Saying it was easy was. Was a tough game with some long range tries and a few dubious ref calls putting u on the front foot. Don't get me wrong u deserved the win but take barba away and that's a much closer game and final score

Think it's the speed of Hardaker Eden and Roberts that's missing alongside the sharp play of Gale. Obviously Hardakers gone but that's the slowest Cas backline for a few season? Saints have a nice mix of big forwards and real speed Pleasure to watch, Just like Cas last few year.

The ASS [iis[/i disrespectful, or it doesn't post, that is its only function.

The only dubious calls were the missed Percival obstructions, apart from that I thought the ref was pretty fair. The score line suggests it was easy, Cas had a go physically but they had no quality or skill on show. Nothing disrespectful about calling a game easy.

I totally agree what you have written there. Wardle and Webster didn't cause much problem on the attacking front.

Saints' recruitment on the whole isn't nothing special. They've landed lucky that an NRL star had nowhere else to go and you're getting a year out of him. Around 4th/5th recently and then sign a FB due to his personal problems that lifts you to 1st before he ends up department and you'll be back down a few pegs.....almost identical story to Cas and Hardaker.

Easy win. Didn’t need to get out of third gear. Cas thought their forwards could just bully ours but I think 8-13 of the Castleford team are still in Luke Thompson’s pocket. Ben Barba is an absolute joy to watch and no wonder the young cas fans ignored their own players and made a beeline for him for selfies.

Regards

King James

What was the crowd?

That was the group of people surrounding the pitch.

Couldn’t have been many cas fans as all I could hear were the Saints fans

Regards

King James

Put Gale, Roberts and Eden back in that side today and its a very close game. Or take the equivalent of those 3 for Saints out and its a very close game. Doesn't change the fact that we need a fullback though, but how good were Saints last year until Barba came along? Cr@p! Just the same situation as we now have since Hardaker let us down. You weren't posting your arrogant posts then were you? Probably won't be again next year when he's back in the NRL either. He was a pleasure to watch today and worth the ticket money alone if I'm honest, but you probably wouldn't know about that sat watching the game on TV