Thats 22 tries we've scored against Cas so far this season, Powell should be looking at that instead of letting the ref take the blame. Saints just got on with it despite having some bad calls. Cas got a good spanking and they need to take it on the chin and move on.

Poor from Powell that. I think if he watches some back he may have second thoughts - unless he was talking about the Cas first try of course!

For me coaches just need to keep their mouths shut on referee performances, they have a tough enough job as it is. If you want to question things, have an opportunity to do so after a video review. He was clearly upset and angry, a thinly veiled pop at the refs does himself or the sport no favours.

Very premature to come out with this ridiculous statement, let’s see if saints are the most consistent team of the summer era at the end of the weekly rounds before silly statements are made. They are a Benny Barba injury (or snort) away from being very beatable.

Cas lacked steel tonight and deserved everything we got, the ref was a disgrace for both teams and I’d be upset if he was in charge of a Normanton Knights game. The standard of refereeing has never been as bad however people gloss over this every week and the winning sides fans just waffle on about sour grapes.

Regardless of what happens this season St Helens are already the most consistent club in the Summer Era.

They have played 599 games and won 416 of them.
Wigan and Leeds have also played 599 games and won 398 and 383 respectively.
Castleford have played 544 and won 237

No it's not. This Saints side would beat the Cas team of 2017.
Last year Cas were only a Hardaker or Gale injury away from been very beatable.

Apart from Cas first try, which other decision did the ref get wrong?

Apart from the knock on try and a 7 yard forward pass in one of the earlier saints tries the ref was OK

Cas proved last night how small time they are, from the coach all the way down to the fans. Fans constantly booing the ref even though the calls were about 50/50 and cheering when they thought Barba was injured, then Powell showing his lack of class. yeah it was totally the refs fault that your tactics were dismal and your players cant tackle.

Regards

King james

Yes, we remember the class exhibited by Saints fans & coach during the fatty years. I agree it is cheap blaming the ref, nothing to do with the result. Cas have 2 poor wingers ATM, Minikin lacks bottle, if he had gone low rather than trying the fancy he would have got a couple but maybe taken a dig in the ribs. Hitchcox is Championship, as is Ellis. Trueman is too young without class at the side of him. Roberts is reaching the point where his future must be questioned. We have not come close to replacing Haraker at FB.

Replace Hardaker with Barba and Gale with Roby and you could say the same thing about Saints. It's amazing when you take the best two players out of a team how much easier it is to play against them.

a) this Saints team is already sans Walmsley who is one of our best.

b) Saints have won games without Barba or Roby so far this season. Even with both of them out we would probably have Lomax - Fages - Richardson - Smith in the spine (may even forgo moving Lomax and put Costello there after his debut vs Huddersfield). Not a bad spine at all all things considered.

I haven't seen the game, but I'd certainly agree about the refs. Robert Hicks was appalling in the Wire/Wigan magic game. But then he always is.