How do you know there wasn't anyone else intertested.

You keep saying you're prepared to wait and see this season but yet you hardly post on no other topic and how exactly are people who've given you reply's on this topic biased because that's what you've intimated. Everyone's just a fan of Trinity with different opinions, the way you've been constantly banging this drum about Mathers, some could say you're biased.

and how are people wind up merchants just because they don't share you're opinion, I'd love to hear that one. People have given reasonable answers from what I can see but yet you've given no answers.

Any chance of us stop bagging Mathers, he's great bloke who wears our colours with pride and represents our club on and off the field to the best of his abilities and does it well, ok he might not be the best full back we've ever had but he certainly isn't the worst, he's still a decent full back IMO
My 4 boys are just starting out in their rugby careers and if any 1 of them turn out to be half as good or achieve in the game what Ritchie has then I will be a very proud Dad

i only post on subjects that mean something to me ,check my posts ithink ive posted on possibly on about three i didnt realise i had to post on most.I think i said vastmans post was unbiased if you take that to mean everyone elseis biased so be it. In your opinion peoples answers were reasonable they didnt convince me at all . The last question shifty brens right i just know, not even the club announced they were in afight to sign him , im off to bed

I ask again who else is out there thats any better that would come to the Wildcats.

Yes we have Cockayne,Sykes and Smith who can play at full back at the club but I dont think they are any better than Mathers.
Move them and you lose what they give to the side
Cockayne - comes in off the wing and gains ground and helps take the ball up well
Sykes - who would we play at 6 to complement Tim Smith
Smith - feel he will better serve us at centre.

How about this we have the money we go for WHO.

Thankfully, you haven't put this years (or last years) together.
Our coach and Mr Glover, have been sufficiently happy to REWARD RM with a 2 year deal, get over it and if you sopport Wakefield Trinity then, you should support the players.
If someone plays really well, they will be applauded and if they play badly, then some questions may be asked but, obviously our coach and management think Richie is good enough to justify a 2 year deal.
Knocking any of the players at this stage doesn't help anyone apart from satisfying a few ego's on forum's like this.

Every player has positive and negative aspects of their play and Richie Mathers is no different. He is obviously more noticeable as a fullback, but for me he's been the best player we've had in that position for some time.

I was as frustrated as any fan after he made basic mistakes against Bradford but it does happen. I'm happy he's signed a two year deal, and as we've seen this off season there has been little to no movement with regard to new signings for SL clubs because the quality just isn't there.

Terrified, no really.

I'm not sure why we are arguing about being biased.
It's hard to explain without sounding like I'm preaching but here goes.

I think most people are simply giving their opinion of whether they think Mathers is a good player or not. That is not a view influenced by bias. Just because it is a strong view and the opposite of your own does not make it biased.

If we start talking about who should be Captain, and you are influenced by your opinion as a player rather than as a Captain, then that is a biased view.
If a Cas fan comes on and starts giving their opinion, they could be biased by his performance at Cas that is not strictly relevant to us, though obviously could be considered as an overall view.

Those that are so ardently against him are simply more passionate about the subject, whether right or wrong.
Personally, he doesn't generate that kind of feeling for me. I think he is ok for us but that is just my 'unbiased' opnion.

Well said Pop's

I think he's a Mr Marmite anyway. I personally liked him at cas but he whinges and whines like there's no tomorrow, and he does my tree in for that.

I think his tackling is terrible, but positioning is great so he doesn't make many tackles per game. It's smart in a way.... But I'd rather call him a poossay cause I don't like him as a person lol

I'd rather have Mathers, than Santas little helper

well that's fair enough, but clearly a SL winning coach wouldn't. Obviously you're a far better judge like.

Each to their own and all that

He mat be a past winner but, he aint won much for some while now and he aint gonna be winning anything (apart from a possible wooden spoon) for the foreseeable future

brilliant

Cheers Dave, I thought you'd like that one