: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:24 pm  

If Cas don't keep home grown talent it is madness. Has TM fallen out with Boyle ? The players rumoured to be coming to cas apart from Snitch are too old imho.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:27 pm  

deeman forever Cas wrote:

Has TM fallen out with Boyle ? :

Pure Speculation IMO, No proof at all, just ive heard this blah blah blah, I will believe it when and IF its announced

deeman forever Cas wrote:

The players rumoured to be coming to cas apart from Snitch are too old imho.

I Agree Totally

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:46 pm  

I am not in favour of letting boyle go id give him 3yr deal asap let him develop with sargent as a mentor on the pitch. Snith I agree with paltyed very well this year.

I can recall an interview not sure if on tiger tv or not where matterson said we were looking for experienced super league players for recruits this year I maybe wrong can anyone else recall this.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:14 pm  

deeman forever Cas wrote:

If Cas don't keep home grown talent it is madness. Has TM fallen out with Boyle ? The players rumoured to be coming to cas apart from Snitch are too old imho.

Matterson raved on for months about homegrown players, seems he's lost his own beliefs

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:39 pm  

casman2 wrote:

Matterson raved on for months about homegrown players, seems he's lost his own beliefs

How do you know all this is true ?

: Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:26 am  

As for the age thing,could it be TM is looking short term,if these ageing players get you into the play offs or challenge cup final next year it puts Cas in a much better position come the next set of franchises.

: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:01 am  

Isn't one of the franchise points awarded for average 8th place finish over 3 previous seasons?

With you finishing 12th last year and assuming you finish as high as 6th this year you would still need another 6th or higher next season to get this point. Any lower than 6th this year would mean you needing a 5th or maybe even 4th place next year to get the point.

Maybe TM is looking short term for getting you another point on the licence applications?

: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:20 am  

JINJER wrote:

As for the age thing,could it be TM is looking short term,if these ageing players get you into the play offs or challenge cup final next year it puts Cas in a much better position come the next set of franchises.

We cant keep doing this every 3 years though....short fixes to make sure we stay in SL. I know we have some good youngster coming through but there's no garantee any will make it to SL. Where's the next batch after westerman and owen. Both will be 20 this year so where the next 18/19 years old in the same mould as them 2 players.

: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:32 am  

The key word there is rumours. No need for everyone to get worked up saying TM/RW have alot to answer for when nothing even happened.

: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:37 am  

xJAMIEx wrote:

The key word there is rumours. No need for everyone to get worked up saying TM/RW have alot to answer for when nothing even happened.

Agree with you, but rumour or not the fact is that to my knowledge we haven't resigned some of the promising players we already have (like boyle). We need to get off our backsides and resign them.