I've seen Cas play some wonderful off-the-cuff football in the past and I've seen Cas play some fabulous structured football in recent times too, and I think we do both better now than any team currently in Superleague
But what really blows me away about this Castleford team is how seemless our transition is from one to the other.
We make a break and get tackled short, next play Massey or Jesse run on to the ball from deep and get tackled short and you think that was a missed opportunity but no............behind that low percentage play we are just getting organised to transition into a structured attack.
Quick accurate ball from bummy half and it's on!
The defence see what's coming and fan out, they know Hardaker is going to link up to create overlap but he's coming from behind Gale so they can't see him anymore than Luke can and if they anticipate where Zak will be and turn their hips inwards then the ball goes to Webster and if the winger comes in to stop Webster it's quick hands to Minikin and if Leeds are corner flagging Minikin steps inside and if they grab a hold of Minikin he offloads to... lol... to McMeeken.
How DO YOU defend against that?

Reading other fans on forums, yes Leeds are Gash yes they have injurys yes Cas have played well the last 3 seasons and won nothing yes you need strengh in depth yes when it really matters against top teams in top form and it's all or nothing it's intensive defence and good game management and experiance at the highest level that wins, but I don't think any of that matters.

Cas are going against the meta and could really be on to something here , the quality football we play the way we transition I think a lot of teams coming up against Cas to grind a win are going to go into the second half playing catch up football.

Now that the dust has settled, I thought and come and offer my congrats.

Wow, did Cas play well last week against Leeds. Yes, Leeds were way off and have been for ages, but Powell has created a wonderfully drilled side and, in much the same way that Graham Murray got the best out of his Leeds players in 1999 (Powell was one of them), he's turning former also-rans into RL stars.

I'm delighted for the club and very, very jealous.

Agree Cas with Powell are doing great good team ethic.Salford with Watson at the helm its good to see two british coaches at the top of super league.

Cas are a pleasure to watch,being a Saints fan i don't want to see you win on Monday but overall i do hope you win some silverware this season and that other coaches can see you can play attractive rugby and win things.

Early season is no time to start crowing, see where all the teams are in August...

I agree with that, but I'll guarantee one thing - we will still be playing a style of rugby that people want to watch. Whether we win anything or not this year, our fans get value for money entertainment wise

I'm not sure supporters of multi trophy winning (and incredibly boring to watch )Wigan would agree with your comments.

I couldn't give a monkeys what any Wigan fan thinks to be honest, I'm not seeking agreement from anyone. I enjoy watching Cas, simple.

That incredibly boring team scored 8 tries today against a side in good form lately. Oh, and all but one of those tries were scored by the very young three-quarters.

The game is about results, and Cas just play rugby , same as every other team in the league. Time you stopped slagging other teams off, Cas have lost any "class" in terms if fans behaviour. Such a shame.

Strange no comments from Sundays game where a 12 man hull side should have been put to the sword !!

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Glad you're enjoying your rugby pal, I'm enjoying our annual trip to Old Trafford and enjoying seeing our captain lifting the silverware!

Cas have been good to watch in the 1st few games but there's a long way to go yet. It's just a shame it'll be 2 injury hit teams on Saturday! I'd love to see us go against each other with 2 fully fit squads but hey ho!!

When have I slagged any other teams off?? If you look at my posts I'm not in the habit of slagging any teams off, so I suggest you wind your neck in

I am enjoying it mate, win or lose I still enjoy watching Cas play. I've also commented on other threads that there is a long way to go, and I'm still not sure if we have the 'big game mentality' come the business end of the year. Time will tell, if we do fantastic, if we don't then we try and learn and improve. You never know, we may play each other with fully fit squads when it matters. See you Saturday, I hope you bring plenty over and we have a good atmosphere