Evalds is only a kid, he'll learn a hell of a lot playing under Kevin Locke. He's been outstanding since being given the chance. He plays just as well at half back (his natural position apparantly) and wing.

Like I said earlier, the commentary on the Red Devils app mentioned no issues with the time and gave the exact number of minutes and seconds left during the last 5 minutes. While maybe not as natural a commentator as a 'professional', I think they did a much better job than they do on GMR in that they actually tell you what's going on in the game. On GMR often they'll go off on a tangent and miss about three sets before telling you someone's scored which becomes really frustrating.

Been impressed by what I've seen of Evalds. My only minor criticism of him is that when he's returning the ball sometimes he seems a bit apprehensive and dances about when he should just use pace to get those extra metres before he's met by the chasing defenders.

I'd say evalds is undroppable at the moment so when locke comes I'd have a Backline of

Locke
Johnson
Caton-brown
Sau
Evalds

Looks like our best back line, I'd say meli/MCB/griffin are all fighting for that last centre spot.

How did griffin go yesterday? I didn't get to the match, he sounded involved in a lot of stuff though?

With all the knocking of Dearden/GMR and our fans posting that probably didn't attend on this thread, our coach seems to have his own view on the matter and he was there.

[i"I don't think Castleford could break us down until that final play, but I don't know where all that extra time came from."[/i

Well said!

While I agree it's hard to see where those extra minutes came from, it's the idea that there's some sort of conspiracy against us that I find hard to agree with; the idea that the timekeepers fiddled it so that Cas could snatch a victory. That's Manchester United stuff.

Speaking of daft conspiracy theories, over on TotalRL, one Swinton fan has speculated that we've brought Ian Watson over now in order to help ensure Swinton get relegated. I think even Mulder and Scully would file that one in the round filing cabinet.

Could see the clock clearly from the TV gantery and it did stop every time the ref asked
we are improving massively could have won but we look forward to the next challenge

I've said it for a while now; these small steps we are taking under Harris will eventually come to fruition next season.

Harris seems to be taking lessons from Shaun Wane.

In terms of the way our defence is organised? Absolutely.

Just to clarify. What is the official situation when a ref holds his hands up to stop the clock, and then forgets to wave to the timekeeper to re-start the clock. Does the timekeeper just use common sense and starts the clock when play resumes ?

To be fair, he's probably looking for any excuse other than blaming ourselves for the lapse in concentration.

The time wasn't an issue. Our own inability to take advantage of the possession we had in their final third was.

Tim Roby has been demoted to Barrow vs Whitehaven this week.

With Silverwood missing altogether this week that means refs J.Cobb and G.Stokes are taking charge of SL matches his weekend, whilst one of the regulars take charge of 14th vs 9th in the Championship.

Silvers gone away for the week, think he was always penned in for a weeks rest.