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Why do you think Drinkwater is down the pecking order. He only missed one game for the last two months and played 21 times this season with only 3 players playing more

I hope he has a big family buying season tickets to watch him because his appeal now is nil. I cannot believe he is or was ever considered despite Vastman’s conversion to his benefits to us and for probably two years based solely on the game he played when we beat them at Hull.

Jackson Hastings is only on £300k. We might as well get him in that case.

He is definitely out of favour towards the end of the season, he was dropped then selected as the only senior player for the game when Catalan played their academy team and then not selected again.

Exactly. Paying 200k+ for a 34 year old such as Gale sounds bonkers. If it was Daly Cherry Evans than fair play. The fact that it’s ‘apparently’ double what it was at Hull also sounds sceptical.

All our big earners have left so to be Trinity's biggest earner probably isn't saying much. Nonetheless I smell BS.

We were offered Cherry Evans when he was first breaking into the NRL.

I doubt that’s what you would be smelling probably something more recreational if this was based on fact.

Really?!

Yes surprisingly so but he was only young but we turned it down.

Nil appeal? Really. You cannot think of 1 possible positive in signing Gale.

My glass is half empty at the best of time. But someone must have knocked yours off the table and stamped on it

Captain hindsight.

Leeds/Tom Johnstone
Cas/Gaz Ellis
Shudds/Lewis Murphy
Wakey/Jamie Peacock
etc..........................................

Not an unfamiliar occurrence in sport.

We were heavily linked with James Maloney before he finally broke through in the NRL. Think he was at NZ Warriors at the time.

It happens, I'm sure dozens have gone by the wayside. Henry Paul tried to get us to sign Robbie but we wouldn't go for him for one reason or another, probably money.

I remember reading who we were in for at the back of the Wakey Express years ago. I’m sure it once said Cooper Cronk and Dally Johnson (who actually went to Catalan)

What are you going on about I was only pointing out that he was once offered to us when he was mentioned in one of the posts. I am sure there are many but I don’t remember them being mentioned with relation to this topic.
I am not sure where hindsight comes into it memory yes but that is something different, you might want to look the definitions up so you can get it correct next time.

We will have a shirt to fit him but on the field very little unless we put him in charge of carrying the water. That’s two and if he has a big family that’s three but only if they buy season tickets.

It happens, I'm sure dozens have gone by the wayside. Henry Paul tried to get us to sign Robbie but we wouldn't go for him for one reason or another, probably money.'"

No leadership skills?
No big game experience?
No winning mentally?
No knowledge of the game that would translate on the pitch?
Nothing at all to pass onto younger members of the team? Or older for that matter?
Wouldn't be the organiser that might allow Lino to play without pressure?

If Gale has signed I’d be ok with it. The lads played in a WC final, Grand final and Challenge cup final. That is priceless knowledge and experience to pass onto the team. No one who has left or signed in the last 30 years for us has that single playing experience. If he has signed he’ll have my support and hopefully would be playing with abit less pressure than at Hull FC.

I wouldn't mind signing Gale for just a season if only to pass on his skills to any aspiring stand off that we may pick up in the interim, in much the way that it was hoped Danny B would. Ok, he probably wouldn't be as mobile as he was, but as mentioned above his experience could make it worthwhile in the short term.

It would not surprise me if Gale had signed, the one thing that would surprise me though is Mr Carter paying him the sort of wages talked about on here.

Spot on.

Clearly Luppy's mate from the chip shop is not running on all four cylinders and neither are some posters on here if they believe that guff.

Since when has a player whose best years are gone commanded the same money he did three or four years ago. Added to that, since when did Trinity under MC ever pay over the odd for any player. True we signed a duffer in Lineham but he was never on the monies quoted on here and we paid the going rate, nothing more.

Why on earth would we pay Gale far more than Miller when the club made it very clear they were desperate to keep Miller. By the logic of this forum Cas must be paying Miller the best part of 500k. However as we know the logic only works one way on here.

With 34+ k posts some may say I join in far too often, but thanks for the laboured jibe



Back to the point. So in the last 48 hours, this forum has gone from...

Gale signing, too Gale signing for 250k a season, even though he's knocking on and wasn't even on that amount at Hull, or possibly anywhere else. Apparently the same money that the iconic Fifita was on but who the club let go because 1: they couldn't afford him and 2: He was considered too old and 3: Something Dave agreed with as he's retired. This offer has come from us, a club for whom 250k makes up nearly 1/5th of our player spend, seriously!

Then a random comment that Albert Kelly is OOC and now he's in the frame. Now I suppose this one is possible but it's a million miles from likely at this point.

And then it gets silly. Apparently we were offered Cherry Evans as a junior but being the idiots we are we turned him down. Yep, this was the hottest young HB in the NRL at the time and we were offered him, he wanted to come and we turned the poor waif away. Seriously you couldn't make it up yet someone did, as they have with Gales wage demands.

None of this is debating, this is just people making stuff up to further discredit the club and tbh that doesn't relax me, shouldn't relax you either if you're a fan with any common sense. Either that or your Jon Wilkins and I'll take my £5 thanks

Lineham deffo looked trimmer yesterday at Fev

I really hope so and I hope he has impressed them enough to take over the bulk of his wages, that would be great for all concerned.