Very fair assessment. Felt you had more territory and deserved the win but we were durable and stuck in the fight. Don't think any of the half backs covered themselves in glory today but it was a tough dogged game that neither side wanted to lose. Could tell the game play was to murder millington what with watts missing and it was executed well. Your pack who was so bad last week fronted up tonight.

Even if we had lost tonight i still would've applauded the effort by the players. Taking away the coach, relative spending, marquees etc they gave it a dig. Our attacking play in the last 10 needs work that clearly our three current coaches between them can't provide. It is appalling.

Tonight was the first time i have really thought this squad can be saved by a decent coach.

those players played with pride tonight.... Someone can bring the confidence out and make us a really good side again..... it might not even take that long.

There is no way on this earth that its the current coach though.... its just not... look at us with the ball....we are probably the worst team in the league attacking wise..... We are deffo in the bottom 3.....and have been for half of last season as well.

its just a flat line of people looking confused.

I saw a team that wanted to win tonight, they defended well even though the attack was lacklustre. It’s progress.

If Price can turn things around, I’m willing to change my opinion. But one scrappy win isn’t enough for that. Turning things around for me means competing for the big prize he was hired to win.

We were in a similar position results wise in 2018 and ended up going to the CC and GF. We now have a supposedly much more capable team than we had then but the point stands. It isn't too much of a stretch to turn this good.

It’s not too much of a stretch. But it’s a high bar Price has to reach. Let’s say he makes it through the season and makes the final, but we lose again. He still goes for me -an appearance isn’t enough.

Showed some pride in the shirt tonight to overcome a good Cas side.
Two points separating 6 teams tonight.
Two points off top slot.
I’m looking for two wins from the next three, take it from there.

Attendance 9,228 get Cas didn’t bring that many but I think it reflects our recent performances

Top game tonight. Enjoyed every minute. A great game for the neutral! Wire deserved the win but could quite easily have lost. 3 SL games tonight with the biggest winning margin 2 points! There’s nothing between the teams in the SL currently and Widdop and Austin will shine I assure you! Wind yer necks in guys! Warrington will be there or there abouts in the mix up

I think there are two ways of looking at that game. On the one hand, you could view it in isolation and say that it was a compelling contest between two evenly-matched sides with a good attitude, high quality in terms of completion rate, and it came down to a nail-biting last five minutes, with Wire snatching the win in thrilling fashion. If it had been a game at Wilderspool in the Boyd-Tamati-Jackson era, we would probably look back on it fondly as a blood-and-thunder classic. However, the problem comes when you view the game in context rather than in isolation. Six games into the season and that's the fourth time we have failed to score more than 10 points. Our attack has been so bad, we have seemingly decided to just abandon it, or "strip things right back" as Steve Price and Blake Austin put it. We won the game by winning what has come to be known as 'the arm wrestle'. Unfortunately, people pay to watch rugby league, not arm wrestling, and an attendance of just over 9,000 is a concern. Austin says that our attack will come naturally if we are patient, but in the stands, patience is wearing pretty thin.

Fair points, reasonably made. But if we had lost 36-42 with both sides trading 80m screamers, Wires71 et al would be on saying 'I'd rather be a champion than an entertainer'. So not for the first time I ask: which is it to be?

After reading all views on our victory against cas one thing as gone unnoticed.. Where's our friends from sintellins gone have they been banned...just asking

Fine margins. We could have so easily lost that game even though I thought we were slightly the better side. This forum would have exploded.

As expected our half backs have copped a bit of flack for not creating too much. I think we need to get used to the fact that in games like last night it ain't easy to create. Cas created even less. They have creative players but we didn't see much of 'em.

I did notice Austin running at the opposition more in the second half ... which was good to see. Austin has had a couple of lengthy interviews on TV in recent days. I am absolutely certain he is aware of our deficiencies and also of his lack of form.

Talking of interviews, Tom Lineham, made me chuckle ... refreshingly barmy.

Yes - there were flashes from Austin.
Shame there was virtually nothing from Widdop that I can recall.