Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:01 am  

Signing confirmed. Would imagine he will partner Ben Roberts with Finn taking Jamie Ellis' spot on the bench who is Huddersfield bound.

Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:12 am  

2 year deal here :- http://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=4649

2 year deal here :- http://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=4649

Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:22 am  

Apart from Moore replacing Clark, the departing players have been replaced by better players for next year I think. Replacing Huby will also be very difficult, but overall I think Cas look stronger for next season.

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Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:27 am  

If he's got a good pack to play behind he'll do very well for you lot.

Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:41 am  

My mistake - article above states 3 year deal.

Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:50 am  

Bullseye wrote:

If he's got a good pack to play behind he'll do very well for you lot.

Thanks for that Bullseye.
Even though we are loosing Clark, Huby and Hauraki we have next year in the pack:-

Andy Lynch
Adam Milner
Grant Millington
Nathan Massey
Ryan Boyle
Oliver Holmes
Frankie Mariano
Scott Wheeldon
Lee Jewitt
Matt Cook
Junior Moors
Steve Crossley

Carvell might also get a gig as well - so we should have plenty of pack options.
We also have signed "he who cannot be named" TBA.

Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:32 pm  

Good signing along with Roberts

Re: Luke Gale : Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:19 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Apart from Moore replacing Clark, the departing players have been replaced by better players for next year I think. Replacing Huby will also be very difficult, but overall I think Cas look stronger for next season.

Guess you are not counting Sneyd. To me Marc is being replaced by Gale as they are the more structured halves and play a similar style. Roberts is an off the cuff type player a bit like chase who will have more of running game. Dont think Gale is a better player than Sneyd and would take a big improvement to be as good as Sneyd has been this season. Its a question of getting the balance right and this season you have with the halves. Sneyd could go to Hull and not fit into their structures of play.

Re: Luke Gale : Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:38 am  

I can't say I rate Sneyd that highly. Gale is a better player at the moment IMO. Both are very average in defence though.

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Re: Luke Gale : Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:06 am  

Is Powell looking to change Finn to a hooking role then?
I've seen both play only as an away fan and the odd tv appearance but I would say Finn is better than Gale.
Is that not the case?