He’s been fantastic at times, if not consistent, but an absolute joy to watch. One of the very, very best I have seen at this club in the last 30 years.

Fair enough - I may well have underestimated how well he's played for you.

No one player is bigger than the club. Although Chase probably disagrees...

Well Cas have done better without him, I suppose.

Its not just this, its everything that's gone on. I don't think I could feel any lower than I am now (not jokes about my height please). I'm fed up, I don't want to watch them, I don't want to hear the clubs name mentioned for a while I'm all Salford RLFC and Koukash'd out.

What was the cvs news? Must have missed it

Off memory, they're after a respite on payments, citing high stadium rent (£500,000 p.a?) and other financial pressures, with a view to resume payments in late 2016. Again this is off memory so the reported details may be wrong.

High rental costs of the stadium, low number of supporters generating a low income, and lower income than expected from sponsors.
Requesting a suspension in payments for 17 months.
Nosey Parker's column in League Express.

Ave It : if you're giving up : first try the game at Halifax. List of pubs on another thread.

It's Salford all over, it's par for the course. Nothing surprises me now

True we have done better without him but that doesn't mean we don't miss him. He produced some of the best individual performances I have seen in over 60 years supporting Cas but its his dark side thats the problem.
I think the reason we have done better is down to the coaching team who seem to be able to get the best out of half backs that no one else rates.Marc Sneyd did well last season and Luke Gale is leading the Albert Goldthorpe table this season.
I still think its his agent that orchestrates it all.

You will hear a similar story from Salford fans. He is by far the best player I have ever seen in a Salford shirt and has produced some breath taking individual moments that will live long in the memory. However it is sometimes easy when waxing lyrical about him to forget all the frustrating moments too, I am sure it was the same at Cas. In our recent games vs Wakefield and Leigh, he nearly cost us the game or at least our lead in those games by coming up with stupid plays that weren't needed and were unforced. It's part and parcel of his game though and when it comes off, it is pretty special.

I think you've seen since he left, a much more cohesive Castleford with a fantastic team spirit. Whilst Sneyd and Gale are arguably of a less standard to the quality of Rangi, both probably bought into the coaches philosophy much more than he ever did and play to instruction.

It will be a massive shame if he does leave, but it wont be the end of the world as some Salford fans will have you believe. I would even have a hefty wager that should we remain in Super League, a Rangi-less Salford Red Devils finishes higher than we did this season.

Really ?
I thought you were older than that !
I'm not going to start naming names as we'll end up in that generation game.
Your posts are normally pretty clued up so I'm staggered at that comment.

I was thinking along similar lines. I've only heard rumours of what he's supposed to have done but the beginning of the end at Cas wasn't his off field lapses but the fact that he kept posting pics of himself p!$$ed of his head and missing training the next day. It was as if he was almost saying sack me if you dare.

What have my 'pretty clued up' posts got to do with my age?

I have only been watching Salford since I was a young kid, so early 90's and trust me I haven't seen anyone who even comes close to Rangi during that time.