Smith set to sign a new two year deal at WTW. As for Mathers I am told we are close to agreeing a reasonable fee to buy out his contract at Cas.

Good news of true!!

Good news. Glad we're sorting future out sooner than later. Need to get Aiton signed up asap.

Good news.

Happy enough with that. Hopefully we can sort a deal for sykes as well. And Aiton obviously.

Sounds good to me.

Blunder boy is all yours.

I'd take him over Owen - the lad's a liability!

We've had a good shift out of Mathers, particularly considering that Cas are paying a nice chunk of his wages; bargain!

Plus I don't think Mathers beats up Santa at Christmas?

100 grand + a year I've been told by a super league coach is what ferret face Owen is on ,gimme Mathers any day.

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Hopefully the Cas fullback is Ryan Brierley next season anyway, that lad is very good with ball in hand.

As for Mathers, take him...I see he had another Mathers moment in the Leeds game too.

There isn't a player that doesn't make mistakes.

Owen is on 100k a year. Which is outrageous. But he is a better player than Mathers. As said, Neither may be our full back next season.

But if your paying anything for Mathers. Your crazy. He has no future at Cas so would be available on a free.

An opinion that many Cas fans arrived at only AFTER he moved to Wakey.

Funny old world isn't it?

You'll find a whole lot of Cas fans turned on him after a string of poor performances from about this time last season.

Seen Brierly play many times Gronk, he is a class act, can`t understand why he has not getting a first team chance this season. Both Cas and Wakey have a great opportunity this season to ` find out ` about some of their young players by playing them in the first team.

I agree bellycouldtackle, we both have great youngsters coming through (albeit Cas' is a little bettericon_wink.gif )

So Owen is on £100k a year?
Another Gronk! moment ...

TBF to Gronk, this is a big lads mate exclusive!!
I doubt them both, but if its true, even the tea lady down at Cas must be managing her tax; offshore!!!

WTW are talking to Aiton about a contract extension, but as previously mentioned on this board there are clubs "circling" him. As for Sykes I believe he will go back to Bradford at the end of the season to discuss his future there.

With the way it is at Bradford at the mo,they may need all their "fringe" players to return just to make up the numbers.

Owen is on that figure, 100% correct!! signed 18 months ago when Sts were looking to take him as understudy to Wellens, with Wellens in a mentoring role

Why is this even an issue to the Cas fans?
They think he is crap and don't want him
We think he is quite good and do want him
He seems to like playing at Wakefield and seems to want to stay

Seems like a good deal for everybody

I remember Cas letting Greg Eden go because you had Mathers, and look how he has come on, I watched him for years come through your ranks and then you allowed him to go to the Giants, he will be GB no1 in years to come trust me a world class player who will grace the NRL if he chooses, and now Mathers is crap, Mathers is lacking confidence that dosent making a bad player !!!

Mathers wasn't too bad before his stint in the NRL and has come back worse for it.

For years? Are you sure? Im pretty certain he came through our academy before moving to Cas