ok here is how it goes
if you have 4 play makers in the team the opposion has to choose which one to mark leaving gaps for the others (this was the case early season with Rangi Shifty Goldie and Razza) this left gaps for golie to exploit

Now with Razza only just back in the team and Shifty injured we have less opions and the gaps arnt there so its harder for us (and Goldie) to create and exploit gaps as they can mark us / Close the spaces.

Is Goldie playing worse now or is he being marked .

I personally think he is doin a job that TM wants him doin and the Team is winning so Tm must be callin the right shots .

Food for thought

Good point, I was thinking that Wakey had Goldy sussed, mind you they could'nt handle Rangi?

I think McGoldrick may also have been conscious of the conditions over the past couple of weeks and not wanted to give away ball through risky plays in the wet.

spot on ryan is a back line runner and finds it hard to make things happen from first man give him the ball in broken field and you will see an improvment in form.

Exactly that imo. Away at Salford i could hear some Cas fans moaning that all he was doing was driving the ball in and not throwing passes out. The weather was awful and yet these plonkers wanted Goldy to play the classy Cas way when it was clearly obvious that what was needed was for him to drive it in. Some people don't realise that in poor conditions, 10 meters made per tackle adds up, especially when Rangi puts a good boot in at the end.