They did do alright once or twice but I did see signs of the old King goes wandering Penny is left 3 on 1 which if noted by the opposition could have been disastrous.

I just can't help thinking that Cas weren't aware Penny was going to play (neither was I) but if they were they would've peppered him and it would've been a whole lot worse.

However, I finally saw the sliding defence creeping in in that first half, so hopefully Smith is concentrating on defence for now and those individual errors will be cancelled out by the lovely attacking rugby we're gonna learn soon.

Whatever happens, I just want to see a planned move that actually works.

A couple of positional changes IMO will make a big difference.

Move Hicks from fb back to the wing. With Riley at FB, we return the kick at a much higher pace, and often start a set of six on a high. Under Hicks, we allow their defence to gt up in his face and get set.

This will allow Johnson at 3, and then suddenly our three quarters look a little more dangerous - Hicks, Johnson, King and Penny. There is some pace and strength in that.

Halves. Now this is a big issue, but I would take Monas out whether Briers is fit or not. Grix could cover there with Bridge, as I think Grix is being wasted at the moment. He can;t do any worse IMO at 6/7.

I would leave the forwards as they are.

Them two was on when we came in the ground. didn't have a clue what it was

Certainly was different.

I Agree about trying Grix at halves Dave, but I would not drop Monas. I would have him interchanging with Higham instead of Clarke.

Spot on.

I disagree. Monas does already slip into the 9 spot at times now, and he is still poor IMO. His decision making on the 2nd phase of play is shocking.

He never knows whether to put his head down and run, or throw a long pass and get the ball moving.

Monas and Higham are too similar in style for me to use them both, and Higham defo gets the nod over Monas at 9.

i quite enoyed watching cas attack, whereas warrington had perhaps a couple of little plays between 2 or 3 players that came off in isolated parts of the game, cas were attacking with all their players working on and off the ball and had a brilliant shape to them

also thought cas had a great defence, which is perhaps why warrington's attack, in my opinion, was absolutely awful, although i don't think we gave them a particularly stern test

our defence was haphazard, which got lucky at times but more often than not was, again in my opinion, poor

to be fair i thought cas looked like a really good team and there is no shame in being beaten by them (questionable though at home), but i thought warrington were absolutely miles behind them and was gutted when i left, not because of scoreline but because of how dire i thought we were

i do however have total faith in the manager to turn us around and also in most of the players who are already in the squad to get back to good performances

i reckon our fans need to forget about where we think we should be and get ready to travel a long road to challenging mid-table and then on towards the top after that

Certainly was 'urban.' And by 'urban', I mean a bit rubbish. I wasn't quite as vocal about it as the old fart stood next to me. 'It's just noise, that!'

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Things confirmed today:

At the current rate of improvement (and I accept he's been unlucly with injuries), Bridge will never be the top class half back we need. I still like him as a player and would keep him as a support role.

Hicks at fulback doesn't work. The ball has to be almost stationary before he picks it up and he doesn't even look to beat the first man - just run into him and keep it safe seems to be his only option. Get him on the wing.

Monagan tries so much but he's not performed like a half back I don't know why. He has a great workrate (yesterday kicked deep and made four of the next five tackles).

If we're going to play Kevin Penny - give him the ball somewhere outside our own 20 metre line.

Almost every fan appreciated the effort put in particularly in the first half. A few people booed - not in any way representative of the fan base.

We are where we deserve to be in the league table. A less than average team.

Even when we get soundly beaten - I'm still glad we've been.

Hey less of the old.....