{"id":10777,"date":"2014-08-10T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T08:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roystontownfc.co.uk\/?p=10777"},"modified":"2014-08-10T08:10:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T08:10:25","slug":"rugby-steve-castles-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtfc.sam-thorp.co.uk\/?p=10777","title":{"rendered":"Rugby: Steve Castle&#8217;s Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Hi Guys!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">I&#39;m writing to you early on a Sunday morning, buzzing from a positive result on the first day!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Not to dampen the result but I&#39;m always honest and the performance in my opinion didn&#39;t match the result. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We looked a little nervous\/anxious, u<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">nderstandable but I would have expected us to settle down a little quicker than that. In fairness to the lads they were the first to recognise it and the positive we can gain is that, although not playing as well as we could, we still beat one of the best teams in our league!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">I thought our back four were superb! Especially Nick Azzopardi! The lad has literally forced his way in to the reckoning with good pre-season performances, we haven&#39;t sorted anything out with him financially but that has never been mentioned by him. It&#39;s so refreshing to see a lad playing for the love of the game, putting that in front of making money!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">Another positive was the post match activities from all the squad!! I mean ice baths\/extra running\/compression garments\/ stretching\/ food\/ hydration!! Full credit to Scott Taylor and the lads for implementing it!! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">Unfortunately I have had to put a ban on Alcohol straight after a game if we have a midweek game. For me it all goes to show how seriously the whole squad are taking this season!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Long may it continue!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Cheers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;\">SC&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Guys!! I&#39;m writing to you early on a Sunday morning, buzzing from a positive result on the first day!! Not to dampen the result but I&#39;m always honest and the performance in my opinion didn&#39;t match the result. 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