Is he fit again then?

Was nursing a compound fracture last time I spoke to him, thanks to Karl Pryce.

Well I hope the people who were saying the club were wrong not to give Alker a extension to his contract will have seen today the club are exactly right.
We were back in the game when Smith was on at hooker, he then got clobbered and Alker came back on.
After that the play was again slow and predictable as it had been for most of the first half.
They scored we could not get the points back and that was the game lost.
Another below Par performance also by M.Smith, one game does not make a season Matty.
Plus points Holdsworth,Sidlow,Adamson,Parker, Broughton and a blinder by Littler.
Saints next

2 points thrown away. Are Cas a better team? Probably not on that showing but they were better prepared and wanted it more in that 1st half. They ran it in harder and were clearly the more motivated of the 2 teams. Who's that down to? We pull it back to 22 each and then have back to back sets under the sticks. Where's the 1 pointer? If we'd gone in front then heads may have dropped. Think we need an old head in there to steer us through games like these.

PR I don't always agree with you, but I do today!

Why Littler didn't get MOM is beyond me

First half we was absolutely shocking, no one communicating or even looking bothered, but the second half we absolutely out classed them, I think a draw would of been a fair result, just a shame Ganson and the other officials pretty much killed quite a few parts the game, we also made to many missed tackles and I don't have a clue why we didn't go for a DK, saying that we never do. I find it a joke how we let Witthers get a hat-trick aswell, and the one where he broke free what the hell was we doing there!? Not to sure why Holdsworth got MOM though and not Lueluai or Littler.

AFAIK the only posible match in 10+ years - both home and away - I have missed v Castleford is 2002 ... I cannot remember going to the Jungle that year.

However I cannot remember ever in this century coming away from a Cas game feeling owt but bitter (and plenty was supped afterwards).

Why?

No great surprise in the result. Mcrae can never get the players motivated against the teams that are around us in the league table.

2009 season

16-0 to Salford while Alker was off the field. 28-6 to Cas whilst he was out on the pitch.