Very little chat re tonight’s game.
Danny sticking with the same squad from last weekend, obviously he isn’t as critical of some players as some on here.
How do-folk think we will get on? The 4g surface has generated some chat from Cas.
I think a win for us would be a surprise for even the most confident london fan, hope am wrong.
Got to keep hold of the ball as a start, and not give away too many penalties, ptb speed from cas could hurt although the judo skills seemed to work against wakey

Lovell isn't good enough!

I'm not usually one for targeting individual players but he really is out of his depth.
For a big man he runs like he's 2ft and 5 stone less.
Also Cunningham is NOT a halfback, he has no kicking game and spends the whole time running across the field.
Badly missing Sammut.
We've only scored 3 tries in 3 games!

Only players to have a half decent game were Yates, Mason, Kear & Williams..

Beaten today by fast ptb! Every tackle cas were making 10 mtrs, mainly because we we peddling back all the time.
Going forward though we actually showed some good skills when we put it through the hands, we will trouble other teams.
Thought the kicking game was poor tonight, to many kicks straight to the full back or winger.
Walker was missed at fullback.
Lovell didn’t lose us the game!

Cas are not an easy side for anybody to beat, but it's first time watching you and cas were just physically stronger in making yards and dominating in defence. I think the score line flattered a little bit in you payed well and could have had more points but on the other hand so could cas.

Cas could be in the top four so it's not a shocker that they beat you, and they will probably beat other sides to similar scores. Widnes maybe needing to shed a few players I would look to them to add to squad inu n forward maybe?

Just over 2000 in tonight, considering it was on tv lots of cas fans could have stayed home but they brought a decent number, and made a lot of noise!
Wigan up next, should be a stroll in the park

We brought 900 tonight and it was worthwhile. I thought the scoreline flattered us a bit and the effort you put in will have pleased your coaching staff. Main difference was finishing as you got to our 22 almost as many times as we got to yours but we just seemed to have the skilled players to finish it off with points or to force a repeat set. I'm sure you will improve as the season goes on and good luck to you.

Thought cas looked pretty tight in that game, good speed at the ruck. Defence was solid you shut down our attack pretty effectively . Reckon you will be in the top 5 this year and competing for old Trafford, especially as you were playing with a few of your first choices out injured.

Thought Alex Walker was in the 17, did he get injured prior to the game ?

Disappointing game after that first match against Wakefield, we looked like schoolboys in size with the forwards, as others have said Castleford were far too fast at the play the ball for us, also it did not help that hardly did we ever move up as they played the ball, while Cas were on top of us before we even started to move after we played the ball

I was told Alex had damaged his fingers as he did in The Million Pound game, that was a big loss, we need to recruit if we are going to move on.

I’ve just got home from an enjoyable night away in Ealing. I think that ground has potential if you can stay in SL, which is going to be a big ask. You played the right game plan trying to move the ball as you will not compete with any other SL side down the middle. Your pack is just far too small and not physically strong enough to cope. The score line flattered us a little I think, but we did have several players out injured. If we put Gale, McMeeken, Foster, Olly Holmes, Roberts, Clarke, back into that side then yesterday would have looked very ugly I think. We are fairly lucky that we can put out as strong 17 as we did yesterday with the injury list we have. I don’t know how many you had out, but I think you need to recruit some size and strength in the middle. All that said, your lads never gave up and tried till the end. Fair play to them for coming across to acknowledge us Cas fans after the game, that showed some class amongst them in my opinion. I have a lot of time for Wardy, and I wish you all the best for the rest of the season. Look forward to seeing you at our place.

Squad is not good enough. Still baffles me why the club worked so hard to gain promotion, and then are not doing what they need to stay up. Its clear we are not strong enough, and that is without the inevitable injuries that will come our way. We have not recruited enough SL quality players, the squad lacks power and depth. It comes down to what do the club want. Do they want to be a SL club or are they happy to be a Champ club with the odd season in SL?? People are not going to flood back each week to see a team getting beaten. How true I do not know but, I have heard from two separate people the Ward wants/wanted to bring in more but DH has put the block on it.

Agree with the consensus that we're lightweight up front. Richards has been completely anonymous both times I've seen us play, and Mason not much better - Battye and Ioane are still our best props and they need help. Lovell doesn't run anywhere near his size (he stops moving his legs after making contact and just looks to go to ground) and I've no idea why Hindmarsh hasn't had a look yet after playing almost all of last season.

Cunningham at 7 is a waste of a damn good hooker, we'd be much better off with him at 9 and Fozzard (who I also like) coming off the bench to support him. Either give Smith a chance at 7 or see if we can get Richardson from Sts. Obviously missed Walker at FB, have to hope he's not out for too long.

Honkytonk.
What we need to do this season is survive the drop. We are going to be on the of a couple of hidings, we have to accept that, we will hopefully pick up enough wins to not finish bottom. The squad we have is light, nobody denies that, but the squad we do have can play some entertaining rugby.
The problem with spending big is if it does not work then we become the next Widnes!
2000 is nowhere near enough, but with the help of away supporters if we can slowly build the numbers and keep the interest going in the press, the much needed new investment might appear.
So what to do, keep faith with a bunch of lads who earned the promotion supplemented by the likes of Yates etc or spend money we don’t have and import a team?
I reckon easter into mid season we may see a couple come in.

On a positive, the stand under construction looked pretty decent.