In Ian Millwards program notes yesterday he stated that priorities for next year are 2 centres (Shenton ? + 1 overseas maybe). A back row forward (to replace Ferres ?) and a half back but didn't state if Orr would continue playing. This could be Jamie Ellis.

Without wanting to take the thread in a different direction,.....is Ferres leaving?

If you believe Dave "Nosey" Parker in League Weekly (not many people do - I know) yes he might be. Hudds have offerered him £100 K per season. Also another club are interested apparently. Not signed with Cas though - yet.

All this Brierley stuff is a little boring.

He is now on Loan as from April 20th for the whole season.

Is he SL standard ? No, but he is having a great time at his boyhood club. As already has been said, I can see him staying at Leigh now.

Millward has inherited a side going through massive change. One thing to note about Ian, give him 12 months and the kids will be excellent. Some of his attacking moves are almost unplayable so be patient Cas fans.

Cas will do nothing this year. Next season will see it gel and the infrastructure will be that of years rather than short term !

Thanks for that. Is there any chance you could come on here once a week to give us a little boost. Better yet go onto the casforum and you could potentially save a few lives!

Oops, he's in the Cas 19 for this week and long may he retain his place before Ryan McGoldrick

Yet trained with Leigh this morning??

May be easier for him to train with Leigh than drive all the way to Cas.

If he is making his debut,then surely he would have gone to Cas for training sessions and the team run?
He can't be expected to just rock up and play can he?

He will play for Leigh tomorrow .

Well it appears that's what the other players do

HaHa!

maybe thats the plan!

Now we have Arundal confirmed as leaving, if we do sign Ellis from Hull-sounds like he would be a very good addition, read the comments from Hull fans-of course you have the fans that complain about everything but some fans refer to his kicking game as fantastic and that it matched Danny Brough when they played Shudds exactly what we need, a organising territorial scrum half, let Chase do the magic and let Ellis pin the other team back when we need that digging deep effort. viewtopic.php?f=34&t=526749&tsmp=1338285483&start=10

Now we have Arundal confirmed as leaving, if we do sign Ellis from Hull-sounds like he would be a very good addition, read the comments from Hull fans-of course you have the fans that complain about everything but some fans refer to his kicking game as fantastic and that it matched Danny Brough when they played Shudds exactly what we need, a organising territorial scrum half, let Chase do the magic and let Ellis pin the other team back when we need that digging deep effort. viewtopic.php?f=34&t=526749&tsmp=1338285483&start=10

Sounds good. We need to get the kicking game back ASAP. When Millward says "Cas have been compensated" for the Arundel deal could Ellis be it ?

I would be sorry to see Ellis go. He has the best kicking game at our club (better than Seymour or Horne) but has never really achieved the fitness levels of an SL player. For whatever reason it seems Gentle doesn't fancy him whereas Millward does.

He's yours for next season.

Honestly been a bit disappointed with Ellis, apart from one game against Bradford his kicking has been poor. He looks unfit and defence is poor. The worst thing about his game has been his passing which is surprising for a halfback. He is pretty young and still inexperienced in SL, so he may improve.

I don't think we have had a decent kicking game since Danny Brough left. Can't remember the last time I saw a 40-20 kick from our side. Not sure Ellis is any worse than the rest of our squad but we need to be buying quality in the halves.

So to recap.

His kicking game is poor.
He's unfit.
Poor defence
He cant pass.

Oh heck, is he really a rugby player

Unfortunately from what I have seen at SL, yes.

Which won't be much if you are where your location suggests you are

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think he can be a good player,would like to have seen him get a run at hull,but then i dont see what he does in training etc

He's not all that bad. Defensively he has very slow footwork and gets stood up easily one on one, and it's true he still needs to work on his fitness, but his kicking game is definitely the best at Hull at the moment. It is true he's thrown out some wayward passes, but I've seen him play plenty of games where his passing was good. Whenever he plays in the 20's he looks the best player in the side too.

If you plan on starting him, you'll have to cover for him defensively until/if his fitness and speed comes up to scratch - but he has bags of potential and if he manages to tap into it - he'll be a great signing.

Fitness should be no excuse he had the fill off season to get up to standard and let himself down.

People go on about his kicking game, but apart from the Bradford game I have yet to see, it, in most games I've seen his kicking has been straight to the man.

Really he should be the best player in the 20's with him been 2/3 years older than the other players.

One thing I will agree on is he maybe should have been given a couple more games at halfback, gentle (who also sees him in training), just doesn't seem to rate him.

He'll fit right in!!
When can he start?