Thought you were deserving of the win today, we weren't at the races and Salford stayed disciplined played the percentages well. Chase gets the inevitable credit but I thought your full back was outstanding. Hansen and hock will be a handful when hock is back.

Purely hypothetical, but if signed Carney & partnered him with S'au, Hock inside them.....A crazy thought, but I think they'd run rampant & teams would have to overcompensate leaving space across the field.

It'd be good to watch anyway!

How she got all that way with no one stopping her was bewildering.... G4S eh..

just to put it in perspective, cas havn't won a game when childs has been the ref for 2 seasons. having said that you were much improved today but that is the last time i'll visit your stadium until you sort out the parking/exit issues. its past a joke now. surely there must be an easier way than what you are doing now or don't you care about the away fans experience? i read on other fans boards how bad it was but didn't believe it but it was even worse than i expected. i know about the M60 incident but we exited the other way so it wasn't that. no doubt about it away fans will just refuse to travel.

But im sure when you got to the ground today you would of saw roads and bridges being built so unless we get you in the cup it would be better next season to get to the ground

To be fair it's not Salfords fault that the travel situation is currently so bad. New options are being put in place so hopefully things should improve next season.

Just to put it into perspective, there surely can't be many people left now who don't know that it's far better to park at one of the many cheap car parks just a few minutes walk from the stadium rather than park at the stadium itself. I got a lift back from Eccles ARLFC - about 10 minutes walk - and we got away without any problem.

Putting it further into perspective, it is for this reason that I don't park near the stadium at [iany[/i away game, including (in fact [iespecially[/i) at Castleford. Have you ever wondered how long it takes to get away from Wheldon Road, when you've got a large car park with one exit, an exit that then takes you into a road full of pedestrians? It is, as you would put it, "past a joke now".

Putting it even further into perspective, the M60 - the major ringroad around the largest connurbation in the north - was closed due to a fatality. This has a knock on effect on [iall[/i roads in the area, because the traffic the M60 would normally carry has to go somewhere else. Traffic heading west from the stadium - the way you claim to have gone (?) - usually isn't too bad, but if it was, the closure of the M60 will have been the cause.

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Well I think it is deserving of at least

You will get zero sympathy around these parts, as it is your own fault to be fair.

Issues with on-site parking are not new at the stadium, it’s been well publicised since it opened. However if you choose to park on site then you must expect delays in leaving. All on site car parks are shut for 20 minutes or so after the game to allow pedestrians to exit the area. I reckon it should take from reaching your car to leaving the ground, 45 minutes max.

Next time instead of moaning about it and refusing to travel, choose your car parking position wisely. Barton Airport over the road is an option, Eccles RLFC is an option, shuttle buses from the Trafford Centre and Chill Factore are also an option.

Common sense

Much more improved performance in attack. Difficult to pin point exactly what the difference was, but obviously Rangi and Sean Long’s influence were key. Some of the sets plays were excellent yesterday with Rangi, Smith and Mullaney are combining and causing problems.


Positives.

As mentioned above, Rangi was very good. Quite a few mistakes for me but I put that down to communication/gelling issues and his natural exuberance. Gave us a good indication of what to expect once fit.

Junior Sa’u was excellent. Clearly still not match fit (I reckon he’s another 4 weeks off) but his enthusiasm was contagious at times. He made 130 metres yesterday (just 6 short of Morley who had the highest in the game) with 17 carries, which for a centre is fantastic work rate and effort. He is evidently loving his time at Salford too.

Morley rolled the years back yesterday and put in a proper prop forward performance. No surprise he was the highest metre maker with 136 and average gain of 7 metres per carry. Top performance.

Jake Mullaney was outstanding in attack, again. He looks a genuine threat every time he links up into the line.

McPherson had his best game in a Salford shirt. Nothing special going forward, although he made hard yards but his defence was solid.


Negatives.

Scoreline flattered Castleford. We should have been out of sight and won the game by 20 points. The clinical nature of our game will come in time though.

Defence was still poor at times. What happened after Tim Smith conceded the penalty and the whole team turned their backs? Amateur stuff.

James Child. Before any Cas fans start, the penalty count was 11-11.

The Salford fan who fell flat on his face in the South Stand celebrating after the game.


You couldn’t not be happy with yesterday though. It was a sharp increase in performance from the previous games. We’re still a long way away from the finishing product, but if we can continue to build on that performance and get Hock and Griffin back fit we should start to make waves.

Full credit to the team and coaching staff. They were rightly and fairly criticised last week, but proved a point yesterday.

Bless.



Wibble.

I think the fact we had a full game with the starting 6-7 pivots we'd spent the whole close season training plays around would have helped, that and the rocket up their behinds from last weeks inept performance .
Offloads are still an issue , without Hock,Gleeson or Chase we've had virtually no recycled ball.
If we are going to break teams down it's got to come from from this 2nd phase play.

I can't believe that it's been over 2 years since we ( Cas ) have not won a game when Child has been the referee.

I also cant leave out Lama Tasi. Worked his nuts off.

I agree.

Although I'm sure time and confidence are a factor here. As players gel and team confidence rises I'm sure we'll see more.