Shenton

[old cas lass]

Our attack is a real concern. The one thing teams hate defending is pace and we don’t have any wether it be on the flanks in the halves or in the pack. We have become boring and predictable and it’s been getting progressively worse since 2017.

An injury of any length to either half back and we are in a dog fight make no bones about that

I thought Eden brought some pace to the game, needs to be in the 17 imo.

[gateman]

one thing i did not like was when one their players went down and stopped down only jumping after they had got the penalty and one of our players getting put on report, he looked like he had been coached by a soccer coach

[Stokesey]

It was a good workout. Despite the forwards missing, I thought we looked on the whole the much stronger team (though score does not show that). Big hits from both sides. Pluses for me
Half backs - showed some good glimpses of things to come. I think both showed some real good signs today, and with time could form a great partnership.
Feki - willingness to do the hard work, and scored a try
Team as a whole - Rusty, not the best performance, but most of the game they were well on top. Didn't see any set plays. Is this on purpose? Some huge hits in particular from Holmes and Trueman.
Eden - to me he is the x factor. After all the substitutions, any sparks of chances came from his plays. To me, he is the pace and flair player. He Must be in the first 13.

[blinkstudios]

Well the 1st try we scored was a belter, just shows what we can do when we throw it about. However it seems we are more interested in running the ball in than passing it these days. Thought the 2 new wingers looked strong running the ball out and Griffin, Hepi and Richardson look good additions. Our forwards looked small compared to theres but we do have a few injuries. Put Watts, Moores and mcmeekan on and it's a different game. Dont think Griffin is a prop more of a 2nd rower. Think we need another big prop if one becomes available.

[Mucky1978]

Anyone know why Shenton went off?

[blinkstudios]

Head check

[scottiger]

10-16
3,346

Tbf Yorky there was far more there than 3000 there.

It's no surprise cup games and friendly games with shared gates have lower attendances announced ....

[nottinghamtiger]

Watts, Cook, McMeeken, Smith, Blair, Moors, Foster all injured and missing.

Shenton went off after 25 for a head check. Jesse hobbled off and we ended the game with Clare at centre., I think we will have a bit more punch that we need.

The trouble is that Moors and Foster are almost always injured.
It’s also not unusual to lose players during a game.
It’s blindingly obvious what is missing, and has been since the end of 2017. We’ve had two full seasons and we are still going into 2020 without a full-back who is good enough to be an attacking threat against a decent defensive set-up. Until we sort that, we won’t be winning anything.

[HuddsTigers]

It's not unusual to lose players but then you don't make subs all over the park too. You don't have wingers on the bench and replace them after 50 minutes.

And I don't think Rankin was the problem today. We are too flat and don't move the ball fast enough.

[dude]

Watts, Cook, McMeeken, Smith, Blair, Moors, Foster all injured and missing.

Shenton went off after 25 for a head check. Jesse hobbled off and we ended the game with Clare at centre., I think we will have a bit more punch that we need.

The trouble is that Moors and Foster are almost always injured.
It’s also not unusual to lose players during a game.
It’s blindingly obvious what is missing, and has been since the end of 2017. We’ve had two full seasons and we are still going into 2020 without a full-back who is good enough to be an attacking threat against a decent defensive set-up. Until we sort that, we won’t be winning anything.

Thought rankin looked good. Got outside trueman and richardson to get the ball just had nobody running any kind of line when he go the ball. We looked slow in attack and a bit naive while defending our own line. Cant get too down hearted about the game with it being 1st time new halfback pairing played together but we really need to improve for season starting

[the machine]

Mcmeeken,cook,watts,moors,blair

Missed those 5

Losing shenny and jesse didnt help either

Olpherts and feki got stuck in

Richardson,rankin and truey all looked to run it in plenty,drier grounds will suit that better

Some big hits put in

Not sure peachey is near a crack at first team action yet

Was a dull match but i we probably shoukdnt have expected anything more in January lol

[tigerfeat]

Gadwin Springer off loaded ball more times in 40 minutes than he did all time he was at cas

[nottinghamtiger]

Apparently, Toronto have asked the RFL for salary-cap dispensation as SBW won’t play in the opening rounds. They only want to count his salary from the point he starts playing.
Already trying to bend the rules.....

[heritage1926]

Apparently, Toronto have asked the RFL for salary-cap dispensation as SBW won’t play in the opening rounds. They only want to count his salary from the point he starts playing.
Already trying to bend the rules.....

No, they want it because they're interested in signing a trio of Saracens players since news of them being relegated came out. Believe they want Owen Farrell, Billy Vunipila & Maro Itoje.

[Mucky1978]

No way Any of them 3 will leave come to league.

[on side]

Watts, Cook, McMeeken, Smith, Blair, Moors, Foster all injured and missing.

Shenton went off after 25 for a head check. Jesse hobbled off and we ended the game with Clare at centre., I think we will have a bit more punch that we need.

The trouble is that Moors and Foster are almost always injured.
It’s also not unusual to lose players during a game.
It’s blindingly obvious what is missing, and has been since the end of 2017. We’ve had two full seasons and we are still going into 2020 without a full-back who is good enough to be an attacking threat against a decent defensive set-up. Until we sort that, we won’t be winning anything.

Thought rankin looked good. Got outside trueman and richardson to get the ball just had nobody running any kind of line when he go the ball. We looked slow in attack and a bit naive while defending our own line. Cant get too down hearted about the game with it being 1st time new halfback pairing played together but we really need to improve for season starting

rankin was terrible today miss timed is connecting plays coming into attacking line most plays we definitely need
full back. Want did I say about centre cover if shenton or blair don't cut the mustard we finished up we clair in centre because no cover what's so ever .Trueman and Richardson never linked in a play once both on different half off field all game . Only a friendly but if same happens in two weeks we could be in trouble all season in back line attack

[nottinghamtiger]

Apparently, Toronto have asked the RFL for salary-cap dispensation as SBW won’t play in the opening rounds. They only want to count his salary from the point he starts playing.
Already trying to bend the rules.....

No, they want it because they're interested in signing a trio of Saracens players since news of them being relegated came out. Believe they want Owen Farrell, Billy Vunipila & Maro Itoje.

They don’t need a salary cap dispensation to sign them. None have played RL before so their salary would not count in the cap at all for the first year, then only 50% would count the following year.

[nottinghamtiger]

No way Any of them 3 will leave come to league.

I’m not so sure.
Most RU clubs are up to the salary cap, so there aren’t many options available to them elsewhere.
They could sign a massive one-year deal with Toronto without anything counting on the salary cap. Let’s remember that Toronto have given SBW the biggest contract in any code of rugby worldwide, so there is no reason they can’t offer similar deals to Saracens players who are now in a bit of a quandary,

[The Firm]

Whilst i realise you shouldn’t read too much into friendly results i’ve said all along that this is a bottom half of the table side. Nothing i’ve seen so far has convinced me otherwise. We have a small sprinkling of quality, an amount of guys who are past it, a large chunk of bang average and a few not good enoughs. We are a handful of injuries away from the bottom 3 or 4. A tough season awaits.

[corvusxiii]

Much like last year there is much to be pleased about the effort Cas put in. But Hell Fire that was Boring. That was Dull. Twp offloaded the ball more in one set than Cas did in the entire half. If the team is that limited that it must lose 10 matches to win 11 then fair enough. But is this the case?
Tedious.