I would've thought that Cas would be aiming higher than Griffin, only game I can remember him doing an ok job was the Hull KR home

You're thinking about him in what was the worst Wakey side for well......ages. IF he does sign, he's coming into an already strongish out fit in a team that likes to spread the ball. He'll get the service and he'll also get his opportunities.

Jake Emmitt was released by Saints and didn't seem much of a cracking buy. Now Cas fans can't stop praising about him.

I may be wrong, but I personally think we signed Griffin with one eye the Championship next season.

I agree, him and G Johnson turned out to be players who would go well at that level.

And Chris Dean.

Heard he's signed a 3 year extension keeping him until end of 2015.
Pleased with that deal. Would like to see him given a position to call his own. A very good fullback but I think he'd make a good centre given an off-season to bulk up somemore.

Would like to see the likes of Clark, Milner and Holmes tied up to long term deals now. Plus the likes of Ferres and Youngquest given extensions.

The only extension youngquest should get is Hair extensions.

Agree with the rest but think fullback is Owens

Veivers too.

I for one will be giving a resounding chorus of "Tea pot"- in honor of his family if nothing else!

www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1809 Confirmed.

www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1809 Confirmed.

Josh griffin confirmed as a Cas player www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1808

Josh griffin confirmed as a Cas player www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1808

New Castleford Tigers head coach Ian Millward has made 21-year-old outside back Josh Griffin his first recruit for next season.

<snip> Link above. Do not quote news articles in their entirety - copy the first paragraph and then provide a link to the source to avoid breaching copyright laws. Bonzo

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Welcome aboard the good ship Castleford Tigers Josh !

Now here's a surprise

Don't hype him up. Vasty will turn red in the face.

Don't have any problem with that assessment at all. His name just about rings a bell but I can't honestly remember anything about him from the Wakey matches of this season so will defer to the opinions of those fans that saw him regularly last season.

He's at the age where he can make a big change in performance over the next couple of years and with a different coaching team and new surroundings could turn out to be a different player. I'm not saying there was owt wrong with the set up at Wakey but for whatever reason maybe his mental approach wasn't right whilst he was there.

I can recall a few comments about Jordan Thompson whilst he was on loan at York to the effect that he was hardly standing out in a championship side so was clearly not up to SL level. But since he's been back at Cas in the latter half of this season he's done pretty well.

ATEOD, Griffin's been given a 1 yr contract and as Vasty say's is probably not been paid a great deal so if he doesn't cut it this year his contract ain't renewed, no real harm done. On the other hand, the incentive of securing a longer term deal may just bring the best out of him...