First off, great forum, I really enjoy reading through the threads. Gets a bit tasty at times mind
I know nothing about the game tho watched it all my life. Started watching .haven two years ago been to most home matches, not much of an away fan though. Haven have some really useful players but not enough at the mo.
Last night s game, well, defence wise. we were good but so were Castleford. I always felt that after the opening score that the only way we were gonna score again was if Cas made a mistake or a stroke of luck- and I think that?s what happened.
In attack was where I thought there was a real difference.That ball zipped about Castleford ranks like it was red hot, they had real penetration coming forward, and some seriously big lads in their team.
What I noticed the most was the running off the ball and the angles Castleford ran to distract our defence, its to our lads credit that they dealt with it so well. We saw the same thing with the Catalans and its bloody hard to defend against. However ,this is not what Haven were doing, we were trying to beat them single handed, old style 60s rugby league, power and passion and walking through walls,but also predictable and little imagination and sorry to disagree Scoreboard, not much skill. It never really tested the Cas defence
I this is a real issue-haven have to change the way they play. Whoever stays and who comes in will need to play a more expansive, adventureous and cutting game.
Thanks