Most young lads are very nice lads to talk to, Owen is no different, its when they go out , get drunk & it takes nothing for some people to want to fight

As a "young lad" 6th form student, I had the misfortune of seeing him regularly; nice to talk to doesn't spring to mind as I found him one of the most obnoxious and arrogant young men I have come across.
From what I here of Richard, he has taken those personality traits with him and I am not surprised he finds himself in such problems.
A young man hyped up beyond his talents, without the wisdom to see things as they should be seen.
Sadly it was ever going to be thus, in defence of him (sort of) I'm certain he won't be the last.

Every time i have seen him he always has time to talk, and never have i seen him being obnoxious to-wards any person, or not have time for them, but i have never seen him drunk, mast players seem to like to get popped up & god nows why, there is a fare few clubs with players who get in to trouble, some regularly & you will now one player, as you see him weekly
Some might think the team they follow is full of angels,

Sport is simply a reflection of society. Plenty of young blokes get popped up and have a fight at the weekend throughout the UK, but professional sportsmen are targets for trouble and of course if they get into bother its highly publicised in the press.

The only way for them to avoid this is to not drink or at worst drink in moderation but that's easy to say in hindsight and not so easy to do when you're a young bloke in your 20's!

Most of the highly succesful, decorated and highly rated players in most sports are ones you very rarely see in the headlines or in the boozer.

That is not to say they don't go and they dont let their hair down, but they are careful about how they go about it, where they go about it and with whom.
It is not what you do, it is what you are seen and perceived to be doing I am afraid as much as anything else. Want to be clear, it is a generic comment, not particular to Richie. I am in no real position to judge him, I don't know him well enough.

Main thing is anyone can make a mistake, twice attracting attention is silly - there is no excuse for repetition.

Fighting in ponty is common, what Millward should do is make it out of bounds, nothing has changed since i went with the mates some years ago in some pubs you only have to look at some one and there ready to knock your head off, keep them away and they wont be any bother i know they are professionals but they are still mainly kids

I hate going out in Ponte for that reason.

I would have Jimmy Watson from Rhinos on my books by now. I feel Leeds want him for cover for Zak but the reality is he is not going to get game time unless Zak breaks something or has an affair with Charnley.
Come on Cas get him on board start him on the wing then push him to full back. This guy scored five tries against Hull FC 20s this year; no mean feat at any level.
If this Aussie Vickery signs it will be even harder so strike now before some other team does. Watson was also player of the year last year and is training full time.
Sunley is not ready yet still three years away.

How old is Jimmy Watson ?

21 yrs old

Get him signed up Cas Tigers.

I posted this on 26th October


Looks like we both know our junior talent pal

How many more times does it have to be said, "and the money for more players comes from where?" We have been told that until the remaining "fans" back the club and sign up for a membership we are skint. Even young players want paying you know.

Does he want a lift.

Richie has now offered a public apology for his Christmas brawl www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... tmas-brawl I personally hope that he now knuckles down and repays the faith shown by the club and it's fans On a side note,if any of us did this self same act out on a public street would we get away as leniently? If it had been my son that Owen had punched,then i would have been awaiting sentence for probably the same actions and thus rendering Owen not fit for action any time soon

Richie has now offered a public apology for his Christmas brawl www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... tmas-brawl I personally hope that he now knuckles down and repays the faith shown by the club and it's fans On a side note,if any of us did this self same act out on a public street would we get away as leniently? If it had been my son that Owen had punched,then i would have been awaiting sentence for probably the same actions and thus rendering Owen not fit for action any time soon

How has he got off leniently, he has been fined, given community service, and fined by the club, you make it out as if Owen just punched the lad with no provocation, all the people who got arrested for fighting went to Cort and got fined, punches were flying both ways, , its something i don't condone but it was two groups of people fighting not just Owen, thats why they all have been found guilty

Two wrongs do not make a right!!!

Went to Leeds v Wakey yesterday. I thought Millward treated Mathers badly,but seeing him yesterday maybe he had the right idea getting shut of him. He appears to like shouting the odds at others but to me he does not want to put his body on the line himself, might spoil his good looks or mess his hair up !

he's still got the monk on with Widnes, because he grazed his harm

Let me think, yes he did play well against you lot down the lane. Playing well for us, Wakey fans happy with him, dont forget it was not a league game mate on boxing day

it was a boxing match and poor Mr Poor saw red

Minor fail!

Nice to see you inspect the Cas board before your own, otherwise you could have commented on the Mathers thread that Whino fan Marathonman started on there.

Happy Christmas BTW !

Nice to see you inspect the Wakey board enough to notice marathonman trying to whip it up on both sites??
If it quacks like a troll, it's a troll etc etc...

Is this a cross-bred troll with a duck?

Technically it's a cross bred troll with a rhino, but I get your point!!!