I'm channelling the hate towards the people that keep changing the fixtures so Stan and his odd beliefs are safe for now

I asked this a few weeks ago but wonder how effective Evalds would be at hooker, Peter Edwards came as a class full back and then converted into an equally good hooker, Evalds is good tackler, can distribute the ball and he has more than enough pace to scoots from the PTB.

To be honest its nice to have the option. GOB is playing well at 3rd pivot, however if we were trailing with twenty minutes to go and we were lacking that piece of individual spark going forward that's when the change should happen. Evalds to Fullback then O'Brien to 9,6 or 7. Its a great option to have which is unfortunate for Niall, but competition for places is a healthy headache. Tomkins's discipline must improve, and until then i'd have Evalds and Three forwards on our bench.

I said this on another thread post Warrington game........

"there's no one more than me who wants to see Niall in the starting 17, as we know what he's capable of.
But in these games playing against big mobile packs can we afford to keep shoe horning him and Tompkins into the side.
The forwards looked dead on their feet in the last twenty and having that extra interchange would've helped that.
Unfortunately with Jones playing in the pack we don't have the luxury of bringing Niall on and moving someone from the back line into the pack, just my thoughts."

Now Lui has gone off we have the pleasure of Lee at half back....

Proper resilience this team has now. Very very impressed with them. Not been today but Carney getting 2 must have stuck in their craw just a little

Well done Salford. The better team clearly on the day. I did feel we were going to snatch it near the end but when you intercepted the ball then went on to score again not long after I knew that was it. Decent ish following too. Made some good noise.

Brilliant result.

With 5 games now that are all winnable that gives the team confidence to go for it.

I'd settle for 3 or 4 wins out of 5.

Odds on we'll be HKR's first scalp next week then?

Well played Salford much the better side today. Cas game plan was simple and predictable and we were no match for your enthusiasm and you've defo tightened up in defense. Good game

highlights www.skysports.com/watch/video/sp ... 32-salford

highlights www.skysports.com/watch/video/sp ... 32-salford

Why way Carney marched for 10 and Massey not? Pretty obvious there that Bentham bottled it.

Good game, won by the best team. My main thoughts:
1. Dobson is still a class act. His kicking game was spot all every time and he organised the attack well on our line.
2. The first time I have said this - awful in-game decision from Powell. When we lost Dorn to injury the two options were to either put Hampshire to full-back and use Milner as a make-shift half, or put Monaghan to full-back, shift Crooks onto the wing and use McMeekan as a centre. Powell decided to put Milner onto the wing - despite having none of the attributes of a winger! Dobson took about two minutes to notice and isolate Milner, catching his completely out of position numerous times.
3. Justin Carney is always going to provide entertainment. Sin-binned in the first minute, giving penalties away whilst in possession and dropping the ball after the tackle. However, he can certainly find his way to the line given the opportunity. I was shocked he wasn't once targeted with a high ball - imagine the pressure the fans would have put him under as the ball came down, particularly with his back to the Wheldon Road End in the second half! I wish he was still in our colours, but unfortunately our players will not accept him as part of the group so he has no future at Cas. You should get him signed up ASAP, though I hear we have agreed a deal with Wigan as of next year.
4. Gareth O'Brien is a fantastic kicker. Those kind of conversions are worth their weight in gold.
5. Tommy Lee was better than I expected him to be.
6. From our point of view, Hamsphire can toddle back to Wigan. I saw nothing to suggest he has the potential to be a first-choice SL half back.

Overall, the result reflected the game. We need our injured players back ASAP (Roberts in particular) as we are much weaker without them.

Seems like a fair assessment to me. Re the injuries that your team are suffering. We had more than our fair share last year, and it refreshing to have a virtually full squad to pick from. It does mean, however, that we have some damned good players sitting on the sidelines. Just great that two of the 'lesser' teams are mixing it with the best.

I'm beginning to think that GOB is looking like our best buy of the off season so far. I thought he was good last year but his form this season so far is very impressive. A long time since we went to Cas and won by so many points. It really looks like Watson is fashioning some real consistency into the group, even when we've lost we've still give it our all, and that's all us fans really want to see. If Lui is missing for a few weeks I can see Evalds getting his chance with GOB moving into the halves with Dobson. Not a bad replacement eh?