No problem with this signing, with the best will in the world that we have got the contract right based on appearances and conduct. Unlike say Webster where his contract is not conditional and he is unjured more than me!
I KNOW the Castleford public will treat the guy accordingly, this is one of the situations where those watching on can actually make a difference to something on the field. We have had players at Cas before, emotional players who you can boo out of a game and WE have done that to our own.
I am not saying we have to over praise, but we know what we can do.
On his game, he can play 10 years as a first choice half in a serious NRL outfit, so I am going to focus on that. There are about 5 or 6 people in the world where if you signed them to replace Rangi Chase, you wouldn't be thinking you had lost something, so we were always going to need to change.
As an alternate view, MAYBE: Rangi Chase was amazing and Man of Steel for one season, sulked and was patchy in another and was good this season, but not Dream Team good or MOS contender good. Rangi hasn't got a single full top flight season in the NRL and is only here becuase he couldn't depose the likes of Brett Seymour.
Appreciate time passes, things change and form changes, but there are always ways to see it being half full, as opposed to half empty. I like those people with something to prove and who have a hunger to put things right it tends to make them more dangerous and apply more honest effort. Granted, sometimes it goes wrong, but I think in this case, it is worth a shot.
