Best team on the night won full stop.
You guys should have played with more head than heart. You got too wound up and got away from playing the basics well after a good first 20 minutes or so.
Will be very interesting CC tie that's for sure with either team capable of beating the other.

Have a look at Thalers wink to Bateman after he penalised Cas but Bateman slapped Milner while he was on the floor.

You know the team that retaliates always gets penalised, or you ought to.

That 'slap' was nothing, no more than a niggle, and completely undeserving of three or four men running in aggressively.

Your lot overreated massively. They were far too wound up tonight and it cost them.

Just watched Powells in depth interview on the game and in particular the officials. He is expecting to get fined but felt the officials were the main reason we lost

This. Deja vue in the cup last 8.

The criticisms of Cas are spot on, we lost our heads got too emotionally involved thus lost discipline. Less penalties more pressure on smith then I'm confident we are a better rugby side then you lot so we will progress to the semi final , where there will be photos of us celebrating behind the sticks and wane holding his head in his hands in the changing rooms.

Oh well it must be right then if Powell said it, numpty. You lost has it sunk in yet?

Until last night I thought you were a better rugby side than us too.

Now I'm not so sure.

Video ref try against Salford three weeks ago. Nuff said.

Bateman had already won the penalty, Thaler gave out warnings but took no action on anyone regarding any afters.

So no Cas player dropped the ball, missed a tackle, or was out of position for the whole game? It was the fault of the officials that you conceded 5 tries?

I must have been watching a different game to you.

I think Cas just went away from their game getting involved in the drama of it all instead of focusing on their rugby. Well done to Wigan for staying focused on the job, a complete turnaround from last year when we were the team who lost control and started blaming the ref.

Can have MoonPig make it into a birthday card for Powell

Put his face on the front of it with a note saying 'this a##e needs slapping'.

signed "Love from Ben"

Penalties were 10 all, so no favour from Thaler to either side. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... port/12288

Penalties were 10 all, so no favour from Thaler to either side. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... port/12288

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Penalties were 10 all, so no favour from Thaler to either side. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... port/12288'" Don't ruin the narrative with facts!

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Penalties were 10 all, so no favour from Thaler to either side. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... port/12288'" Don't ruin the narrative with facts!

Looks like the entire town of Castleford started to believe the hype after a couple of good wins. The collective meltdown is the funniest thing I've seen in RL for quite some time.

They obviously thought they would win last night and have embarrassingly bitched and moaned since about 8.30 last night.

It definitely went against the script.

Solomona's ar2ing about was particularly interesting. I got the feeling he'd been told that if he ran at Sam when he was under the high ball, Sam was guaranteed to drop it and so would gift him tries. When that didn't happen, Sol turned petulent, hence the temper tantrums and mauling about in the tackle.

Went against the script? Not really. Wigan were 4 point favourites with most bookies.

Yeah. We were as bewildered by that as you lot were.

Probably one of those situations where the odds reflected not who the bookies really thought would win, but rather which side would receive the most bets.

I'm embarrassed for you mate

Well at least you didn't put up a statue of me first.

Now that would have been REALLY embarrassing.

Ha ha ha ha ha

Game, set and match Cruncher!