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I'll start with two :
Cas have always achieved things despite there best efforts to shoot themselves in the foot
Trueman and Richardson really looking forward to seeing these two young fellas playing together

Liam Watts & Jake Trueman - points to prove in 2020 after being overlooked for International honours on last seasons tour

Yeah looking forward to seeing Wattsy play again
Griffin another player I think will do very well this season

Should the heading read, Positives and Negatives. I say this because there are more posters on this forum ready to bring the players and coaching staff down, not to mention the great supporters who attend because they are being Positive.

I’ve just a feeling that this injury situation is going to provide a brilliant opportunity for young Jaques and Hepi to really shine, and I believe they will take it with both hands. I too think our halves will be the most exciting in the comp given time. Nice and positive! :dance:

It's a Yorkshire thing,
You can't get more positive than that.
Cas not for just 2017 but for life.
Looking forward to punching above our weight yet again.
Anyone who nows me knows that must be a big punch.
Cas for the Cup

We are still unbearen

We’re still top of Superleague thanks to the alphabet!

We will be top of league Sunday night easy team talk... nobody fancys us do owt ,half of squad croked, let's go show these wannabes what were about

Positives

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In Powell We Trust.

Going into a season missing so many first team players after underwhelming recruitment isn’t a good start.

And I very very much doubt we will be top of SL by Sunday night. Fully expect us to get beaten on Sunday. They’ll be fired up more than we are.

If they beat us they beat us no way on earth should they be fired up more

I’m absolutely dreading this season already . I wish I had the same energy and enthusiasm as some of you positive people out there lol

Hoping we’ve a dynamic half back pairing
Fingers crossed we’ve some new fridges in the bar to make the carlsberg bearable.
I’m likely to save some money on not following the team every week.

After that I’m struggling

Tigersbarmy wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 19:01 I’m absolutely dreading this season already . I wish I had the same energy and enthusiasm as some of you positive people out there lol

I'm not really positive just had a word with myself and thought of a few reasons why I support cas just wondered if anybody felt same

braytontiger wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 19:07 Hoping we’ve a dynamic half back pairing
Fingers crossed we’ve some new fridges in the bar to make the carlsberg bearable.
I’m likely to save some money on not following the team every week.

After that I’m struggling

store them in the freezing portakabins.

I think our recruitment has been better this year. Everyone questioned the signing of Griffin at the time it was announced, but he was far better than any of our back-rowers last year. Likewise, Olpherts looks better than I expected. In Danny Richardson we’ve bought one of the best goal kickers in Super League, and that alone might win some games we would otherwise lose with Mata’utia etc rotating the kicking duties.
I think we’ve got a squad to compete and if we get into the play-offs and have most of the players fit in September/October then we have a shot. But it will require us to be more-or-less injury free and on form and other clubs to be plagued by injury and/or out of form.

Good thread - we need it...!!

In no particular order:

- we travel to Catalans in English type weather
- Magic Weekend is back in Newcastle
- we still have DP at the helm
- we have the squad to compete for top 5
- if managed well, the amount of off contract players in November presents a brilliant opportunity to transform the squad
- we have plenty of players that the top clubs would love to have
- our support is still the envy of many

Let's see how we go.

lurcher wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 19:51

braytontiger wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 19:07 Hoping we’ve a dynamic half back pairing
Fingers crossed we’ve some new fridges in the bar to make the carlsberg bearable.
I’m likely to save some money on not following the team every week.

After that I’m struggling

store them in the freezing portakabins.

The problem been those freezing portakabind turn into greenhouses in the summer

I thought the effort was great against twp and the two tries were super but the other 79 minutes were dull, dull, dull. This worries me because last season there were extended periods of numbness with ball in hand and I'm hoping cas attempt touse the ball a bit more this time round.

I'm positive in that we will get beat in the first game