Friendly v Fev.

Maturecasfan

Saturday 31st December 12pm.
Did someone say friendly v Fev. :)

FlatCapper

Just another day in paradise for me.

Matt

Hopefully it'll go smoothly with no issues between the fans. KO should be early enough to prevent a good chunk of people being drunk.

Maturecasfan

https://castlefordtigers.com/article.php?id=8415

Matt

Maturecasfan

A good run out for the younger players but not much in the way for the fans to see.

Maturecasfan

10 16

Maturecasfan

10 26

Would have liked to have seen us with a stronger side out.
Really hate losing against that lot, don’t care it only a warm up game.
Fev took it seriously with a strong team.
We could always play the kids in one of the other warm up games.
I just think it’s disrespectful to the fans, when we play Fev it should be a proper contest.

Waiting to get hung drawn and quartered.

Daytona

Maturecasfan
If we’d have played a full strength team, on a pudding of a pitch, won easy and picked up some injuries what would we have learnt? These young kids have to get experience playing against men for them to progress and friendlies are the best way to blood them. I thought it was a good result for us anyway and the experience these kids have now gained will be invaluable going forward. Wigan and Saints often don’t play any of there senior players in friendlies and look at the quality of the kids they have coming through. If we play the same team in all the other pre season matches you wouldn’t get any arguments from me.

Shameless

Daytona I agree with what you say about developing the youth in the squad. I would add though that we are a business as well as a sports team and I think we are missing out on the pre-season. Cas v Featherstone is a cracking fixture and promoted correctly with a competative team out it would be a good payday.
I'm torn on this one - on the one hand I get it, losing players before the season is bad news, on the other hand I think we are losing out on vital revenue not promoting fixtures over the Holidays with a good team turning out to get the punters in the gates.
A tri-team series each pre-season with Wakey and Feath and a little trophy would be a good earner.

Maturecasfan

As for poggy pitches.
Isn’t the next 2 games gonna be poggy.
Can't bubble wrap players.
So when we play keighley at there’s, is it gonna be a carpet of a pitch, cause not.
So listening to a few on here any wet and heavy pitches we should protect players by not playing them.
I’m sure players are straining at the reins to get out there and get some minutes under their belts.

mdean

I've played at Cougar Park pre-season (my pinnacle because of short numbers) , it was cold, wet and windy - not new news

Anyone getting out will have something to prove, as they did at Fev, results matter little until the points show up.

pirate

Cant please everybody, personally i enjoyed my trip inland to see the grandkids and catch a cas game. i thought the kids did well and with a bit more weight/experience in the pack we would have beaten the cappers.

All in all it is what it is, if you dont like these "friendlies" , save your brass and dont go simple

Happy and successful new year to Cas fans everywhere

Hirsty

I believe it will be Massey's testimonial before we see something resembling our first team.