Don't suppose anyone asked about the Jack Briscoe rumour did they?

Are we one of the teams in for Keef?

....agree entirely mate, but I would have liked to have kept Tongia.

I kinda like Mathers, he'll get the women flocking to BV. Shame about Tongia but thumbs up to the club for letting us know.

I have it on good authority that Mathers is coming to us, with Cas paying half his wages; seems a very odd arrangement given their financial situation; I can only speculate that IM really dislikes him?

I'm not his greatest fan, but at half-price and English, he's a decent punt.

If this is true, we'll have a pretty decent line up in the backs. But will they ever see the ball? We need a bit of grunt up front now.

Theres something not right bren. Whether they had a spat at wigan ( if they were there together that is ) or something else only god knows, but you dont just let a player like that go when theres not much else about

Mathers is ok when a team is on top if he plays fullback he links well but his 1 to 1 tacking when opponents make a break is poor and he likes himselt too much for my liking but if he signs for us I hope he does well!

From what i've been told Millward doesn't want him but if he wants to replace him then he has to get at least some of his wages off the books, which is why letting him rot isn't in Cas' interest. Won't be quite as high as half the wages paid though, probably part pay off and a lower percentage. IF it happens that is, I think the arguments about it are continuing.

Can we just check (and hope) that Mathers is Australian

To clear up the Richie Mathers thing, there has been no spat at all.

Thanks Richard.

Out of interest why isn't he training with the rest of the team?

He is. He's just not taking part in the ball work/structural training.

Still training and doing weights etc.

"He is, he's just going to the gym on his own and isn't allowed to chuck the ball around and work on moves with his (former) team mates."