People will remember CA's playing well but winning nowt. Not bothered what there think about us tbf. We've got a big nice cup to polish for the next 12 month. Unfort the LLS means crap all in the present set up.

I think what people remember Cas's 2017 for will be contextualised by what they do next year. If they go on and win it, it will reinforce the theory that to win a major final you have to lose one to learn from. If they return to mid table they'll be remembered for spectacularly imploding after unprecedented regular season dominance.

Personally have a grudge against Sky for devaluing the credibility of winning the league after everybody has played each other twice. THIS should show who the real champions of the season are. Now its a case of the clever teams just save themselves for the end of the season and hopefully pick off a couple of wins and bingo.
2016 Wigan had 60+ points scored against them at Wakefield ( WON the GF ). 2017 Leeds had 66 points scored against them at Castleford ( WON the GF ). To me this shows, to an extent, the teams are not bothered about the league ( which should be the holy grail ) but just to save themselves for the end of the season. ??

A lot I truth in that. But then that's the rules and all teams are aware of them. Bit like F1 the season is just the qualifying times. The race is the super 8 and top 4

Thing is, it isn't an even league and never will be whilst there is Magic Weekend.

Wait until it's announced the 2019/20 Magic Weekend is in Orlando!!

9 pages of hindsight, cliched rhetoric and the usual suspects scoring points off each other...who'd have thought that?

Yeah, almost like a discussion, errr, hang on, isn’t that the whole point?

even 2013?

Reading HDM - am I misreading Radfords comments

We looked at Stats after 23 rounds and then again after the 8s

"I was surprised " he said

Is this a wind up ?

I am [ihoping[/i he meant that the stats from other teams are only available after a period of time, so we compare/contrast our stats with the rest of the competition at set points in the season. and that we review our own stats every week after every game. BUT, if, as the article suggests, we have a "team" of people looking at stats etc. then surely this should be done from the Opta stats which everyone can see fairly soon after each weekly round?

Should any 1st class coach ever be surprised ?
After 4 years in charge ?
Bellamy would be mortified to say the stats at the end of a season surprised him
He would know them back to front at the end of every week
That's maybe why we finished last or near to last in crucial areas liked missed tackles or penalties
Coaches are meant to be so well informed that they are way way ahead of any curve etc

If you read the article, what LR is saying is that he's surprised how well the season went, despite the poor stats.

Signed Liam Harris from rovers , half back but sending him to Donny . Not sure what he's like but only 21 .

You sure? As Doncaster said last night that they have paid a fee for him

Unless we have paid the fee, do Donny have the money to pay a fee?

If we have why are we keeping it quiet that he has signed for us?

Actually, his twitter statement is interesting, he says "Can't wait for the new chapter and the opportunities that come with it"

I suspect that it is either a job or he gets to be FT and train with us.

Yes we've paid it but like I said he's going to donny .

d the benefit in paying the fee, but not disclosing that we have done so, no cap impact etc.

The opta stats are only a small slide of the whole stats taken in from a game. Loads of extras like metres after contact..pens won..fast plays won etc
He won't of tallied up the entire yrs worth of stats till the end of year

Ouch

Edit - replace Graeme Horne with Tommy Lee. Is that Lee's 8th club if true? Goodness me.

Something in the league express tomorrow from Motu in regards to our recruitment, wonder if it anything or just a typical LE article to make you buy it.

Wonder if we have a bit of cap space to play with, now that Tomo and the three youni lads at Donny are off cap?

Odd time for a story, unless what I heard about another signing is true and will be announced after the World Cup

Still have a feeling we will let Washbrook go and sign a strong running second row.
With the possibility of losing both Manu and Minichello after next season it would be good to have at least one of the replacements in place for this coming season