Saints v Castleford [Playoffs R1]

[pomfretian]

'Ey up, Childs is evening up the penalty count!

[alftupper]

The most puzzling thing for me so far is why Saints felt the need to take the drop goal.

It's going to be comfortable. I took Saints at -8, I don't normally back against Cas but when the bookies make a blatant error you have to take advantage.

We haven't played well in weeks.

[pomfretian]

No. Sorry he wanted to give Saints a 80m try

[smarty_tiger]

You can't blame the ref for this game. Dodgy calls? maybe would we win without the dodgy calls? not a chance. Our kicking game is terrible and we are playing panic rugby. Play-offs is all about composure and making the right calls without panicking which is exactly what saints have done.

[pomfretian]

The most puzzling thing for me so far is why Saints felt the need to take the drop goal.

It's going to be comfortable. I took Saints at -8, I don't normally back against Cas but when the bookies make a blatant error you have to take advantage.

We haven't played well in weeks.

They are ultra professional, and have big game experience, which we are getting albeit painfully

[init]

simply atrocious...........get the season over.....total embarrassment.......we finally live up to our pre season billing relegation performance...where has our team gone

[old cas lass]

29 0

Dear oh dear

[alftupper]

Brian Carney 'you have to go back a long long way since Cas put in a good performance in Super League' too true Brian

It's been a great season and we managed to flatter to deceive for maybe 5 or 6 months but we've looked ordinary for a number of weeks now.

[pomfretian]

Brian Carney 'you have to go back a long long way since Cas put in a good performance in Super League' too true Brian

It's been a great season and we managed to flatter to deceive for maybe 5 or 6 months but we've looked ordinary for a number of weeks now.

The Wembley final and finishing fourth was our pinnacle. But that's still better than 12th or relegation. COYF!

[alftupper]

I agree it's been a fantastic season but it's gone on too long for us to sustain our performances which have been on the downward trend for weeks. I forecast another uncompetive defeat next week.

[init]

Nilled says it all

[The Firm]

Utterly pathetic performance, we were lucky to get nil. We are proving to be out of our depth at this level of competition.

[alftupper]

Totally agree, flattered to deceive for a long time and when it has mattered our so called star players, Huby, Clarke et al haven't cut it.

[pomfretian]

Wire (probably) at ours next week! Bring it on!

[init]

Wire (probably) at ours next week! Bring it on!

Yep at least we get our season over and done with and can try to use the off season to fix up the Wembley blues....

[GThornton]

We weren't as bad as the scoreline makes out we were.

[the machine]

We weren't as bad as the scoreline makes out we were.

You believe that?

[Tamworth Tiger]

Interesting comment by Powell about the impact of the cup final on our performances, and Leeds too
Whilst I expect Leeds to come good again, thinking about it, I think that we've had better results than them since Wembley

[GThornton]

We weren't as bad as the scoreline makes out we were.

You believe that?

Yeah, I'll give them the first try, but next 3 had a forward pass, a ball steal that wasn't and Luke Dorn tackled before he had chance to catch the ball.... Second half we'd already lost.

[The Firm]

We weren't as bad as the scoreline makes out we were.

No we were worse. Try watching the game with your eyes open next time.