26 0 up at HT in what essentially a nothing game for us, i dont begrudge the lads for taking the foot off the gas and was actually good to see us go again when they got close.

Just seen my first bit of "analysis" in years.

WHAT A LOAD OF B0LL0CKS.

I must give my tele a knock. There's obviously something wrong with it. Why is Phil Clarke picking up a wage?,and as for Carney....almost preempting the RFL's decision re Cooper....I thought they were supposed to be neutral.

The Charnley tackle was accidental but the subsequent attack by Turner to his throat was deliberate. So, at the very least Turner should also have neen carded.
The red card for Cooper was simply down to the referee folding und4r home supporter pressure.

Think there be some nervous people Monday afternoon when the MRP is announced. Both could be easily banned and not sure if you picked up any injuries. I certainly wouldn’t expect you to put out a strong side under your new coach next year if in a similar situation.

Thought the red was ridiculously harsh. Cooper sets himself for a strong tackle, then Watts falls into him. It resulted in a very weak contact with the shoulder as Cooper didn't follow through.

A penalty, sure. A yellow would have been harsh. Surely have to appeal any ban.

Well Clarkey says that Cas were the better team all night and who am I to argue…

Really?

He picked him up and dumped him on his neck. The Cas lad luckily tucked his head up or could have been worse for him.

The saving Grace for Cooper could be that he oooks to be pulling out of the tackle, likely as he would have caught Hill if he didn’t. That said, contact to the head. One week we could possibly cope with, 2 or more and we’re in trouble

He will be missing for 2 saints players bans end before the playoffs, teams playing against them. Miss players in case they meet saints. Eamon runs that disciplinary panel.

I think you need to watch it again.

That is hilariously dramatic.

His hips barely went above the level of his head.

Can someone tell me why we are keeping Charnley and getting shot of Lineham?

I really cannot see what he offers above what Lineham does/did for us.

Despite Charnley's problems, the answer to that is extremely obvious.

I thought we started to wobble when Austin came on, he looked like he was on a mission and not a mission to win the game.

At least we closed the game out with 12 men and got the last try, at one point I thought the SKY team was going to demand a recount.

Phil Clark thought that Castleford were the better team in the first half and that we were fortunate to be 28 -0 up.

The red card was ridiculously soft to say the least, the fact that Watts stayed down along with Hill made it impossible to not give some form of punishment. The endless slow mo replays on sky made it look even worse, Liam Moore was about to play on, if they hadn’t of have it shown several different times from various angles.

Play that as a normal Sunday afternoon game with no Sky cameras present Cooper stays on the field.

.....and that answer is??

Seriously, I don't see what Charnley offers

that's genuinely made my night !

I think you may find that the Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel is Cooper’s Uncle!!!!!

Charnley wasn't the one out of contract. So it wasn't a straight choice.

Lineham was let go because of disciplinary issues and he was out of contract.

Price could have played Lineham tonight but he didn't. Powell could have insisted Lineham got a new contract, he didn't. They don't trust him, rightfully so.

In the last couple of years, Lineham has undoubtedly been better when he's on the pitch. But that's not been anywhere near often enough.

A little ironic saying that on a day Charnley got a yellow, but still . . .

Well saints get favouritism for sure. Makinson obvious squirrel grip gets fewer games than Lineham for alleged squirrel grip (I have no doubt that he did it but it wasn't caught on the sky cameras like Tommy's).

Cooper shouldn't get more games out than paasi, as it was a far, far lesser incident, but he probably will.

First 45 minutes we were very clinical, next 20 minutes all over the place, final 15 minutes our game management was very good.

Hope Cooper just gets a 1 game ban, but doubt it. High tackle on Ashton in 2nd half deserved a card, as Lineham got carded and then banned for a similar one against Saints.

I listened to it on BBC Radio Manchester, Dave Woods and Noble were raving about good Warrington were and how we were good for the the 26-0 lead. Praising our attack and defence. They were saying how poor the execution of Castleford was in the first half and also they let the emotion especially of a big guard of honour get to them. Which seems a fair analysis of the first half. I cant believe Clarke has said that if he did as i didnt hear it on Sky.

Well that won’t deter the conspiracy theorists on a certain other board!

Inclined to agree with this to a point. He is full of effort, but he’s not a second row forward unfortunately. Credit to him for putting his hand up to play where asked, but… we had a second row on the bench, a pretty good one in great form.

Wrench struggled with Matautia and JSL, if it wasn’t for that winger having an absolute stinker, it could have been different, so if Price was desperate to shoehorn Austin in, he could have put him there, but more realistically, it was a landslide when he came on, he should have took off Widdop/Williams/Ratchford for a break.

I do struggle with Price and his rationale behind “the fourth sub”. And I fear Ashton will be compelled to that spot next week in order to appease him for how he played, but to revert to plan A. It is just a waste though, another big body, even Doro, would be better on the bench if you’re not going to use the back. Let’s face it, it’s likely to be Sita, Walker, Mulhearn and Ashton next week though.