Sold out of the 2000 allocation given by Wigan, or are you saying 500 Cas fans bought a ticket and couldn't be bothered going in the end and no Cas fans paid on the door?

The stand was approx half full.

Around 2,500 there from Cas last night which is a great effort all things considered.

Phelps, Richards and Fielden for me, with honourable mentions for Roberts, Carmont and O'Loughlin.

I thought the treble-interchange bringing on Feka, Fielden and Riddell had a big impact on the intensity of the game and really enabled us to kick on. A good move there.

my top 3:

Locky
Roberts
Phelps

Fielden, Carmont, Richards and Gleeson all had solid games to.

All Cas's points came off Phelps mistakes. His failure to take the bomb was very poor and he then went on to miss a tackle on the Cas player who scored from there.

Going forward he was very good and after the second try made a very good line clearing run up the middle for example but handing Cas 12 points and a lifeline should rule him out of MoM consideration.

Pat was very good and it was important he found a bit of form with the boot for goal kicking because had he been as off form as he has been at times this season it would have been even closer.

I think its hard to pick MoM. I'd probably go with the sponsors MoM which was Carmont but I don't think anyone was consistently good throughout the game.

Dave

No.

I'm saying that I go to that stadium every other week, and I know how many fans it takes to fill that stand.

There is no way Cas had 3000 fans in there, and you can give me all the "evidence" you like but it won't make it true.

You need some new glasses Nicky.

If you put all the Cas fans together they might just about fill 2 blocks of seat. there's 5 and a half blocks in the South stand so 2k seems about right.

Man of the match for me was Hansen. I thought he ran his blood to water, never stopped tackling and made good metres going forward too.

Did he play the full 80?

gleeson
fielden
richards

followed by amos and carmont for me

Has to be roberts for me thought he looked the real deal in atack and defense

1. Carmont . Brilliant tonight, one leg, one try and one match/try saving tackle. The guy was class.
2. Lockers. Tackled like a man possessed, bar that stupid forward pass he had a good game.
3. Phelps. Did what was asked of him with ball in hand. But was suprised he got stevo MOM especially when you think he gifted them 2 tries.
4. Fielden. Good game last night really stepped up to the plate (about time to), showed the other props the way and tackled hard.

Big shouts go to out to everyone else. I do think the nerves of the big occassion got to the likes of Presscott & Coley. But we won, they will be better for the experience, we move on.

Will say though I would have had Mossop in instead of Flanagan.

Stu much improved but as a Roberts critic of old I have to say what an improvement! More of the same please - and tell Riddell how you did it!