Hill isn't

Signed for another 2 years

Great news if true. The lad is only going to get better. He was our best back vs Trinity and is starting to show more signs he is getting comfortable with the centre role.

I see this season very much as a transitional one and think we will be a different kettle of fish next year, retaining Gelling is key to that in my opinion.

Good, keep playing him the centres for the 1st team as well and he will only get better. Would be a good idea to get Carmont over for a couple of months to do some development working with him as well.