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The following letter will be e-mailed all and sundry.

Dear Ian,

I would like to say that for the first time in my life as Castleford Tigers supporter, I watched with disbelief as my team performed for 40 minutes throughout a 1st half with no spirit, no organisation, no desire and above all no passion.
You have managed in your short tenure to instil in experienced quality players a complete total lack of interest in playing rugby league and for that you must be applauded.
We watch from the terracing as players show a total inability to perform the basic tasks involved in the participation of our great game.
In defence, we show no intention to work together in a defensive line, we have no line-speed in attempting to stop the attacking side from getting into their stride and there is a clear lack of communication in our defensive line as players leave ample gaps for opposing players to run through with ease.
We started today’s game with Ollie Holmes, a back rower, at hooker and Clark on the bench. Clark showed he was unfit/unwell when throwing-up on the 20m line after another Wakefield try, so where the hell was Adam Milner? In Clark and Milner we have two of the games finest young hookers but do we use them as a pair? No, that would be too simple.
We have a pack of forwards who should be terrorizing defences throughout the league. In Huby, Walker, Emmitt, Mason, etc we have players who at present show little ability to make that first line-break and provide the off-load that feeds the supporting half back and here I am again describing that element missing from our game. Basic rugby league.
I apologise for “rambling on” as you must be wanting to get back to catching up with Neighbours and watching the NRL and dreaming that maybe, just maybe you will be given another chance to make a complete mess of another club.
To conclude, I write with hope that maybe our Board of Directors see the light find enough pennies to rid us of the poorest rugby league coach to have graced Wheldon Road for many years because I think I am not far wrong that if you are still in your position for much longer the terraces “down the lane” will be very, very quiet and empty.

Regards,

A supporter, season ticket holder and now member for many years.

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Wow, keep your chin up matey, we've been there.

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Quote: Ponterflfan "The following letter will be e-mailed all and sundry.

Dear Ian,

I would like to say that for the first time in my life as Castleford Tigers supporter, I watched with disbelief as my team performed for 40 minutes throughout a 1st half with no spirit, no organisation, no desire and above all no passion.
You have managed in your short tenure to instil in experienced quality players a complete total lack of interest in playing rugby league and for that you must be applauded.
We watch from the terracing as players show a total inability to perform the basic tasks involved in the participation of our great game.
In defence, we show no intention to work together in a defensive line, we have no line-speed in attempting to stop the attacking side from getting into their stride and there is a clear lack of communication in our defensive line as players leave ample gaps for opposing players to run through with ease.
We started today’s game with Ollie Holmes, a back rower, at hooker and Clark on the bench. Clark showed he was unfit/unwell when throwing-up on the 20m line after another Wakefield try, so where the hell was Adam Milner? In Clark and Milner we have two of the games finest young hookers but do we use them as a pair? No, that would be too simple.
We have a pack of forwards who should be terrorizing defences throughout the league. In Huby, Walker, Emmitt, Mason, etc we have players who at present show little ability to make that first line-break and provide the off-load that feeds the supporting half back and here I am again describing that element missing from our game. Basic rugby league.
I apologise for “rambling on” as you must be wanting to get back to catching up with Neighbours and watching the NRL and dreaming that maybe, just maybe you will be given another chance to make a complete mess of another club.
To conclude, I write with hope that maybe our Board of Directors see the light find enough pennies to rid us of the poorest rugby league coach to have graced Wheldon Road for many years because I think I am not far wrong that if you are still in your position for much longer the terraces “down the lane” will be very, very quiet and empty.

Regards,

A supporter, season ticket holder and now member for many years.'"


Apart from the last bit, a great post.... Millward, time to go now. The last 2 weeks we have got smashed by teams who are so bad... It's like losing to London skolars..... Embarrassing

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Quote: Cas Till I Die "Apart from the last bit, a great post.... Millward, time to go now. The last 2 weeks we have got smashed by teams who are so bad... It's like losing to London skolars..... Embarrassing'"


Say what you want about millward and your own teams performance, but we are not a bad side

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Quote: Cas Till I Die "Apart from the last bit, a great post.... Millward, time to go now. The last 2 weeks we have got smashed by teams who are so bad... It's like losing to London skolars..... Embarrassing'"


Say what you want about millward and your own teams performance, but we are not a bad side

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Quote: Tricky2309 "Say what you want about millward and your own teams performance, but we are not a bad side'"


Wouldn't bother mate, said poster is a plank and not typical of most Cas fans.

We are a very decent side but we really shouldn't be finding it that easy to beat Cas on their own turf. If I were a Cas fan I'd be devastated by that. Ten to fifteen minutes effort simply isn't enough to win any SL game. I was amazed by the first half which was basically a training run, we actually got caught a bit cold because of that in the second half. It's so strange how Cas can't get themselves up for this game yet always look fired up at BV.

I really don't know what else to say.

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The team as a whole did not play that bad, Some very dodgy ref decesions cost us dearly.
The first half the polecats pierced our defence at will.The polecats first two tries were in my opinion because of dodgy ref decisions.From where I was stood I could see Rangi having words with the linesman the old guy in the first half.Take nothing away from the polecats they played the game and the Ref in the first half as any team would and they come out very much on top.
The second half with Cas scoring two quick tries I thought could we, but that thought soon went.
All in all a game we needed to win but again come up short, wher is our next win. Hudd's - Widnes ?. icon_surprised.gifops:

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Quote: nhs1984 "The team as a whole did not play that bad, Some very dodgy ref decesions cost us dearly.
The first half the polecats pierced our defence at will.The polecats first two tries were in my opinion because of dodgy ref decisions.From where I was stood I could see Rangi having words with the linesman the old guy in the first half.Take nothing away from the polecats they played the game and the Ref in the first half as any team would and they come out very much on top.
The second half with Cas scoring two quick tries I thought could we, but that thought soon went.
All in all a game we needed to win but again come up short, wher is our next win. Hudd's - Widnes ?.
Polecats? Wow. icon_lol.gif

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Quote: nhs1984 "The team as a whole did not play that bad, Some very dodgy ref decesions cost us dearly.
The first half the polecats pierced our defence at will

Drivel - aside from the fact that your second sentence contradicts your first, our Ben had absolutely nothing to do with that result last night; I'd suggest you need to look a little closer to home.

And 'polecats' - seriously?

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The bit about having a pack of forwards that should be "terrorizing" the league is delusion at its finest.

It's hard when things aren't going well but as a non-Cas fan I don't think anything that has happened so far is unexpected.

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Quote: Tricky2309 "Say what you want about millward and your own teams performance, but we are not a bad side'"


Give over, your just slightly less rubbish than we are. Our feeder club would have beaten us by as much as you did last night !!!

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Quote: Cas Till I Die "Give over, your just slightly less rubbish than we are.'"


Results say otherwise.

Don't drag us into your pity party.

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Quote: bren2k "Results say otherwise.

Don't drag us into your pity party.'"


Sorry, I didn't realise you were top of the league unbeaten..... That great your in the top 8 ... Oh wait

Your not even mid table love

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We are not bottom either. Love.

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Quote: Cas Till I Die "Sorry, I didn't realise you were top of the league unbeaten..... That great your in the top 8 ... Oh wait

Your not even mid table love'"


We would have to be in the eight to be mid-table! We're 9th with a game in hand bet you'd swap places

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