Re: Glenn Hall : Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:41 am  

mikey123 wrote:

yes we have our own academy and if you look at the academy league you will see as our first team they are doing quite well which can't be said for your teams which in some cases would attract a player of westermans calibre to move from a team in 8th fighting for a play off spot to a team in 2nd fighting for titles?

I think wire would be a great move for Joe and Cas, if we could get say £400k for him i would be more than happy, much happier than maybe half of that in 12 months and nothing in 24.

Before you jump down my throat let me try and explain my reasons.

Ok we would be selling one of our prize assets but as we have seen with shenny the club cant afford to match wages and top players and their expectations of winning silverware. Unfortunatley we are and will be for the next few years a feeder club in which our best talent will keep getting cherry picked by the big money teams until we can compete in monatary terms which will go hand in hand with the team improving and us keeping our prized talent.

We cant blame these kids wanting to move on to improve. I'm not by any means saying Joe wants to go, but could you blame him really if he did?

Re: : Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:02 pm  

mikey123 wrote:

yes we have our own academy and if you look at the academy league you will see as our first team they are doing quite well which can't be said for your teams which in some cases would attract a player of westermans calibre to move from a team in 8th fighting for a play off spot to a team in 2nd fighting for titles?

<cringe> Where did WE finish last year ?

Re: Glenn Hall : Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:06 pm  

Fully wrote:

We paid £170k for Steadman which would be the equivalent of £383,000 in 2007.

£20 million?

Yes, I can use Wiki too
It went up by another 100k after he made the GB squad. Well thats what it says in the 1992 guinness book of records anyway

Re: Glenn Hall : Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:10 pm  

The mediator wrote:

I think wire would be a great move for Joe and Cas, if we could get say £400k for him i would be more than happy, much happier than maybe half of that in 12 months and nothing in 24.

Before you jump down my throat let me try and explain my reasons.

Ok we would be selling one of our prize assets but as we have seen with shenny the club cant afford to match wages and top players and their expectations of winning silverware. Unfortunatley we are and will be for the next few years a feeder club in which our best talent will keep getting cherry picked by the big money teams until we can compete in monatary terms which will go hand in hand with the team improving and us keeping our prized talent.

We cant blame these kids wanting to move on to improve. I'm not by any means saying Joe wants to go, but could you blame him really if he did?

I hope your not including the U20s in that. That counts for nothing except squad depth. Robers and Feka have spent most of the season in that competition.

The Cas under 20s are full of under 18s and the under 18s team are lucky if they can grow bum fluff yet they are still able to compete against generally older opposition.

Re: Re: : Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:17 pm  

Wire_Yed wrote:

<cringe> Where did WE finish last year ?

Exactly, least you have your head on your shoulders!

Re: Re: : Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:17 pm  

Wire_Yed wrote:

<cringe> Where did WE finish last year ?

Exactly, least you have your head on your shoulders!

Re: joe westerman : Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:21 pm  

Wire_74 wrote:

Harrison is a prop/second row. Not a lose forward in a million years. Joe however...

...is ours so keep your mitts off!!

Re: joe westerman : Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:03 pm  

Is Westerman your Kevin Sinfield for this year? not going unless you pay 300k and a player

Re: joe westerman : Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:27 pm  

Tiger_69 wrote:

...is ours so keep your mitts off!!

You tell him.

Re: Glenn Hall : Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:21 pm  

mikey123 wrote:

yes we have our own academy and if you look at the academy league you will see as our first team they are doing quite well which can't be said for your teams which in some cases would attract a player of westermans calibre to move from a team in 8th fighting for a play off spot to a team in 2nd fighting for titles?

You haven't won anything this season yet so keep your cocky comments to yourself and go and play on your own board and your hands off Joe