: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:57 pm  

SimonBarrett wrote:

And Drew is fishing for what???

One year

and a way out of Wakey

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:01 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

One year

and a way out of Wakey

One is 30 years old, the other is 34..........Netwon will only be 32 when his 2 year deal ends, plays more minutes and costs a lot less!

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:15 pm  

SimonBarrett wrote:

One is 30 years old, the other is 34..........Netwon will only be 32 when his 2 year deal ends, plays more minutes and costs a lot less!

I'm even younger, could play more minutes and would cost much less, doesn't mean I'm any good

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:19 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

I'm even younger, could play more minutes and would cost much less, doesn't mean I'm any good

Are you telling me Newton is no good!?? Appreciate he is not everyone’s cup of tea, but he has plenty more left to offer, and as a result of getting him (and not keeping drew) we have managed to get Tronc, which is a great acquisition by the club.

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:22 pm  

I'm off to the pub...

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:24 pm  

Newtons lost any pace he once had and seems warn out after no time at all.
He doesn't seem able to make it back the 10m after a tackle and smart teams can target that.

: Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:10 am  

SimonBarrett wrote:

One is 30 years old, the other is 34..........Netwon will only be 32 when his 2 year deal ends, plays more minutes and costs a lot less!

Newton is not on alot less than drew, other way round.

: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:46 am  

If either come to Cas, I'll support them 100%. However, the simple fact is that both players are past their best.

As for the thought of rotating a player on their reported wage, it is like paying 4x for them. (twice the typical wage, for half the match time). Hell of comprimise to accomodate a player at the back end of their career. But don't we always do that!!!

What about bringing some young blood through from the academy? We keep getting some good results from them, so there have got to be some good play makers there, which could be paid less than half the cost, and give us a foundation to build on. Rather than a player for a couple of years to patch up the position, and then start again in 1 or 2 years.

: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:48 am  

Bearded wrote:

Newtons lost any pace he once had and seems warn out after no time at all.
He doesn't seem able to make it back the 10m after a tackle and smart teams can target that.

And hopefully he will keep passing to widders!