Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:17 pm  

I can sympathise with you on this one - Shudds don't need to bother with an academy set-up, so long as they've got WTW and Cas doing it for them, and access to Uncle Ken's bottomless chequebook.

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:26 pm  

3 now from Cas I think bren2k. Matt Dawson, Jamie Cording & Eden.

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:28 pm  

bren2k wrote:

I can sympathise with you on this one - Shudds don't need to bother with an academy set-up, so long as they've got WTW and Cas doing it for them, and access to Uncle Ken's bottomless chequebook.

how do you explain...

Micheal Lawrence
Leroy cudjoe
Eorl Crabtree
Andy Raleigh
Jermaine Mcgillvary
Jacob Fairbank etc...

products of the giants and youth system and more to follow

we have lost our own youngsters in times gone by when we were bottom or super league and relegated

chris bridge springs to mind

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:30 pm  

StuMain wrote:

3 now from Cas I think bren2k. Matt Dawson, Jamie Cording & Eden.

yeh but we ofload a few back to you

jackson
hudson
snitch
jones
fozzard
aspinwall

all ex giants

and even do you the favour of loaning you kyle wood!

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:35 pm  

bren2k wrote:

I can sympathise with you on this one - Shudds don't need to bother with an academy set-up, so long as they've got WTW and Cas doing it for them, and access to Uncle Ken's bottomless chequebook.

as for wakefield...

Luke george
Korkidas
Griffin
Johnson

You offered george a big wage to leave our academy setup and we gave you the last two for free!

but think george is coming back home soon

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:38 pm  

delboy66 wrote:

A shame Greg's gone but a two year contract was offered and turned down there's not alot you can say , move on

Delboy66(aye of the tigers fanzine)

And if the contract was out of sync with current market prices, below par, as the directors themselves admitted in Feb?...he should have just taken it anyway should he? C'mon lets at least be real about these things.

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:51 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

yeh but we ofload a few back to you

jackson
hudson
snitch
jones
fozzard
aspinwall

all ex giants

and even do you the favour of loaning you kyle wood!

Jackson, Hudson & Snitch are all Wakefield products I think? Jones & Aspinwall from the Wigan setup & Fozzard from Leeds. Kyle Wood is a product of Castleford junior rugby but not sure where he served his academy years.

I don't think there are any Huddersfield products in the Castleford squad.

Any the Giants aren't doing anything wrong by the way, it's good to see them investing in young English players, it'd just be nicer if we could keep ours at our club but that's our problem, not yours.

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:05 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

as for wakefield...

Luke george
Korkidas
Griffin
Johnson
You offered george a big wage to leave our academy setup and we gave you the last two for free!

but think george is coming back home soon

We did this to death at the time, but don't be trying to kid anyone on - you didn't 'give' Griffin and Johnson to us - they were released, probably to make room for Ferguson, a player you obtained in a way that still sticks in the craw. And we're talking about fringe players, one of whom was and still is facing a lengthy stretch in the big house.

Korkidas is still on your books I believe - on permanent loan as part of the Brough 'deal.'

Some facts are always useful in a discussion like this.

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:43 pm  

the_grobs wrote:

And if the contract was out of sync with current market prices, below par, as the directors themselves admitted in Feb?...he should have just taken it anyway should he? C'mon lets at least be real about these things.

I never said he should have 'just taken it anyway' ,all im saying is the kid for whatever reason (and im damn sure we as supporters will never know the real contract offer made to him ) decided against signing a new two year contract with the club, He will not be a Tigers player next season so as far as im concerned Its done and dusted If that aint getting real then so be it

Delboy66(aye of the tigers fanzine)

Re: Greg Eden : Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:23 pm  

007 wrote:

He was offered a fulltime contract,HE, has decided to refuse the contract,end of,move on.

A cas lad turning down a new contract with the club. WHY!!!
There as to be a reason.