I liked him when he played for us before. Nice lad too.

If he came back and we got the same player that left us in 2013 then I would be happy to have him back.

I just think he has had too many injuries in past couple of seaons which is a shame really.

The lad can be very good but he has an issues which has blighted his career. Now I would never call an RL player soft so lets just say he has a low pain threshold.

He's exactly the kind of player we don't need. He's brilliant when things are going well but invisible when they are bad.

No RL is soft despite what some think on here but Frankie is at the lower end of tough.

Very politely put.

I think the fact that Cas have released him speaks volumes.

I once got caught in an argument with the six finger mob when I said Ferguson was a better prospect than Westerman which like many things on digital media was taken out of context.
Westerman is another Marioano though considerably better and both for me fail to deliver on what gods given them. Where as the stout and dependable Ferguson continues to give his employers 100% 100% of the time even if that's not as good as Westermans best. For me this is a player who has delivered on his promise and I'd take them all day long over the show ponies who blight SL.

If only you could transplant Fergies ticker into Marianos frame youd have a world beater which is what I was saying about Westerman.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard...

Correct, and that has to be Trinity's ethos more than any other team.

I'n gonna do an about turn now, rare for me.

Up until the signing of Huby and Allgood who are both tough and hard working I wouldn't entertain Mariano because for me he was a luxury we simply could't afford.

Now however the whole team dynamic has changed and I reckon with the right deal maybe he is now worth considering. If we lack anything now it's a forward who is big, strong, mobile and backs up - a game breaker. For all his faults most of which I've banged on about for years that is most certainly Frankies party piece.

If he's not a total crock just in it to steal a wage and that we have any cash left it could be interesting.

I know people will say we need a hooker to replace Moore but we won't find one of that quality short term so we may as well go with the two highly experienced and very adequate hooker/halfback we have in Finn and Woods and perhaps looking to develop Moules further. It's certainly a position I don't want us to rush into, 9 is a key roll and needs to be a well thought out signing.

Hence a punt on Marriano, we now have a good pack so whats to lose.

he has signed for Fev

Oh well, I wish him the best of luck - should destroy it in that league and if he doesn't I'll know I was wrong and we had a lucky escape

Mariano stated he'd turned down Catalan for Fev. RL ambition isn't top of his list...maybe. Fev. pay. Better

Or he's got family that he doesn't want to uproot?