Wish he had, won't have given up half his big salary at Cas this year for that much of a pay cut. Never know and to be honest if I found out we where paying him 20K I would still be disapointted would rather look at a young player and try and sign another young player from the lower league than sign him.

Fair enough. I think he's a crappy signing too, but if it's for squad cover and help us out for the rest of the season then we'll just have to make do.

I could just about cope with the rest of the season, it's the next season that is really annoying me.

I really hope it's for the rest of the season with an option for next year in the clubs favour.

Hope so too. I guess Gentle wants squad cover with SL experience and thought RM fit the bill somehow.

do you feel better now???
wait till the whole crew is assembled before you sail mate

your not wrong





my old dad once said "the biggest problem for any FC coach is there is potentially 30,000 others in the city whom believe they can coach better than he can , its never dull eh

Top 8 here we come!!

Problem is Pearson said Gentle wanted young english players mixed with experienced players who can lead by example , at least that was my interpretation. What we've seen in the last few days are two young brits , plus Turner confirmed , going and an old Aussie with a bad reputation coming in. A player that Cas don't want!!!

Best team in SL might be the longer term plan, but his most recent comments (which also referred to 6 signings still to be announced) were that in 18 months time he wanted us to be challanging for 4th / 5th spot IIRC. With the squad we're assembling then that will be readily achievable.

Fingers crossed

Great response, perhaps you can tell me which part of it you are not in agreement with?

And anybody who thought it would take 2 years is a fool.

I do feel better now thanks.

I assure you that when all the 6 superstar signings that will make up Gentles team are announced, I will be the first to admit I jumped the gun with the original post. Problem is I don’t think those signings will make us one of the best team in SL as promised by AP.

Whats the time frame then?

But if the latest rumours are true and he's coming on a 2 1/2 year deal. Then we don't have to pay him much to beat what he'd get for the last 2 months of his Cas career

The players were told 3 years

Well he said 18 months and he expects us to be top 4/5 so to be the best it's going to take what, 3 years after that? 4/5 years from now?

bloomin heck give the bloke a chance,rome wasnt built in a day

You think anyone actually believes you are a FC supporter?

I can understand the concerns about losing Manu/Tickle/Moa and possibly Briscoe - lets face it Manu has carried what has been a poor side for the majority of the past five years and god knows where we would have been without the others.

BUT....I hate to use a football example however I recall Man United getting rid of Hughes, Ince and Kanchelskis in the summer of 1995. Yes all integral players but a new team was created there on after. I'm confident FC can do the same and will be even more sure of this when I see the signings we are too announce. McGoldrick is hopefully just a short term solution and a back up utility next year.

To be the best team in SL? Probably another 2 years on that to be in the running.

I think by the 2014 season, all the players should be those that the new regime have picked. So I would assume 2014 is when we should have the team to do the business. I think a lot of fans though are perhaps expecting too much too soon, myself included. With all the hype in interviews from AP and SM though, can you blame us? I will wait to see how we go next year after the squad has been completed and hope we go well. I just get frustrated with as the signings that have been made / announced so far under this new regime are not in line at all with what I was expecting based on what the club are communicating their ambitions are. I know I’m not alone in that fact and I fear many fans will express there disappointment by either not renewing passes or continue to not attend, as they’ve ‘heard it all before’ year after year!

PG is building for the future and long term by signing young English players, some who are England Knight players. So how people can say they are underwhelmed by the signings is daft. We can't have a team full of international/SOO players. The way we seem to be doing things is best imo especially how every team in the near future will have to rely on there academies soon enough. There won't be that much talent coming over from the NRL anymore. Young English talent is the way forward and we are doing our best to sign the best out there which is available.

McGoldrick, Martin, Aspinwall?