Re: Owen 3 year deal : Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:01 pm  

I'm cautiously optimistic about Owen.

As others have said, he's still only relatively young and scored about 1 in 2 for Cas when they were fairly poor.

3 years maybe a bit much, but hey ho, I rate him higher than Fox and Cockayne. Riley on the other wing, not too shabby.

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Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:17 am  

I'm prepared to give him a chance. He's ours now, simple as.

Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:03 am  

Lets give the lad a chance .if u look where we r now to this time last year we r in much better position

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Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:00 am  

To be honest, he probably found his feet quicker than any of the other new boys.
Took Scruton a while. The overseas guys had flashes but gradually got better. Even Riley didn't just burst out on his first game.

With an off season and Webster spending time with him, he may be a good addition.
As I've said before he is good with ball in hand, can take a high balland seemed to latch on once Smith arrived.
He is a bit dodgy in defence when players are pouring through on his wing but that can be as much about confidence in your inside man so off season will help him with that.

Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:35 am  

I think it's a good move for Ritchie - you need to give him a chance and if he gets his groove back he will be scoring 15 plus tries a season for you. He'll be happy with the security of 3 years.

Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:48 am  

If he keeps scoring last minute winners against Leeds he'll do for me!

Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:51 am  

That's three Xmas's, better keep him away from the Westgate run on mad Friday.

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Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:06 pm  

So a back line of

Hall
Owen
Collis
Lynn
Riley
Godinet
Smith

With Sammut, Jowett and Johnstone to cover looks good to me.

Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:08 pm  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

Strange we reward a player that had given so little apart from 2 games he was here one against Cas and other against Widens rest of the time he didn't try and got a telling off on several occassions by Tim Smith for not bothering to run. We should have just loaned a better winger and saves cash. I will not here the club moaning about money when we waste it like that for 3 years. I have seen more life in a tramps vest than Richard Owen. Worse signing of the lot!!!

Bit of a character assassination there. Whilst I would agree he doesn't always look like he is up for it, I think to say he only put effort in in two games is just rubbish.
You suggest loaning a better winger and saving cash - perhaps you can actually name someone better who we could have loaned for less cash (will be interesting to see as I'm pretty sure you have absolutely no idea a) how much Owen's contract is worth and b) how much it would cost us to pay someone else's loan fee). You are great at identifying problems but never offer any viable solution.

Is there a reason that you have to have someone to pick on each year? Are you jealous that people get to play rugby for a living whilst you have to "work" for your immense salary?? I don't know you personally and I can honestly say I have no desire to ever meet you as you come across as rather a vile individual.

Re: Owen 3 year deal : Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:21 pm  

Hasn't always been my favourite, but he got better as time went on; Webster obviously sees something in him and that will do for me - I hope he regains his pre-inury form and gets his career back on track.