Super League Round 4 Preview - Castleford Tigers v Salford Red Devils - video Dailymotion

The YP's rugby league writer, James O'Brien, looks ahead to the Super League Round Four encounter between Castleford Tigers and Salford Red Devils

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00:00Kasper vs Salford, two teams struggling down the bottom, both played three games, lost

00:16all three games. Salford have got other problems to deal with as well, obviously, mainly financial

00:22and the organisational side of things. Both desperate for the win, obviously.

00:27Yes, we're talking now and we're still not quite sure what's going to happen. Salford

00:34have named the squad, they've only named 17 players. They've got a sustainability cap

00:39in place because the players haven't been paid. The takeover was complete, they're still

00:43waiting for the salaries to come through for last month. So there's all that to consider.

00:49The players haven't been training, God knows what kind of mental state they're in, given

00:54they haven't been paid, they didn't look in great shape at Hokey Hour last week. They've

00:57got 42 points put on them with a very strong side. As I mentioned, they've still got some

01:03really key players who will play at Kasper, all being well, if they do get paid and everything

01:10goes to plan. So all that's going on in the background and Kas are there themselves. They've

01:16lost all three games, they've got their own problems, obviously, not to the extent of

01:20Salford. But they've got their own things to worry about. They've just got to go out there

01:24and be ruthless. They're not in a situation where they can be complacent or think they're

01:30just going to turn up and win against a side whose players have got distracting minds.

01:35Kas have just got to go out there and take advantage really and get that win on the board.

01:41They're desperate for it. They haven't played well since going to Hokey Hour in round one

01:46and giving them a scare. So Kas just need to get a win on the board,

01:49get a bit of positivity going because it has been a tough start for Kas so far.