Is it Matterson's fault that the club probably cannot match the wedge that the midgets will have thrown at him?,

money is not the issue - it will be less than 12k per year easy. cas did not want dawson , he was released .

why have all the BEST talented kids in the u15's scholarship jumped ship is more of a worry ???

Promising kid leaves one club for a bigger club....isn't that the way it's always been? Once upon a time Cas would have had no difficulty tempting anyone they fancied away from clubs such as Huddersfield because we were regularly among the 'winners'. When the game became less of a sport than a business the balance of power shifted and the likes of us,Wakey,Oldham,Fev etc have found their conveyor belts of local talent hi-jacked by the Bradfords/Warrington of this world as well as the traditional big hitters like Wigan/Leeds. Huddersfield, by a mixture of good luck and good management have joined the list of clubs above us in the pecking order and while we might not like it we have to live with it...at least for the time being.

It seems fashionable to turn any thread about a disappointing development into another Matterson blame fest but with regard to this particular thread just consider how we managed to get Rangi Chase from St George-Illawara.

Rangi Chase IS the best player I've seen in a Cas shirt over the last 20 years (considering his defence and kicking is ordinary at best, it goes some way to demonstrate just how lethal he is when he's carrying the ball).

Nikau; Ellis; Ford are all right up there, but considering the players he's had around him, Chase is truly phenomenal. There's barely a single player out there who could have the impact on us that he has.

where they gone ? things dont seem too good in the youth section lately from what i hear .

they have gone to fev. most of them were stanley lads, there coach was steve copley who worked at cas and is now at fev, so he took nearly all of them,although a couple went to wakefield.

was talking to a former cas junior coach this morn - the poop has hit the fan this year with coaches and players. there is a good reason for them leaving , the current management are total muppets , thats the general opinion.

Who exatly are these muppets.

well they never mentioned miss piggy or kermit the frog ! but one looks like a porker and the other is green as grass. dont want to get the bloke who told me this into hot water so wont mention names - but good coaches,i was told of 6 including 2 now at fev , 2 at gateshed, 1 at wake who is indeed well respected in youth circles and 1 well known ex player, aswell some very handy young players have all gone elsewhere and they reckon more could follow due to shoddyness and unprofessional people.
I suppose every club must have these problems , but always thought cas was one of the best in this area.

Obviously you're source is unreliable. Leigh fans told us in no uncertain terms earlier this year that no championship team other than Widnes is allowed to run scholarships or youth development teams.