A six point lead couldn’t win the game so why would a drop goal? You’re also assuming that somehow Saints would buckle at the prospect of overhauling a single point, highly unlikely don’t you think.

I think the one pointer has a purpose at the right time but one thing is for sure against Saints, attack is the best form of defence. You have to continue at them as we have done in both games and it very nearly came off both times.

It's all if's buts and maybe's now. However a 7 point cushion cranks up the pressure on the opposition, which can lead to them "forcing" the game and in turn, to them making mistakes.
Having said that, teams have taken a dg in the pats and lost, just as they have take it and won.
It's all so easy in hindsight.

We have lose a few games by the odd few points though and just think what could have been.

Having said that, there were huge positives to take from Friday and we will need to be as good, if not better, to turnover Catalan next week.

Their pack was superb against Cas yesterday, especially Casty.

The only thing a drop goal would’ve done for us would of delayed in inevitable, they looked way too comfortable even when we were at our best...

Without hindsight, that is at the time I was crying out to go for the drop goal when 26-20 ahead.

With hindsight, instead of going for the drop goal the grubber kick through led directly to Grace's try and the momentum swinging decisively back to Saints which led to them winning the game.

With a quarter of the match to go I felt a drop goal would be a good option - 2 scores ahead, get the ball back from the kick off, psychological advantage after having a run of momentum to get back into the game, further opportunities to score tries with less pressure.

BTW welcome back Trinity18.

The only thing a drop goal would have done, assuming it went over would have give us an extra point and us playing out from our try line after they've kicked off, had we missed they would be taking a 7 tackle play from the 20 metre line, 5 minutes to go then every time, a good quarter of an hour to go never, how many tries did they score on the last tackle?

As futile as refusing the drop goal kicking straight to Lomax who wins a quick ptb and thy score from their own try line? You talk some crap sometimes. Drop goal was obviously the smart decision to make. Shame we cannot manage games how they need to be managed on regular occasions. We'd have another 4 games won if we could manage games correctly.

Funny how 13 players and a fully qualified coaching team thought differently to the rent an expert that's you. Hell you're in love with yourself, why don't you just apply for the coaching job and we can all watch the hillarious results, except they wouldn't be would they, they would be tragic.

People like you annoy me, you just bandy around buzz words like 'game management' as if you actually understand them but you don't, they are just meaningless sound bites like most of what you post. Now leave the game or whatever your latest name for it to those who are qualified.

'Shame we cannot manage games how they need to be managed on regular occasions. We'd have another 4 games won if we could manage games correctly' meaningless drivel from a man who must clearly have the ability to see alternate universes, it's heat of the battle end of, now get a grip and I promise I'll stop laughing

The first post thaht is somewhere near right.

Everyone I was stood with was screaming for a one pointer. All this talk of Finn's rugby brain and he didn't step up, also Miller can kick them could have took control and had a go.

IMHO we don't kick enough drop goals and that is why when we need one in a pressure game, like Hull away last year we end up missing them. Friday night would have been a perfect opportunity to not only improve our position in the game, but also practice setting up for a drop goal and kicking one for once.

Luke Gale has kicked a number of drop goals this year most of them before half time. This means in future when it comes to kicking one in a pressure situation Cas will have practiced more than any other team in a game situation and will execute it better.