He rarely runs onto the ball, he takes it in from a standing start.

I was at the game so not sure if it looked worse on TV but Max wasn't the problem today. He made some mistakes but our left edge handling Mata’utia was a big problem and us making too many mistakes while in possession just handed them the opportunity every time.

Not sure what you were watching but I saw him do that a number of times today.
But even so he still makes more metres than any other forward and he was heavily watched tonight and still rattled them.

Well, I know max had a bad game tonight, however he has recently had very good games, but, tonight, Castleford s 2nd try, again Max
Ran across in time but chose to stand in front & was knocked on his a from the winger's momentum, surely, he has to learn to tackle
Side on to have a chance to stop the touch down, he has tried too many times front/square on & got knocked over !
Don't get me wrong, I like Max, but he must learn & move on.

I must have been watching a different game Fifita ran onto the ball numerous times. Fifita and Tanganoa caused the Cas forwards the most problems.

I agree. Max is not the finished product and he'll learn from his errors as all players do.
The problem is some people can't handle a defeat and look for scapegoats,

Can i ask when do you become the finished article ma as been a first team player for 5 years...for its not about scapegoat its about people on here going mad cos he aint getting a new deal....fact is he dont deserve one like alot

Max has had a number of good games for us this year. He has one sub par performance and the knives are out saying he’s not good enough. Really poor form imo.

Just fall on the ball max - why try and pick it up.

Dont see when he played that well myself everyone says leigh but he cist cost us 12 loints in that....i do feel sorry for him tonight not nice when yout coach blames you gor defeat

We do seem to be hopeless at falling on loose balls for quite some time. It's generally knock on or back to the opposition.

He was poor tonight and made 3/4 really costly errors, but give him a break he's the least of our worries. He's been ok this season and I hope he's here for the years to come. Our problems run a lot deeper than him.

His one on one tackles are poor

It was a bad mistake which ultimately cost us but I still would have max at starting fb
How many errors like that has he made?

Hardly any

I don’t get the need to bring a fb in

Prop and a hooker far more important

He had a shocker
Out of position for first try
Out of position for forty twenty
Kick out on full
Gifted them try second half

But sure he will make up for it. Unfortunately we don’t have a squad good enough to drop him

I am pretty sure the OP is trolling with thread. Shake your head.

100% correct he had a mare but it happens, ther were some pretty awful performances and some guys really stood up to be counted.

3 things cost us the game mistakes, appalling last tackle sets and poor discipline. The former just happen but the latter is just a recurrent and perennial problem.

Ashurst stripped twice, max didn’t kill ball, kicked out on the full possibly should have done better on turners try, Lino generally non existent, Johnson never got a pass. Can’t fault the effort and thought we were a bit unlucky with some of the 50/50 s but once again another self. Inflicted defeat.

Tupo who was one of our most dangerous players looks like he’s had a season ending knee cap injury

Pretty much gutted

To be fair on Lino we went left and he was on the right. We attacked towards a bright sun in the sky. I had my hand up most of the first half trying to block it out. It must have been even worse for the players. 4 times we butchered the attack that way but didn’t learn our lesson and hit the right instead. Cas knew this and most of their attack was right. As much as Miller played ok I think he stifled our attack and cuts Lino out too much at times

Well, we must be watching a different player.
He made a critical error last night but, to bag him as you have done here, s bloody ridiculous.
You clearly haven't seen his defensive efforts or try assists this season.

This sums up our night perfectly, plus, a woeful kicking game.

Think to single max out over his mistakes Is IMO a bit unfair after watching that inept performance from the majority of the team .Millar went ok ,kelepi ran well,kershaw is improving ,Lino was awol,Westerman was well looked after ,big dave pushed a few people on the floor but also lost the ball whilst doing it on a few occasions, Tom might as well have stopped at home. To say we bulled it up as a derby game , pre season friendly best describes that performance .
3 coaches masterminded that performance last night and it all started from when we got our first set of 6 after a Cas mistake at the very start and made a right hash of our first attack,and that theme followed on throughout the game .we’ve seen what they can do when up for the fight ,unfortunately that’s not very often in these recent times

I think the improvements Max has shown over the last year think he deserves his place only a couple of games ago he was linking our attack crucially. He had a mare last night but that can happen.

Rubbish his one on one with Jordan turner was pathetic he’s got to go downstairs

Wouldn’t have been in that position if the men in front of him didn’t let Mata’utia dance along in front of them.

He went high on a bigger man and got flattened, I can see what he was trying to do, effectively using gravity to pull Turner down, it didn't work out and perhaps would've been better to go low, his effort did impact Turner enough for the supporting defenders to have a chance if holding the attacker up.

I'll say it again, whilst the defence was soft for all the tries conceded, its our attack that cost us the game. 12 points would never have been enough to beat Cas.