Spot on this, without question at club level he has been on form for 2/3 seasons. His international performances were way off the mark.

Gale pulls all the strings with Cas and he'll have a huge involvement in their training sessions. They have so many set plays which have been practised to perfection. That degree of co-ordination is not going to happen with an international team.

So they won nothing then, correct?

Cas played some sensational stuff last night......simply because they were allowed to.



Cas played some sensational stuff last week......simply because they were allowed to.



Cas played some sensational stuff against Leigh......simply because they were allowed to.



Are we spotting a recurring theme, here?



No wonder the Aussies walk through us, every time we play them. English players(and sides) are losing the art of tackling. Leeds were beyond pathetic, last night. As, at times, were we, last week. If you can't tackle, you'll get pulverised.



I watch RL to be entertained. Cas are entertaining me. They're being allowed to.



Instead of coaches pouring over video analysis for hours, maybe their time would be better spent in telling their charges how to tackle properly.



Just a thought.

Why we weren't in the market for Hardaker I'll never bloody know !!

Because our leader thinks we have better options at full back



I think he should take more water with his preferred spirit.

Do you think all clubs are capable of playing so sensationally if allowed to? I'm not sure other teams have the same flair as Castleford are currently showing.

A bit over the top this and I think an over simplification. I've watched all Cas games and I think there is more to this than the tackling of Leigh/Wire/Leeds. They are showing better attacking skills than any side I can remember since Wigan when they had Edwards/Paul/Offiah etc. For once Sky are getting excited for a reason.

Are Salford an excellent side too ?

If you watched Gale on the touch screen after we beat you he admitted he didn't call the moves. In previous years it been Dorn but Hardaker calls all the shots now from the back. Not some thing I thought he'd have the brains to do but it seems to b working for us.

How do you know we weren't? Maybe he chose Cas over us. But I'll indulge you...



Because we would have struggled to get him under the cap without having to change things around a lot.



Because Leeds wanted a fee more than most people would reckon is a fair amount for him.



Because there was (is) a view that he might be a liability (off the field).



On the face of it, at the moment you would say we, and others, made the wrong call not doing all we could to accommodate him. This time last year, we were saying the same (in reverse) about Chrissie Sandow...

Hes living with his mother apparently in Ferry bridge which is barely 2 miles from the Cas ground.I think a big part of it is keeping his head together and living as stress free as possible as he's had his problems.