My thoughts exactly.

I don't understand how going to Widnes is going to help in any way, shape or form. It's not a fresh start, it's not pastures new, it's not turning over a new leaf. If he had mental health problems at Cas last week, he's going to have the same mental health problems at Widnes this week.

Although I don't know the full ins and outs of his last two 'episodes', from what I have read and heard it's classic self destruction behaviour, in effect a cry for help.

Going to repeat myself here but Wakefield sacked Tim Smith on the spot for drunk driving and he actually does have a mental health condition. ATOETD Atomic is right, Chase is an idiot with an attitude problem a bit like Scott Moore, Rich Owen, Kevin Locke.

And you know for a fact Chase doesn't have a mental health issue ? An earlier posted said they thought chase had a colourful upbringing well that's a bloody understatement. I think he does have problems but sadly he doesn't help himself. And if you aren't prepared to help yourself there's only so much those around you can do.

Whilst Widnes isn't a million miles away, if it stops him hanging about with bad influences, he may do better off-field.

people like chase soon find other bad influences

I don't think it will help him either, if anything I think it could affect him even more towards the business end of the season - while his ex Cas team mates are, fingers crossed, playing some huge games aiming to reach Old Trafford, he'll be playing Featherstone and Halifax (no disrespect of course).

Oh well, best of luck to him.

Coming from Carcassonne, what suddenly makes you an expert on Leigh fans?

No he doesn't know for a fact he hasn't got mental health issues, but then again neither do you know for a fact that he has.
It's funny though that the only time rancid's mental health issues come up for discussion is when he disgraces himself in the public eye with his inexcusable attempt's at causing bother at different social gatherings, which is unfortunately far too often.

Or find other people to badly influence.

And you wonder why people on here think your an obnoxious idiot.

Maybe you should be screened for some mental illness, I'm sure they will find something

The issue is Tim Smith, while drunk driving, crashed his vehicle into a civilian's house in broad daylight and got charged for it. Chase has been involved in tiffs in Pontefract and Featherstone and as far as I'm aware that's it - in the first instance he was started on by well-known thugs who have taken issue with him, and the second is under review. Not comparable situations at all.

Suppose it comes down to understanding whether a mental health issue is the reason for making poor life choices, or just being used as a convenient excuse to avoid taking personal responsibility for chosen actions.

I am making no judgements either way.

As far as your aware eh, that means your guessing then, without trivialising Smith's incident he drove his car into a wall not a house, maybe you should have also added as far as I'm aware.
Clearly poor old rangi is a victim in all this according to you, Smith gets drunk and drives a car Chase gets drunk and causes trouble both unacceptable but Wilzay's not trying to defend Smith, don't suppose you have any comment to make about the incident with Chase a few years back in the Escape.

My mistake, a wall and two cars and mounted a residential pavement, not a house - silly me, much better. I'm not saying he's a victim, of course he's an idiot who gets himself into bad situations, but one of these players was charged with a serious endangering crime and one wasn't. Therefore little comparison.