Nice to see that you're right on the button with these comments. Not that you were trying to do any trolling, of course - quite the reverse. This was an honest post that was not intended to belittle the Cas side at all.

So, now you've had your little rant, it's interesting that you haven't come back and continued this honest assessment of the qualities of the Tigers' side since Friday night. I wonder why that could be.....

It is. It reeeally is.
We'll see

If you lot finish 4th then Matterson should be given a limo for day to day duties

I struggle to believe anyone, even the most rosed-tinted Cas fan, would predict the team that finished bottom to come 5th the next year...

Anyway, there isn't a single coach in the world that would have got last year's squad to 5th position - imo anyway.

^ I agree. When your scrum half and hooker are out for most of the season it's going to be an uphill struggle. We did well to finish 7th. I'd be delighted with 8th this year too.

But they weren't injured when I made the prediction

I do think we can improve. I certainly don't think the squad is weaker, and the young team playing together again means they'll grow together without needing time to gel.

The problem, like you say, is depth. But I don't think that is TM's fault, and I believe that he is getting the best out of what he has. And to say he's taken over an NL1 team and turned us into a playoff side in four years without the financial backing that someone like Justin Morgan has had speaks volumes about his ability.