Quote: DSJ1983 "As will be proven on Friday it seems Castleford have managed to shake things up enough to kick start their season. The club can’t just magically click their fingers and get quality players brought in, but the situation we are in isn’t all just bad luck is it?
Let’s not forget we’ve released Hoy, Brown and Mcintosh from contracts. Mcintosh for Briscoe is debatable but I can see Briscoe as more of the type of player needed so I can get behind that, the other two just seems madness in hindsight now.
I’d assumed at the time we maybe already had quota replacements lined up but looks unlikely now. The Brown situation also wasn’t ideal, but I’m sure there’s been players in similar situations that have dug in at least until we’d have found a suitable replacement, he seemed the type of character willing to do that. Both Brown and Hoy were off contract anyway at the end of the season, so wouldn’t have effected any long term signings or plans. I think it’s a dangerous game just accepting being possibly the worst side that’s ever played in the division, we can’t be far off that territory statistically now.'"
The quota players going seem bad timing, I think had Smith been sacked earlier or Myler come in Hoy would have stayed.
Brown wanted to go, maybe he would have stayed though if Smith was not the coach.
The club wanted to bring in a couple of players on short term deals Perham and Drinkwater, neither happened for different reasons. Think a lot of overseas players want more than the 6 months we were offering, would rather the club do this than sign the wrong type of players on a long term deal.
Not Cartwright is onboard, there maybe a chance of an overseas player coming early, one that could be on a long term deal.
