If what players are saying is true, which id believe over anything else it’s two things, and I wouldn’t be expecting to see him put any shirt on for a very long time

If that were the case, hope GH has nice strict terms on that deal with Cas

Can’t see that being an issue, he’s there problem now, contract was signed long ago

Cas players?

I have to be ambiguous, unlikely I know that anything would come of it, but still. I’ll just say it’s a player close enough for me to 150% believe it.

With McDermott's non use of subs, we've basically been practicing this scenario for years. Ward won't be100%, but if we can get just 10 or 15 effective minutes, it could be the difference.

It's incredible the commitment and forward planning that BMcD puts into these big games

What's the betting he ends up having to use all 17 tomorrow to scupper his years of planning..?!

Warrior Mentality.

With all the hurrumph over hardaker there's been very little discussion on the game itself.

I think to win, we'll need to keep cas to 2 scores or less and Watkins will need to be 100%.

It's hard to see us doing that as cas have cut through our defense at will this season. One of the keys will be how we handle cas when they are on top, busting holes, getting quick ptb and moving the ball quick. That purple patch has basically been our undoing in every game this season, to differing degrees.

With all the variables taken into account such as our experience, hardakers omission, McGuire and burrow leaving, the simple uniqueness of gf night I think cas should still actually win, it just maybe closer than neutrals would have thought.

I know sport doesn't work like this, but I just feel like we're due a gf loss, you know?

I wouldn't count on Hardaker not playing yet....