Rangi and Sione were dreadful and they were the only two i would blame for Todays defeat.
In all three games i have seen Rangi play so far this year he has been greedy,greedy,greedy.He always looks like he is in two minds whether to pass or not and in the end he never does.Sione hardly ever ran at the opposition line,instead just taking one step sidewards and giving a telegraphed pass.
It took 70mins before TM changed things and brought Netherton and McGoldrick into the half-back roles and then we saw Shenton and Owen get some ball for once.
How come Sherwin didn't play if he's training with the first team,they could at least have him on the bench as a option if not fit enough to start.
Sione could make a descent second-rower,Netherton could do a better job partnering Sherwin than Rangi could.
Ferres and Jones did a great job Today but when the game opens up we need Widders and Sione in the second-row with a offload game,Sherwin,Netherton,McGoldrick,Westerman all linking up with the out-side backs and we could be a really good footballing side this year but not with Rangi and Sione at Half's.
I would stick Rangi on the bench and interchange him with Hudson,you never know, he might actually make a good hooker.

Anyway they are my thought's after game one,which even if you disagree with at least it's better to say were you think we went wrong and say how we could put it right then just slag the whole team off and the equally rose tinted brigade who are just as annoying slagging off other fans who pay good money supporting the team for years through think and thin who have earned the right to express their opinion.



P.S how can ASDA Glasshoughton call themselves a 24hr store when they are only open 10am while 4pm Sundays?BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I thought the fans got behind the players fantasticly today.
The only time i heard booing was on the hooter at the end.
Most of that seemed to be through frustration at the result.

Rangi chase is very greedy and imo plays for himself.
The 3/4 passes he put behind the and wingers today was because he's in 2 minds wether to pass or run himself.
I was very dissappointed in him today and looked a totally different player to the one i saw play against wakefield.

I think people should be able to boo if they want to. Like everybody says you pay your money and you make your choice. I didn't boo yesterday cos I don't think you could fault the effort, we just lacked a bit of direction in the middle of the park.

My issue with the booing is that I estimate that a large percentage of the boo boys were booing because they expected us to do Quins over. I've seen some outrageous predictions around here as of late. We've done nothing in pre-season to suggest we were going to hammer them. Beating a severely depleted Wakefield team and Fev isn't enough reason to suggest we'd even win.

I understand people saying everyone has the right to cheer/boo as they please, they've paid their money and as such that is their choice. Fair enough, but I strongly feel that that sort of reaction comes too soon. We've got a new team that still need time to gel, time to settle in and they've got the potential to be very good. Booing them isn't going to help, they're going to feel frustrated and this will lead to more mistakes which could cost us games.

We're all supporters, how about we get behind our team and support them?

First game of the season and a few of our fans were saying we are sh*te.

Yeah but we were were'nt we.....

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Not as bad as some would have you think. We were lacking in offence but in defence we were pretty good apart from Luke Dorn's second try.

Tbh the game from start to finish was pretty dire from both sides.
With 20 mins to go i decided to read the Aye of the tiger magazine.
I agree it was the attacking opptions that was non existant.
All credit to our defence, but a lose is a lose and we need to get something on friday or TM could be a coach under sever stress.

He can't be under stress after two games of the season as that seems to be Brian Noble's job after two defeats in a row.

Couple of things about the fans yesterday. Most of the PS spent 39 mins of first half screaming for us to throw the ball around and the rest of the game abusing Sargent for doing just that. I just hope that they are now pondering whether more patience with the sensible tactics we had been employing would have made Sarge less prone to that blood-rush.

The booing at the end was disproportionate to the level of effort (which is all I personally demand of the team) but on this occasion I can sort of understand it. I suspect most of the 7000 crowd, having grown fed-up of one bad SL season after another, harboured hopes of something better this time around only to witness a repeat of just about every other opener since 2000. Getting that frustration out probably made them feel a bit better but ATEOTD it does demean us as a group and won't help the cause.

That reminds me, I think yesterday was the first time I've ever heard the PS stand collectively shout "Forward!" We didn't get anything for it though.

The number of times i hear things like that from Cas fans. The only conclusion i can come up with is that these people just don't think!

Righty – after 20 hours or so to reflect:

There were a number of frustrating things yesterday (in no particular order)

1) Mitch's rush of blood to the head at half time!

2) Dixon's apparent inability to convert from the touchline

3) Sione's short kicking game (but then, that's not why we signed him)

4) When the ball went to to right, Sione's apparent need to run to find space with sometimes meant he was nearly the furthest back of our players – so had no one to legally pass to

5) when the ball went to the left (which wasn't often enough imo) Rangi's mazy runs and dummies being followed by a pass behind the players outside him

1) is pretty inexplicable, but not something I'd expect to recur too often
2) we knew about going in to the season – but it is frustrating that with three players with place kicking experience ( Dixon, Westerman, Huby) we can't actually convert enough tries
3) As I said, that's not why we signed him
4 & 5) 10 new players in the first team – it's going to take time for them to gel and get used to each other: with Rangi for instance, I'm not sure whether it's a question of him getting use to the players outside him, the outside players getting used to him and not over-running him, or a mixture of both. But it is something I expect to improve.

But – it was a good defensive performance to hold Quins to two tries (one and intercept when they wouldn't have scored on their own) and remember: if we had someone who could kick consistently from the touchline, we'd have drawn.


And the booing was embarrassing – I get the impression sometimes that people expect teams like Quins (and Catalans in last year's opener?) to be a walkover because they're not 'proper' RL clubs, and never bother to actually look at their strengths.

A very good point! We were fielding 3 England internationals and an NRL championship winning player, yet some of the posters here seem to think Castleford deserved the 2 points before the game kicked off


It was the first game of the season and both teams were rusty. I have no doubt that castlefords squad is good enough to get you into the top 8 if your fans will just back them...

Oww yes

im not being funny, i dont post on here but im a cas season ticket holder but i have to say i hate the way cas fans jump on the player at the first opportunity!!! the defence was a massive improvement on last season, yes we were short in attack..... but we no we can score, tht was our strengh last year and on another day we wud have run in 4 or 5 on sunday. we lost because we missed conversions, simple as, not lack of commitment or desire
you tell westy he dint want it when hes holdin a heavier guy up and savin a certain try!!
Jus stop talkin and get behind the lads!!

That might be the best post I've ever read on Rlfans.

I take it back, this is.

Good first post mate, welcome to RLfans.

Edited for accuracy

Fancy starting a Hackney clique? There's some reasonable eateries around EE2 …

We could do, although it'll have to be before Saturday so that I can stretch the clique down to my new home in sunny Tooting Bec...