Re: Castleford at home : Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:49 pm  

inside man wrote:

Ignore is your friend.

I never thought your posts to be insightful enough for me to ignore you but maybe one day, stranger things have happened however unlikely.

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Re: Castleford at home : Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:01 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I don’t remember him playing alongside our coach nor was he ever coached by Applegarth so probably does not meet our current recruitment philosophy.

Which of the signings he has made following that phylosophy are you not happy with?

I'm thinking it's Dave and Griffin

Re: Castleford at home : Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:13 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Which of the signings he has made following that phylosophy are you not happy with?

I'm thinking it's Dave and Griffin

I didn’t say I was unhappy with the signings, it’s a shame we took so long into the season to find the money we never had apparently.

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Re: Castleford at home : Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:39 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I didn’t say I was unhappy with the signings, it’s a shame we took so long into the season to find the money we never had apparently.

How far behind are you.
We didn't 'find it'. We had a new investor

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:04 pm  

PopTart wrote:

How far behind are you.
We didn't 'find it'. We had a new investor

Was it not you who posted that the negotiations to sign Fifita for example started long before the new investor arrived. This would suggest that the incumbents had found additional funds don’t you think?
I didn’t believe your original hypothesis because there is no way the incumbents would put more money into the club especially Carter who had announced he was leaving.

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Re: Castleford at home : Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:11 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

Was it not you who posted that the negotiations to sign Fifita for example started long before the new investor arrived. This would suggest that the incumbents had found additional funds don’t you think?
I didn’t believe your original hypothesis because there is no way the incumbents would put more money into the club especially Carter who had announced he was leaving.

We sent Gaskell and Taufua to other clubs.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:09 pm  

PopTart wrote:

We sent Gaskell and Taufua to other clubs.

We did but after the arrival of Fifita and I am sure like all these type of transactions it was necessary to agree a settlement with each player we released. If we look at our early transaction we swapped one for another so no settlement necessary which fits the thinking of an accountant. The rest all involved some cost to the club therefore why would they increase their contributions when they know they are leaving.
I think you will just have to accept that with the exception of Hall for Dagger the rest have been financed by our new board member. I know this might be too much for you to accept because you obviously still believe in our incumbents but without our new member none of the recent signings would have happened. He has given us a chance that would not have been available if the incumbents were the only financiers.
I don’t know if we will take the opportunity offered to survive because we have probably left it too late but it’s still possible however this decreases with every defeat.

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Re: Castleford at home : Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:35 am  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

We did but after the arrival of Fifita and I am sure like all these type of transactions it was necessary to agree a settlement with each player we released. If we look at our early transaction we swapped one for another so no settlement necessary which fits the thinking of an accountant. The rest all involved some cost to the club therefore why would they increase their contributions when they know they are leaving.
I think you will just have to accept that with the exception of Hall for Dagger the rest have been financed by our new board member. I know this might be too much for you to accept because you obviously still believe in our incumbents but without our new member none of the recent signings would have happened. He has given us a chance that would not have been available if the incumbents were the only financiers.
I don’t know if we will take the opportunity offered to survive because we have probably left it too late but it’s still possible however this decreases with every defeat.

Well you are not correct but carry on anyway.

The new guy's money has definitely helped, but it wasn't him until he put it in.

Re: Castleford at home : Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:46 am  

What you are saying is that we had spare money to bring players in prior to our new sponsor therefore why didn’t they use this when it would be of of maximum benefit before we had lost so many.
I would suggest that history indicates you are wrong but for some reason you appear certain that the incumbents found or invested additional funds therefore why didn’t they do this earlier?

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Re: Castleford at home : Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:15 am  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

What you are saying is that we had spare money to bring players in prior to our new sponsor therefore why didn’t they use this when it would be of of maximum benefit before we had lost so many.
I would suggest that history indicates you are wrong but for some reason you appear certain that the incumbents found or invested additional funds therefore why didn’t they do this earlier?

I really don't see what you are trying to prove. This has all been documented before.