Worrincy is a winger, in my opinion Rettie is a forward playing on the wing, would he have scored the length of field try in the 2010 final? I think not and that's what your winger should be able to do, though it seems not in KH's eyes.

I think we might see a difference this year, see Gregg Florimos post above,
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"Speaking to a couple of players they are saying there is a noticable difference at how quick the ball is getting moved this year compared to last season and things are a lot crisper by the sounds of it. Having 2 hookers with good distribution compared to none from last season in itself is going to make a huge difference"


A quicker play the ball and some nifty halfbacks and hookers and I think Karl has signed them.

All I want for Christmas is an entertaining year
An entertaining year, an entertaining year, etc

fax fans in railway end tomorrow?

Worrincy should be first choice winger for me. Scores tries (Thats what Wingers do!), works hard and has the fear factor- opponents are scared of him as give him a cm and he is gone. Yes he does make mistakes but then so do all wingers. I feel for me he is the best winger outside of SL.
Reittie is a workhorse and you cant knock his work rate. But he is not a finisher and doesnt create and he is not a player the opposition fear as he will not go the length of the field and nor will he create havoc. If you want 5 tackles and a kick game then yes reittie is the man
Potts is another who has the fear factor as he will fnish or has the potential to damage poor defence. Another like Worrincy and reittie who do the hard yards as well.
I want to see Fax entertain as well as win. For me Worrincy and Potts are our first choice wingers but not sure KH feels that way sadly

That's the usual drill at Cas. Can't see it been much different!

Well Charlie is waiting , what was the Score and Result?

30 - 30

fax ahead for most of the second half i am told.

ooppps just created a new thread for this......

Pretty impressive run out for the teams first outing I thought.

Some of the new lads really stood out and it looks like we have the makings of a pretty decent team with plenty of strength in depth. Cas had a pretty decent team out to start the game and we stood up really well against them and it was probably closer than the 18-4 scoreline suggested at that point with their first couple of tries looking dubious to say the least.

Both teams still have a few players to come in though and although we shouldnt get too carried away as Cas are going to be one of the lower SL sides again it was still probably a step up in intensity to what the players have been used to. Of the new guys Mennell and Kaye both had good games and the ball was much better from acting half than it has been, Mennell`s long ball for one of Potts tries was a good example.

Sam Brooks had a good game off the bench and I just wonder who is going to make way for him because unless he picks up an injury I would expect him to be in the 17 for most games. Simon Browns kicking game was superb and he found grass with nearly every single kick which at our level should make a big difference and his half back partner Johnson looks a right handfull and caused Cas a lot of trouble on numerous occasions. Gareth Potts can clearly finish there is no doubt about that and on todays showing its really hard to see Worrincy getting much game time. As a big fan of his that is quite disappointing as i was hoping the competition for places would do him good but he looked really lackluster today and Potts and Rettie are far and away in front of him in the pecking order.

Of the players from last season, Fieldhouse and Heaton were probably pick of the backs with Tyrer showing some good defence but also getting caught on a couple of occasions. I expect his place to be under real pressure with Cowling to come in and will struggle to get in if the loan centre comes in. Heaton looks to keep improving with good defence and attack apart from I just wish the coaching staff would help him with his passing which is one area that lets him down.

Our forwards were good again with Tonks leading the way, the other props went well and Manning pulled off a couple of great tackles in the second half and at times Adamson and Divorty caused them problems. Murrell was steady away and was of the pitch for a lot of the game but we already know how good he is and his enthusiasm seems to rub off on the other players.

Early days though but the signs were very encouraging.

Couldn't make it today but it looks like we played pretty well against SL opposition and that can only be good .

Well done you Fax you have faired well against a team that would have wanted to impress the Home fans , again well done .

Good game but don't let the result mislead you in this.

Cas had a dozen first team players not playing and a lot were fringe, fringe players, debutants or people who hadn't played in ages.

Thought Potts took his tries well and a couple of others fronted up well but Cas could, should and with those dozen out, probably would have dispatched Fax much much earlier. Lost count of the number of chances we blew on your line.

Blah blah fringe players. Blah blah debutants. Blah blah.

Of course, Fax had no players making debuts, no young lads from the fringes and we had the advantage of training in a full time environment.

We get the excuse for mediocrity on the pitch but what's the excuse for that shed of a ground you play in and where's the new stadium you lied about in your licence application?

May be you should spend your time asking why there's nothing much super about your "super" league club

Not sure what point you are making. Of course you had players missing but that wasnt our fault, your starting team had lots of SL quality in it and we stood up well against that team until the inevitable changes made by both teams.

Tansey; Owen, Channing, Dixon, Clare; Sneyd, Dorn; Lynch, Clark, Huby, Gilmour, Holmes, Wheeldon.

That is not a bad line up, obviously some players like Tansey wont be playing when the season starts but still not a bad line up. Infact I would say the majority of that team is the one that will be doing battle for you in SL and if that is the case I probably wouldnt be too excited if I were a Cas fan on that showing.