I've heard that Chase is under some sort of clause with immigration services (cause he had a court case) and is only allowed to play for Castleford and no other club till that is sorted out.

Not one of my reliable sources that one though !

Think it is to do with his suspended sentence in Aus he's OK till he needs to apply for a new work permit because he changes his place of employment, or something along those lines

And at that point he is likely to be rejected for a visa under the current immigration rules. Not a definate but extremely likely.

All of them thats why we finish above you even when we've had a shocking season

Looks to me if there is any truth in the main focus of this thread that by reading what our new coach says in todays Mail it can only be Seymour. Two right sided players to come in apparently!

Says a winger and a centre in the wail though

might just be me but just read the online version of that and it didn't read like he knew of any problem with any of them.

Mason liked tetleys.!

It's not just you, I didn't see anything either.

Is there a point to you being here?


Anyway, seems Washy will stay under Gentle's regime. Hopefully he can develop him and unlock some more of his potential.

Sounds to me like we are targetting a centre/winger. We still lack a prop though and Washy will be the backrow cover it would seem.

nor me

and he hardly says anything positive about Washy, just acknowledges he's currently at the club.

Will be interesting to see if he's going to be cover for injuries, or our bench 2nd rower. If we're keeping him and prioritising centre/prop/winger, there isn't anyone in the current squad who jumps out for that spot.

But the fact he picked out Washbrook for a mention when he's out of contract could have meaning. Why else would he mention him unless he expects him to still be here?

Well at least we know he is no bull s***ter!! as most know there is nothing positive to say

He mentioned him which is significant plus strong rumours of a two year extension.

Sounds like he could be the bench backrower. Can't see us signing a centre, winger prop and backrow. That would be great but probably unrealistic.

Fans complain that Agar never developed players, so imo Washy staying on should not be slated. The lad has potential and maybe Gentle is the man to unlock it?

Quite possibly. I still just think the same about Sharp, and find it very harsh on him that we seem to be looking to replace him already. If we got the right centre it would do him the world of good, so I just personally see a new winger as less necessary than a new backrower.

Agree with you both here, prop and centre should be our priorities followed by back rower and then, finally, wing.

Be interesting to see what happens to Rich Whiting.

Wouldn`t be surprised to see him being our back row/centre cover on the bench

I'd like to see three players come in. A prop, centre and bench/impact backrower. We can survive without a winger, if we want safe we can play Whiting and if we want someone more dynamic then we have Sharp. I still think with some development in the off season Sharp could be great for us. Very strong and pace to burn.

Backrow for me, strong defender, makes yards and good hands.

Agree with the above.

Agar has developed players, Briscoe, Houghton, Moa, Turner is coming along nicely. Yeamo has got back to his best, Manu is hitting his straps. If Agar was unable to develop players all of these players would have gone backwards.
Some players like Washy have not kicked on because simply they are not good enough

We've tried it before with limited success, but I'd try to bulk him up a bit again. With another stone I'd sooner see him as the bench 2nd rower.

Thinking about it though, our bench next year looks pretty thin so far. I realise that our recruitment isn't over, but if the only other forward we bring in is a prop, we're probably going to be looking at:

Moa
Radford/O'Carroll
Washbrook/Whiting

That's quite a drop in quality.

The only other thing is maybe we'll try and get Manu to play 80 minutes along with Tickle (which I really hope is not considered).

But with interchanges going down to 10 next season then players are going to do more minutes

Exactly how I see it. I think the calls for Sharp to be replaced are very premature. With a good centre and better sliding defence he'll look a lot better IMO.