Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 11:33 am  

binks wrote:

Bren I have a sneaky feeling Mr McGoldrick will be in the red white and blue next season along with our petulant hat trick hero, sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!

Our petulant hat-trick hero was having a right old barney with some Cas fans behind the sticks after he failed to collect the ball that resulted in Widnes' first try. He needs to learn to control his temper/emotions. Took his tries well though when we started to throw it about a bit.

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 2:13 pm  

binks wrote:

Bren I have a sneaky feeling Mr McGoldrick will be in the red white and blue next season along with our petulant hat trick hero, sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!

I would hope not, on both counts; McGoldrick's failing are obvious and whilst Youngquest knows where the try line is, he spends too much time poncing around with his hair and arguing with fans on Twitter for my liking.

On the other hand, if Cas were paying half their wages, like a certain Mr Mathers, I might be forced to reconsider my position...

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 2:27 pm  

bren2k wrote:

On the other hand, if Cas were paying half their wages, like a certain Mr Mathers, I might be forced to reconsider my position...

Shows how bad Mathers is when a club is wiling to pay him to play against them

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 2:34 pm  

Gronk! wrote:

Shows how bad Mathers is when a club is wiling to pay him to play against them

Less a club decision, more a coach decision, I think.
TBF to Mathers I wasn't a huge fan when we signed him, and of course all players make mistakes, but I'd say he was a quality signing, who attacks and defends well.
No complaints from me.

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 2:38 pm  

binks wrote:

Bren I have a sneaky feeling Mr McGoldrick will be in the red white and blue next season along with our petulant hat trick hero, sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!

Can't always see the logic in some signings, Youngquest is a fifty fifty call, but McGoldrick is heading home or for the lower leagues.
As Bren has posted, his failings are obvious to all (apart from perhaps Basil) he offers not one thing in his game to entice a perspective coach.

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 3:52 pm  

McGoldrick, the test I always use is if an opposition player had done the same, how would I have reacted. Answer, I would expect a ban and a fine. 2 matches, possibly 3 and £300.

Ben Cross - can't comment on the alledged incident with the players face, didn't see it. But as for the Danny Orr incident, complete accident was genuinely competing for the ball.
The tackle in the air on Youngquest - right decision again, I think there was contact in the air but he was not taken out.

Not a clue how Wakey, Mathers and the petty point scoring makes it on to this thread. That said, I do actually expect Goldy to get a SL contract next season, he is not daft and nor is his management.

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 4:08 pm  

mdean wrote:

Ben Cross - can't comment on the alledged incident with the players face, didn't see it. But as for the Danny Orr incident, complete accident was genuinely competing for the ball.

I thought so too - a rare moment of skill from Cross, who is usually just a knuckle-headed battering ram.

He's a frustrating player - take out the niggles and inevitable penalties and he's probably the type of forward that most teams would like - big, tough, extremely aggressive and fit as a fiddle; all the gear, no idea, as my old man is wont to say.

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 4:54 pm  

So it seems, i think he was at Leeds when they were in crisis and much like a number of the Cas squad at the moment, they are trying to be too many things and be a hero.

in a team where he can do 2 good stints of hard front row yacker without anything clever, he is probably a lot better than we are seeing him?

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 7:53 pm  

I'd have Ben Cross at CT - no problem. Aggressive, puts the hard work in and as B2K says - fit as a fiddle. I think we have plenty of front rowers though.

Re: Ben Cross : Tue May 08, 2012 7:54 pm  

I would say now that we aren't paying half of Mathers' wages.

Wakey fans are deluding themselves if they think that.