Cas have the best pack in the league IMO which helps. Moors, Millington and that double barrelled name guy are all monsters. Also a lot gets said about his lack of trophies but it must help them to have the best attacking coach in the league (even if I do think there may be more to that than meets the nose).

Exactly my view chissitt,the kid or his agent are being painted as greedy gets but unti someone comes out and say whats been offered and whats been turned down its all rumour. Like you the kids no mug he knows what we can afford so im sure he wont be wanting outlandish money but he will know what others at the club are being paid and i cant see him trying to outdo anyone at the club ,but in my view the lads got the potential to develop into a good scrum half and has such deserves a reasonable contract.just as afterthought the cas fan on here says hes seen holmes, reynolds and hamshire at cas and rates holmes as the best ,im sure i havent seen them as much as him but on what i have seen i put holmes as the worst of the three ,reynolds a good football brain but lacks pace and a bit iffy when the going gets tough of course this is just my opinion

I don't think a World beater 7 is the answer to unlocking a top 4 place.
To be certain, we'd need to strengthen half the team.
As that is not possible from a financial perspective, we have to get the best from what we can afford.
That is our game, getting the best from what we have and strengthening bit by bit over time.
Chezzy and the staff as a whole are building something, with limited resources granted, but they are gathering a squad and playing ethos to challenge, Rocky needs to be part of that, we need Rocky to be part of that not in the stand watching a marquee 7 not making the difference.
Its a stick stick stick for me....cover is a different thread.

Craig Harrison.
I'd guess with club owners/agents, on the whole club owners think agents are greedy barstewards, and agents think club owners are tight wads.

How do you know he has not signed because we all know that George King will be with us next season but no confirmation from the club. We have to sell season tickets which can be assisted by announcing signings or extensions.
I don’t know but it is something the club have used in the past.

Think you are wrong the top teams all have quick v dangerous full backs.
Even think Hanbury at Widnes would improve us. Grix is clearly finished and Jowett is back up at best from what I've seen he is far too slow for a top level fullback.

So replace one 34 year old fullback with a 33 year old fullback?
Fantastic forward thinking!
We have Luke Hooley if you didn't know.

For me like others have said it's a stick, as long as terms are right for us and they're going to be right for him enough to get the best out of the lad. He obviously got a bit spoiled by his contract Leigh but IMO for his future, a few seasons establishing himself at Trinity would do him the world of good. Learning under the likes of Finny and just generally getting more and more game time in the halves could set himself up for the rest of his career.

Spot on just needs to establish himself then the world is his oyster. Also Triny under CC and MC have shown a good level of loyalty to players and that alone should be worth a bob or two. In life it’s always the wider picture.

Nothing obvious about it, at Leigh he was payed a decent contract nothing more, just because it was more than what he's getting now does not mean he was a bit spoiled to use your words, if you want to talk about being a bit spoiled then look no farther than Wigan where he was paid as much as Leigh and Wakey together.

Fair enough Hanbury I'm living on his past.
Still don't think Grix and Jowett are the answer to bother top teams.. Hampshire more to come

I totaly agree. But I think Jowitt will take over & that will be another long post

Personally I hope to see a bit of competition in the fullback spot between Jowitt and Hooley.

Has anyone seen the article in Loverugbyleague? I thought Chester had squashed the Reynolds interest?

Yes I saw that before too.

I have also heard more and more over the past 2 weeks that Matty Smith to Catalans is a done deal.

With Drinkwater there, and enjoying his time there (someone posted on here a while back how the weather was similar to down under, and his partner has followed hiim)

The question is, why would they have 2 organisers in the same side