Diablo1967 wrote:Cas struggled against a very bad Rovers side and beat the team who could only score 2 tries on Sunday and are the most likely to drop down a division.
You'll never see a game in which "conditions were the leveler" applies more. Seriously...crap boggy pitch and heavy winds really dragged Cas down to KRs level.
No Lynch & Massey that game and then losing Shenton early messed the sub rotations up didn't help either.
Diablo1967 wrote:No Carney this year, no Shenton, Sneyd or Finn. I think we will win this quite easily.
Monaghan is better than Carney in defence, Finn is garbage and hardly played the second half of last season (and are you really suggesting Ben Roberts isn't as good as Liam Finn?) and Cas haven't had Sneyd for well over a year (not to mention Gale is better) so I don't get your points there...at all.
Diablo1967 wrote:Ben Crooks is a dreadful defender close to the line. His saving grace during his SHORT tenure in the first team was Lineham. Once Lineham got his injuries, Crooks was found out and was dropped very quickly. Just bomb the hell out of him.
Bombing Crooks means kicking it down Monaghan's side of the pitch, if Crooks can be isolated then sure that does sound like a good plan but kicks aren't going to be 100% accurate every time.
Personally...think there will be no more than 10 points in it either way. It might even come down to who Hicks lets spoil the game at the PTB more.
