Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:14 pm  

Listenup94 wrote: Now saying he’s retired on playing rugby league. Although it does say ‘ professionally’ so could be a play on words to once again counter mick gledhill or could be for real , we will see … https://www.totalrl.com/gareth-widdop-o ... gers-exit/ As you say we’ll see.

Listenup94 wrote: Now saying he’s retired on playing rugby league. Although it does say ‘ professionally’ so could be a play on words to once again counter mick gledhill or could be for real , we will see … https://www.totalrl.com/gareth-widdop-o ... gers-exit/ As you say we’ll see.

Re: Squad 2024 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:31 pm  

Lots of movement in the market but not much for us...

Nikau Williams could be the organiser we need no Thunder are popped?

Re: Squad 2024 : Thu Oct 19, 2023 12:49 pm  

Reading Widdop's statement it looks nailed on he won't be playing again.

Mixed feelings ...... he's a Fax lad and has tons of top experience including NRL ...... BUT what I saw of him in the SL highlights on TV he looked like a player at the end of his career - slow and missing in defence. He wouldn't have had an easy ride in the Championship and a very poor Cas paying him off says it all imo.

Re: Squad 2024 : Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:46 pm  

No mixed feelings from me,never even close to a priority.

Re: Squad 2024 : Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:01 am  

https://x.com/m_shaw1/status/1715276026 ... KKcNIJrHDA

https://x.com/m_shaw1/status/1715276026 ... KKcNIJrHDA

Re: Squad 2024 : Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:35 am  

The Club are attempting to get past financial donors to give money to enable them to sign Widdop.

This has met with very mixed results as the present BOD have failed to inject anywhere near the levels of money categorically promised when the previous BOD gave them their shares.

Re: Squad 2024 : Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:48 am  

Dbvada wrote:

The Club are attempting to get past financial donors to give money to enable them to sign Widdop.

This has met with very mixed results as the present BOD have failed to inject anywhere near the levels of money categorically promised when the previous BOD gave them their shares.

Sources for any of this please?

Re: Squad 2024 : Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:19 pm  

So we are chasing Olly Davies who as been released by Widnes. He would give us some competition in the back row which we need and Shaw also says Finn is looking to revamp the squad so we might get more changes than originally thought who knows. Also Castleford look like they are going to dual reg with Batley next year i wonder if we will find a new club or call it a day. I feel dirty just saying it but if we do keep it i would go for Wigan.

Re: Squad 2024 : Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:51 pm  

Dbvada wrote:

The Club are attempting to get past financial donors to give money to enable them to sign Widdop.

This has met with very mixed results as the present BOD have failed to inject anywhere near the levels of money categorically promised when the previous BOD gave them their shares.

For mixed read Ice Cold. I know when your group were looking to take over this was one of the boards main worries that people make promises to get where they want to be but then do they follow through with them, obviously your groups last minute financial swerve to try and force the boards hand didn't work and who is to say your lot would have done any different? Its a really tough one as there has to be an element of trust that people will stick to their promises when handing over the shares.

Re: Squad 2024 : Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:47 pm  

Listenup94 wrote:

https://x.com/m_shaw1/status/1715276026622705963?s=46&t=nplSLf6kdXO-KKcNIJrHDA

Well thought of at Widnes and also previously being linked with Swinton, we'll see.