The main thing to see against Cas is whether we have any plan to stop them scoring and to give us some confidence that we could actually beat them.

I wonder if Cas will rest any ?

nah... Let them thrash us again and make them even more complacent for IF we meet them again at Old Trafford, then hope our GF experience and good memories there can inspire us to turn it on for one night against them....similar to our GF performances against Saints in the past where they'd often thrashed us weeks before only for us to overturn them on the night that mattered.

I think at best we can only hope to beat Cas once this year and I wouldn't want to use that chance up on Friday as if we break the Cas hoodoo I cannot see us beating them twice on the trot

Rested Lynch, McMeeken and Millington last week. I'd guess they'll bring those back in and rest a different 3 or so players and do likewise the following 2 weeks.

I think there's something in that. If we had to go to their place in the playoffs we could perhaps do with a win this week. But we can now only meet at the GF. They beat us again this week then ALL the pressure, talk and expectation is on Castleford to win and we'd get to go in as big underdogs which we'd be fine with.

If we meet in the GF that is, still some SF's for both to get through first.

Even if we do win this week it can be dismissed as a dead rubber so not significant.

Burrow charged with Grade b head butt. 1-2 match ban, egp available.

So basically a one match ban then. Think we can all agree that's a fair trade for wiping the smug smirk from Connor's face.

Ellis and Michaels have been charged Grade B also

i'd contest it it, burrow has a supreme disciplinary record, bet he's never been to red hall. mitigating circumstances. Connor is a and was trying to maim jack walker, burrow being a senior player and team enforcer stepped in to sort him out, caution only.

Why is that Rob only starts cracking skulls when we play Hull?

Thackray, Connor, Lauaki. They've all felt the blast of his fury whilst wearing the black and white.

hates the smell of fish?

Butt eel likes to keep his head up as he Burrows in with his tackle!

Burrow is making a personal appearance at Redhall this evening, not simply taking EGP & an automatic one game ban.

Risky, but his record IS exemplary.

Certainly not condoning what Bobz did but if the disciplinary panel do dish out a ban bearing in mind his previous exemplary record and that he will have a maximum of 5 games left in his professional career then the world has gone mad. Common sense should prevail, but then again, this is the RFL......