Leeds would have beaten the other two NRL sides & given Souths a better game than Saints if you believe anything there fans say

I see nothing wrong with that statement.

Both teams chucked it about a bit too much which made the game scrappy to say the least- but to suggest Hudds didn't need to play well to beat Cas is laughable- but then most league fans praise the showy stuff whilst the bloke doing 40-50 tackles a game is overlooked at best and blasted for not making metres at worst.

The hudds defence was top notch- and the commitment in the tackle is the reason Cas's attack was poor- Hudds were in their faces and hitting them hard all night. The edge defence was absolutely superb.

When hull nilled hudds first game of the season the story from fans was different.....

Thursday's are killers for the crowd.



From our regular group of eight, none went last night.



Work and school come first. Just can't go to a match on a Thursday.

It is pretty easy to defend against a team that only goes sideways, it was a woeful game, Cas were very poor and Huddersfield were okay but no bet than that.

I am one of their fans

And why did they only go sideways...... Because that's what Hudds made them do.

Terrible game to watch - my Tigers team gave their worst performance I have seen for several years, but I was very impressed with Hudds defence particularly out wide. Massive room for improvment from both sides.

I can remember numerous occasions when cas players were held up on the line, short of the line or pushed into touch .

That would suggest that Castleford did attack but were repelled by good defence



Put it this way If we had defended like that in our first 3 games then the table would look very different.

Thought Wayne McDonald put in some decent performances during his career although he did tail off a bit during the later years.



Crabtree is nothing short of pathetic and is getting worse every game he plays (using the word play in a very loose way).

Carney's hand off summed it up perfectly followed by Anderson taking him off to save face.

Crabtree made more metres then any other forward on the pitch apart from Ferres last night. He is the Giants leading metre maker in the forwards this season and has missed only two tackles all season. Certainly not the player he once was but still extremely effective especially used in short spells and makes very few errors and gives few penalties away.

Still i wouldnt want to let fact get in the way of your ill informed rant.

Stella - that's why fans such as the one having the ill-informed rant would make rubbish coaches. They have no tactical skill. They think a forward is a battering ram who's sole job is to make 10 metres a carry.

Regardless of the work done in defence I suggest the ill informed one looks more carefully at what happens when Eorl takes the ball in. He draws at least three defenders- and almost all of the time ends up on his knees winning the collision- he rarely is wrestled on the ground meaning the team gets a quick PTB and defenders are out of position giving the halves space- the game can be a bit too technical for some.