Saints Dark horses for OT Cas look flat

St Helens very good tonight, castleford not so. They won't be like this again in the super eights though no doubt.

The way Cas' games are scheduled are interesting. Should bounce back and wrap up the LLS soon with their next 3 games vs Salford, Wakey and Hudds.

Then have Leeds, Wigan and Hull last 3 and probably both eyes focused on the playoffs.

Just a small blip for cas. However it shows if teams are prepared to tackle for 80 minutes and close cas down, they don't look so good. Gale looked average tonight, whilst roby was superb. If saints win next week it will really make them a threat.

thats the danger for cas. top spot is all but wrapped up. its difficult to motivate yourself is situations like this, the problem is when you have to step it up again. its not that easy

I'd still back Leeds, Wigan or Saints to beat Cas in a semi or the GF.

Saints with Barba will be a different proposition - shame he is not available until round 4 - he is the boost of positive publicity the competition needs.

Yes.........can't beat a player who's had a drugs suspension to bring a boost of positive publicity.

As per rangi, who never fails to rise to the occasion.

He'll have done the crime, done the time. Get over it. People make mistakes. He's a cracking player it'll be great to see him over here. Extremely rare we get a genuine NRL talent in their prime years over here. Enjoy it.

He is on a different planet to anything currently running around in SL. The sooner he gets on the field the better

Certainly is. Looking forward to seeing him in action.

Will be interesting if Saints carry on winning it's not easy to change a winning team, if they put him in at FB are they moving Lomax to the halves? Will he hit the ground running, it'll be a year since his last competitive game of RL with a stint of RU in between which hardly every helps players.

One presumes he will start on the bench and they will use him as an impact player - some impact player

I was impressed by Lomax last night, but I guess Saints aren't convinced that he won't be injured again before the end of the season.
Saints defence was outstanding last night & Cas couldn't find an answer despite a vast amount of possession in the Saints half.
Roby was excellent & Wilkin is a great warrior for Saints similar to O'Loughlin at Wigan.
All three will be sorely missed by their supporters when they retire.