New Start

Ppirate · 29 Jan

The rebuild actually starts this season, we have been in a state of suspended animation since Powell left to spend time with his family (the scheming t**t)
We never stood a chance with Radford and Last
Linners actually tried and didnt do a bad job with the resourses he had at his disposal. Now we have a coach who has done it all, won it all and now wants to make his mark as a coach.
Forget the Friendly loss to Wakey ( they beat us pre season in 2017, just saying) and lets get firmly behind the club.
I have already booked twice the number of games i can get to this coming season that i attended last time (Thanks to finding a few more cas fans in Scarbs and travelling together)

New spine, new coach etc will need a few games to gel so lets not moan too much till we are 5 or 6 game in

Onwards and upwards, In DM we trust and all the other usual slogans

Cautiously optimistic

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RaoulDuke · 29 Jan

Good post pirate!

Regardless of who the coach is and players are, they’ll get my support. It’s vital for the area that the club continues and with a regular 7.5k from a town of 40k shows it’s value.

Radford and last chose a chance of immediate success; which is Powells motto also and took him years to get it nearly right.

I like the talk of maguire and underpinning of defence as a key to success. The Club just need to give him time like Powell.

The right players will come, maybe they are already here but need time to bloom.

It’s still vitally important to keep a grade A position so we can build without fear like other clubs have done. Leeds never stopped playing the juniors as they’ll not be kicked out, like Wigan and saints. We can all see the teams they can put together because they have an array of home grown players.

If we can keep the average 7.5k and with the led boards extra, we should be fine but the new stand and amenities are vital for the club to become more sustainable rather than losing millions like Wigan, saints and Leeds. If the build starts at the end of 2026 we’ll be fine and then we can bring in ready made players without such a gamble as we do now.

RaoulDuke · 1 Feb

https://castlefordtigers.com/article.php?id=9135

Must admit this is a big worrying but Mr Jepson still retains control. Having a “deeper dive” into the Cas books might have brought something up. We may never know what it is, hopefully it can be sorted soon.

RaoulDuke · 16 Feb

It’ll be interesting to see if Mr Jepson is there on Saturday for the first home match. I guess if he was pulling out, he won’t be there.

I sit just behind the directors box, maybe we’ll find out.

I’m hoping he comes into the box with purples who are investing and there’s good news.

MMaturecasfan · 16 Feb

Jepson seems to have gone very quiet.
Few months back he was making a few videos reassuring us fans and keeping us up, to date.
Like is said, Saturdays game if he turns up could be a good sign.
If it’s a no show, worry will start amongst the fans.

RaoulDuke · 22 Feb

Good interview with Mr Jepson.

To summerise:

Takeover still going through, the due diligence is taking time but no issues. He can afford it himself but it’s speaking to backers to join him. He is fully funding the club and will continue to do so.

Club are in an envious position where we’ll be getting over 12m and he wants to spend it wisely. Doing some works now like the changing rooms and is having plans drawn up. The planning consent we have, he might want to change to get more facilities. He mentioned training facilities.

Still room to get in more players. We can get to cap this year if the right players come in.

Work underway for the centenary year in 2026. Maybe change of logo, what colour should we be, looking branding across the club etc…

yorky · 26 Feb

yes he comes across & a very intelligent business man & im pleased he owns the club

RaoulDuke · 26 Feb

Yes, he speaks well and you can see he genuinely wants to see us do well. To be fair to him, he could just holiday and save money.

Hoping some others want to come in and share the burden. I wonder what happened to the consortium that Robert Elstone sas looking at buying Cas. Also rumours at the time of Paul Caddicks son.

MMaturecasfan · 26 Feb

Rumour as it Craig jeffels is returning.

RaoulDuke · 28 Feb

Maturecasfan he was really good for us when he was here.

It’s difficult to get a read on how the marketing/sponsor stuff is going. We have plenty coming in and plenty of retained sponsors but have no idea of the value.

Ppirate · 2025-03-03T09:38:55+00:00

I am now starting to worry about the property developer.

is his love for Cas the spratt to catch a Mackeral?

Will there be houses on the old girl in a few years time?

God I am depressed with the situation darnt lane

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