Can't believe Cas have rocked up with last year's gf game plan and error count. What [ido[/i Powell and Sheridan do to prepare them?

Sean ' cheating ' there , he was tackled , then stepped over the defender and played the ball , penalty to Cas

Time this was stopped

Embarrassing 2 there

Cas seem to be kicking a bit too early in attack as if they are impatient rather than working through their full sets

Difference between having Roberts playing instead of Trueman. Roberts kicks early. Trueman will attack the line. Big miss for us tonight.

Just been a carbon copy of the GF last year.a team that know what it takes to win a big game grinding their way to victory.

Dire game though, sums up SL as a whole these days.hope the final is much better.

So poor from Cas. Yet again, we are so poor in a big game.
The Cas players seem to think that we need to do different things in knock out rugby than we do all year (let’s be honest, we were lucky to win last year’s semi against St Helens). The number of errors due to stupid mistakes early in the tackle count, particularly in Wigan’s 20, is something we don’t see from Cas until it gets to a knock out game. Poor kicks on the first tackle, knock ons on the zero tackle and forward passes on the first tackle. We just seem to lose all composure at the most vital of times.
Again too, our best players go missing and seem to be overawed by these kind of games. I didn’t see anything from McShane or Gale, who should be directing the attack and maintaining the game-plan.
Having said that, take nothing away from Wigan. They were better in every single aspect of the game. From minute 1 to minute 80. For all Cas’ ineptitude, Wigan were excellent. Great discipline, great defence, excellent in collision and clinical in attack when they got the chance.

Wigan know how to win . They lay on that extra second and sneak that extra yard when defending.Thaler has allowed them to do it all game. Don't think anyone could say Cas deserved the win? But wasn't a great game to watch but if you were a Wigan fan you wouldn't care.

Gale is hopeless when it matters.

Did Cas complete a 'set of six' in the 2nd half ?? Don't think they did, they were lucky to get nil. Was looking forward to this game, what an anti climax !

Pretty much went how I expected although wasn’t quite expecting a zero for Cas.

For all the complaints about too many ex-forwards coaching in SL and can’t we have more HB’s coaching. Well in the last 160 mins of playoff rugby, Powell who has been lauded for his teams play has seen his team score a mere 6 points (and they were the scruffiest 6 points in GF history with 30 secs left) whilst his opponents have racked up 38. Don’t know why people were saying Cas had learnt from last year, there was no evidence of it until they faced this fixture and you got the true answer tonight.

Fully expect Wigan to continue the Wigan/Leeds stranglehold next week in the GF and make it 11 wins out of the last 12 years between the two teams at the big boys table whilst the kiddy table looks on enviously.

Don’t worry, you can watch Leigh miner rangers under 16s v Fev

Regards

King James