Re: Gledhill : Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:02 pm
eric wrote:
Simple reason. Not enough money or prospects offered. The lad belived in his abilities far more than the pwers that be. Apparently they were suprised when the offer was rejected but never made an attempt to up it. Little did they know Leeds and Wakey had made offers with a couple of others making enquiries. I suppose with never playing super league they did not want risk offering more. Playing 21's though surely you come accross super league players week in week out.
This is all true, but before Cas fans beat themselves up to much it needs pointing out that Gledhill was at Wakey before he joined Cas at 16. So he never was a total creation of the Cas club.
As has been mentioned there is a lot of movement between the two clubs for obvious reasons.
Also Wakey and Cas take on junior players differently. Wakey don't pay big money to 16 year olds where as Cas do. Cas get the cream of players at that age however it's a risk. If a glut of them make it then clubs like Wakey are in a better position as Cas can't afford to keep them all.
You could say Wakey are lazy or shrewd but it's just a different approach. At the end of the day Wakey won't go into a bidding war with Cas for an unproven player who may never make it or who they will probably pick up later anyway. The flip side is that Wakey do have a lot of 20+ players in the squad all on similar and fair pay rates and all have a better chance to make it.
Both ways have there merits and both work, just looks more spectacular when Castlefords method fails.
remember when he put Stosic on his backside last year? and the Burgess twins in boxing day this year? the lad is a MONSTER and should be in the first team.
