Thanks for your efforts Ryan Boyle, to be honest I dont think it really worked out for you at Salford and best of luck. Gettin Emmitt in exchange for Boyle is a great deal for us and I for one am very happy with it. Think signing both Emmitt and Gaskell has been very shrewd business by whoever is making these decisions. On the Noble front, I would be happy to see him at Salford as I think he could bring a great deal of experience and knowledge to the table.

We needed someone with some experience at hooker to fill in for Roby as he is out long term (something we haven't experienced previously) and so Howarth presumably met that need at some level. His distribution is actually pretty good although he is much slower than Robes. Still, he actually creates more opportunities out wide than Roby does so he has brought something new to our side even if we have had to forfeit speed and skill around the ruck area.

For whatever reason - and us fans can only speculate - Gaskell went from being the man Brown claimed to be of crucial importance to the side to someone he ignored. I hope Gaskell continues to play well for you.

Emmitt was a great workhorse for us at Saints and he was very good for Cas during his first season there. You have a decent player in him who will work hard in attack and defence.

It's good to see the Doctor doing good business. Foran, Griffin, Gaskell and now Emmitt look good signings, and with Sneyd at full back, you look a pretty decent side of late

I think both players will improve for their new clubs.

As for Rich Owen, he'll be staying put (for now) we have some chronic injuries mounting up, Webster, Dixon, Millington, all from the first 13, so I can't see us releasing Owen.

No but just think how many positions McGoldrick could cover for you at present.

would you swap rangi chase for jordan james please as he played at cas too didnt he and u all loved him in his day