We have traditionally had a strong pack including in recent years but this year we seem to struggle to make ground and other teams (e.g. Cats away in the league game and Rovers) have been able to go straight up the middle against us.

I agree with you about the offloads. Last year we had Manu and we also had Lynch and Watts offloading which they haven't done as much this year.

We do need another tackle-busting forward, either a big evil prop or a Manu style second row, because our pack for next season is looking young, inexperienced and lightweight.

Seens few Cas fans think he has got potential and few others not too fussed about him going

Promising youngsters are great but we can't have a side filled with them. We need some quality to go alongside them.

If we lose

o'meley
lynch
tickle
galea
Briscoe

and replace them with

walker
Thompson
paea

Then we've gone miles backwards from a squad that hasn't been good enough this year

Surely we must have a couple of other quality players lined up?

The youngsters that gentle has signed/is rumoured to be signing have hardly been top drawer either

crookes
arundell
Thompson
walker
miller

All have a lot to do to prove themselves

Cas have also signed Scott Wheeldon from London .

Hope they've got a good conditioner.

I still think the club will sign someone who we wouldn't expect or has been mentioned, we always seem to do so every year

In all fairness the club has kept it's own council this season having learnt lessons from last year. Don't think they would have made an announcement regarding Paea if it wasn't for Hudgell's whining.

Wasn't there a rumour omeley might be staying for another season? Wouldn't say no to that

He isn't.

Sun paper announced it, but recently been in HDM stating we won't be retaining his services.

My bet is either retire or maybe Salford.

he said in an interview if he doesn't go back to Oz his wife will kill him, so I'd bet on him going home

Haha i found that funny. But if the right offer came, who knows. Money talks sometimes.

Not sure it was Hudgell whining he just threw out a few home truths. If Paea's agent hadn't have been a bare faced liar stating that Paea was going back to Australia at the end of the season before he made a decision when the player had already told Rovers he'd signed for Hull FC then nothing would ever have been said.

Then Hudgell's beef is with the agent and not with the player. Paea had already been upfront and honest with the club, therefore it wasn't Hudgell's place to announce where he was going, he could easily have just said as far as he was aware he'd signed for another SL club, he didn't need to name the club therefore putting the player in an awkward position unnecessarily to just get his point across.

Not for hudgel to announce it though, is it? No wonder paea can't wait to get out of the stinking rat hole

Aint ben westwood out of contract. I would take him off wires hands. Great go forward and ok of load. Could do a job. No rumour just a thought. He and ellis best two forwards on Sunday.

If westwood is leaving they must be bringing in a lot of new players considering who else is leaving

Westwood been linked to wakey n a return to Yorkshire. Had a testimonial so made so coin. People talking about props but only got 3 frontline 2nd rows. Kids with potential coming through but not much experienced depth.
Ellis tickle Galea n westy all had spells out, nearly all at the same time this yr.

I'd expect Westwood to resign with Warrington.

WESTWOOD = hkr

ACCORDING TO TWITTER HE'S COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS FOR HIS TRIP TO THAILAND AND THEN BACK HOME

Ben Westwood is contracted to 2015, I'd be shocked if he left Warrington before then. Also still in the top 3 backrow forwards in SL, so won't be signing for rovers or Wakefield.

PRESS IT

Hearing O'Meley is staying in Hull but signing for KR

His wife will kill him.