Ask every Cas fan and I suspect you would get a different answer.

If all are fit: Jesse, Moors, Shenton, Gale, Millington, Cook and probably Foster given that Clark only seems to come in when we need an extra body.

Clare maybe over Minikin depending which way Powell favours.

Given Gale is out for the season then Ellis would be in.

Team would be: Mata’utia, Clare/Minikin, Blair, Shenton, Eden, Trueman, Gale, Watts, McShane, Millington, McMeeken, Jesse, Massey

Milner, Cook, Moors, Foster.

That reflects terribly on him.

Murdoch-Masila is a lazy battering ram who couldn’t care less unless the ball is in the opposition 20, Lineham is a good player but hardly irreplaceable, Mamo is very average and Brown is just crap. Cas’ injuries far outweigh Warringtons. You should win this game by about 30.

Thanks il sleep better knowing you have ok’d us a win.

Of course it's a factor and of course we'd struggle in the same situation, that's not the point.

Point being that Cas seem to be using it as an excuse, rather than trying to get on with it. It's almost as if the club are giving themselves a free-pass to lose. Sulking rather than rolling the sleeves up.

It's a difficult situation but not dire. I'd expect a better attitude if we had that many injuries.

Good to see Ah Slicker 108 is on day release.

Shenton
Gale
Millington
Jesse
Moors
Cook
Foster
Rankin possibly for cover in backs. So probably 8 of the 11.

Some years ago, I remember Dean Sampson coming out of retirement as Cas were short of players, at the HJS. Take nowt for granted.

A second choice winger
A stand off majority of you have and have screamed for him to be omitted anyway for 2 years
A decent but not irreplaceable winger
A flat track bully back rower who is AWOL unless you're steam rolling one of the bottom 4.

It's not quite the same is it, plus we haven't had 10 missing for a week or so, it's been pretty much since March, plus we've been very close in defeat in 3 games so I don't think the attitude can be questioned, it isn't like we've been torn to bits, apart from st Helens but we've all been there eh

Ah, but you have not allowed for our walking wounded - players that will still be in the team, but are injured. So Declan Patton for instance is suffering from slapped cheek syndrome after Ben Currie had a word with him regarding his tackling after the Salford match. Even worse, Ryan Atkins has damaged the pical nerve sheath in his right elbow. So he can still hold the ball to his chest when he is running, but can't extend the arm in order to pass the ball. Then there are some of the forwards - they see their names on the team sheet for the coming week, but due to concussion-induced memory loss, fail to turn up. In reality, we are down to the bare bones of the playing squad its just that nobody knows because we don't talk about it every week.

Some clubs seem to be persistently plagued by injury year after year, Hull Fc & Cas the two main culprits.

At some point surely questions have to be asked in terms of conditioning etc, or the players they are bringing in, otherwise the same thing will happen year after year.

As a great man once said, if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.