Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:30 pm  

Who’s crowther? someone Wakefield don’t want, another minikin or Holmes or the great matotia wow!!! these are the players that come to wire how far have we dropped!!!

Re: Crowther : Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:58 pm  

He's a good lad and a workhorse. Chris Chester was shouting him out for international duty a few years back. He'll put 30+ tackles in and never give up. He's a reasonable squad player for a Super League side. A tad bizarre to be signing for you now when he's rumoured to have signed with Castleford for next season already, you'd think he'd go there given they're also looking for players for this season and it's down the road rather than 90 minutes down the 62. He's not going to improve you massively, but might aid with Nicholson's development and enable you to not move players around to cover injuries.

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:19 am  

Saddened! wrote:

He's a good lad and a workhorse. Chris Chester was shouting him out for international duty a few years back. He'll put 30+ tackles in and never give up. He's a reasonable squad player for a Super League side. A tad bizarre to be signing for you now when he's rumoured to have signed with Castleford for next season already, you'd think he'd go there given they're also looking for players for this season and it's down the road rather than 90 minutes down the 62. He's not going to improve you massively, but might aid with Nicholson's development and enable you to not move players around to cover injuries.

Why would Wakey release a player to Castleford? That would be counterproductive for them surely.

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 10:32 am  

WILLOWSTOURS wrote:

Who’s crowther?

He's a good lad who's been looking for a gig since 'the Price is Right' finished

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 10:59 am  

Saddened! wrote:

He's a good lad and a workhorse. Chris Chester was shouting him out for international duty a few years back. He'll put 30+ tackles in and never give up. He's a reasonable squad player for a Super League side. A tad bizarre to be signing for you now when he's rumoured to have signed with Castleford for next season already, you'd think he'd go there given they're also looking for players for this season and it's down the road rather than 90 minutes down the 62. He's not going to improve you massively, but might aid with Nicholson's development and enable you to not move players around to cover injuries.

Perhaps he's hoping a few weeks at a top club will give him a nudge towards international honours.

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:55 am  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Why would Wakey release a player to Castleford? That would be counterproductive for them surely.

I think they've just told him to find a club as they're looking to make signings of their own.

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:13 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I think they've just told him to find a club as they're looking to make signings of their own.

Ask them if they want Dudson.

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:22 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Why would Wakey release a player to Castleford? That would be counterproductive for them surely.

He's out of contract at the end of 2023 - presumably Cas have offered him more than Wakey for next season so he's off. The real question is why are Wakey allowing him to leave early; according to a rival forum they see playing him as a potential conflict of interests. If that's true -what has our game come to?

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:35 pm  

AppleyBridgeWire wrote:

He's out of contract at the end of 2023 - presumably Cas have offered him more than Wakey for next season so he's off. The real question is why are Wakey allowing him to leave early; according to a rival forum they see playing him as a potential conflict of interests. If that's true -what has our game come to?

Wakey are balancing their salary cap with players coming in, from their side better to get Griffin in now and release a player that has already signed elsewhere for 2024. My point really was that Wakey won’t release Crowther specifically to Cas as it will strengthen them. Better to release him elsewhere

Re: Crowther : Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:13 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Wakey are balancing their salary cap with players coming in, from their side better to get Griffin in now and release a player that has already signed elsewhere for 2024. My point really was that Wakey won’t release Crowther specifically to Cas as it will strengthen them. Better to release him elsewhere

But they wouldn't want to release him to us too soon and possibly strengthen us, seeing as we play them next?