i did hear this rumour regarding goldy from a realiable source however i still dont believe it. Goldy starts the rumours himself sometimes on facebook.

Shows just how much of an egomaniac he is or how committed to the club he is if he has to start rumours to keep people talking about him

just another reason not to like him as well as his inability on the pitch.

Seconded.

Whilst i agree owen is our fullback for the future, i do think mcgoldrick should be playing there for now, people do forget that his form at the start of last season was good when he was playing at fullback it was when he was shifted to the halfs that his form went down hill. A owen/shenton partnership will score us a hell of a lot of tries.

And McGoldrick at FB will concede a hell of a lot of tries, he's a liability anywhere on the pitch and I still can't see why anyone rates him, in the time he's being at Cas I've seen him have 5 good games tops, and 2 of them were in NL1.

Richard Owen is the current and future Cas FB, and is the England FB for next year and the 10 years after that.

At the start of last season he had more than 5 good games, linking up with the halfs he was a big part of our attack that saw us at the top half of the table.

Player of the Year 2008, so god knows what the others were doing then!!!!!!

Only one poster seems to rate Jacko, l think the Giants were a bit hasty releasing him, he was an above average player, always gave 100%, and was a favorite with many fans, we have jet to replace him, and it won´t be easy, he´s coming back to you a better player, our loss, your gain IMO

I certainly still remain to be convinced!!

I cant see the plus side of the signing, or should i say i cannot see where we are stronger from it. time will tell

He's better then Higgins, there's a plus.

He's good defensively, an area we have struggled in the past.

Thought Wainwright was player of the year, or was that coaches player of the year. Cant remember.

IMO he was awful in 2008, but started 2009 like a house on fire, just hope those first few games in 2009 weren't a blip.

but he was good defensivley at Huddersfield. he could lose that under a poor defensive coach, now let me look at our defensive stats over the last couple of seasons......

always thought owen looked very good on the wing, unfortunately this leaves goldie to cover fb which always leaves my heart in my mouth

I think we're stronger in defence with Owen at fullback. He seems to coordinate things better and get the gaps filled, whereas Goldy just doesn't bother.

I think he means Huddersfield player of the year.

Said it before, in Owen we have a player who could develop in a great fullback,one who could push for international honours.

If next season T.M sticks him out on the wing to accomadate Mcgoldrick at fullback it looks to me he is putting his friendship with ryan over the teams best interests

The thing is though owen can play on the wing fantastically too, its about getting the right balance in the team.

Do you think mcgoldrick would have made that tackle by the corner flag in the play off game at wigan like owen did?

Mcgoldrick was bought as a centre and should play there...less running across the field crab like then.

Maybe he wouldnt have had to as owen would have been on the wing covering it.



Just because a player was signed to play one position it doesnt mean he should never play anywhere else should dixon have remained in the centres, should lupton have been kept in the halfs, should shenny have stayed on the wing?

If we have shenton and owen together on the wing we have one of the best combinations in sl, if not we have shenton paired with wainwright/thompson a far less daunting prospect for opposition teams. whats more if the dixon rumours are tru at the start of the season we would have thmpson on one wing and snowie on the other, not at all good.

Well, we agree to disagree.

Reality is T.M rates Mcgoldrick more than me, and will be one of the 1st names down on the teamsheet.

Christ i wish he was more disciplined though

Thompson is not a winger. Full back or second row maybe

Don't we all. His discipline is disgraceful at times.

Well he's going to have to be if owen goes to fullback and dixons out.