Who’s crowther? someone Wakefield don’t want, another minikin or Holmes or the great matotia wow!!! these are the players that come to wire how far have we dropped!!!

He's a good lad and a workhorse. Chris Chester was shouting him out for international duty a few years back. He'll put 30+ tackles in and never give up. He's a reasonable squad player for a Super League side. A tad bizarre to be signing for you now when he's rumoured to have signed with Castleford for next season already, you'd think he'd go there given they're also looking for players for this season and it's down the road rather than 90 minutes down the 62. He's not going to improve you massively, but might aid with Nicholson's development and enable you to not move players around to cover injuries.

Why would Wakey release a player to Castleford? That would be counterproductive for them surely.

He's a good lad who's been looking for a gig since 'the Price is Right' finished

Perhaps he's hoping a few weeks at a top club will give him a nudge towards international honours.

I think they've just told him to find a club as they're looking to make signings of their own.

Ask them if they want Dudson.

He's out of contract at the end of 2023 - presumably Cas have offered him more than Wakey for next season so he's off. The real question is why are Wakey allowing him to leave early; according to a rival forum they see playing him as a potential conflict of interests. If that's true -what has our game come to?

Wakey are balancing their salary cap with players coming in, from their side better to get Griffin in now and release a player that has already signed elsewhere for 2024. My point really was that Wakey won’t release Crowther specifically to Cas as it will strengthen them. Better to release him elsewhere

But they wouldn't want to release him to us too soon and possibly strengthen us, seeing as we play them next?

Plus they may see us relegation rivals in a few weeks.

Yes, it would need Wakefield to win all their games & Cas win all theirs, bar the Wakey game, but I get your point....

Well we don’t know the agreed terms, they could put a clause in that states he can’t play for us vs them - that would seem sensible?

Indeed, and “ THE PRICE is still Right”

We’d be better off signing Lesley Crowther.

Jesus wept Wire!

Quote ="Alffi_7"Well we don’t know the agreed terms, they could put a clause in that states he can’t play for us vs them - that would seem sensible?'" Yes, they have done that :- https://warringtonwolves.com/news/2023/ ... r-of-2023/

Quote ="Alffi_7"Well we don’t know the agreed terms, they could put a clause in that states he can’t play for us vs them - that would seem sensible?'" Yes, they have done that :- https://warringtonwolves.com/news/2023/ ... r-of-2023/

Correct.

Cas wanted him early but Wakefield wouldn’t allow him to become the enemy in camp.

Just reading some of the comments on the various social media about this signing, and it's fair to say that there is a section of our fanbase who really need to look up the definition of the word 'supporter'....

Why.

Correct DSM, that's why I very rarely go on those nowadays.
I'd say the majority of the posters on those sites know 2/3rds of FA about the game which is reflected in their comments.
Whereas on here it's a minority.......

Let's just say if I was Crowther, I'd be on the phone to Fitzpatrick or Powell and telling them he's changed his mind.

Basically slating him as a journeyman, who shouldn't be taking the place of our inexperienced kids.

I can put up with constant, tedious Powell out stuff, but immediately going in on a new signing is just nonsense and continues to show up our fanbase as a laughing stock to anyone looking in from the outside.

For all their potential, Holroyd, Whitehead, Thomas and Green are just not ready physically to match much bigger forwards in Super League.
Having said that Delaney, Nsemba and Walters do have the size.
Think Crowther will do a really sound job.

To true mate
At least got give him till this weeks booze up see if he can hold his Ale

I do like how irate you get at random people on the internet who follow Warrington. Tis entertaining.

I hope Crowther does well, I don't know enough about the lad to judge, so it's all performance based for me. Wish him well simply because if he does well, chances are we do well.

Can't complain, he's a decent player who strengthens loose forward and second row. Will do a decent job, and with Nicholson, Williams, Ashton, Thewlis and Wrench back it's looking much better for us.