Sounds like he has had a shocker today for Castleford and plenty of their fans seem unimpressed with him.

We all seem to lavish him with praise on here about how we are missing him when he has a good game so I think it is only fair we mention when he has a terrible game as well.

Which fans are unimpressed with him? I've seen some positive remarks on Twitter.

I've been on the Castleford board and there is not one word about the match. Was it on TV? If the answer is "No" how do you know he had a terrible match.

I believe that hardly any Cas fans use this site anymore (similar to Widnes) instead they use a Cas Tigers forum.

Please please please won't somebody do team right thing!

On casforum he's getting praise for actually to get the team going forward and not much negative comments. The only thing they agree on is that he is not a Half Back.

Another strange post

On a season long loan there will be ups and downs. At least he's getting game time. He played Stand Off yesterday after a spell at fullback. It's still early days to judge him at either. What does seem to be clear is that he is a long way from being the 'answer to Wigan's prayers' at Stand Off. Those that want rid of Matty Smith need look no further than the evidence of last Thursday's game to see that he is still offering Wigan a lot.

However Ryan is still young and young players often lack consistency. It seems that he will be returning to Wigan as the Carney deal looks to have fallen through. And I think many of us will be grateful for that on both counts.

Quote stuwiganman="stuwiganman"On casforum he's getting praise for actually to get the team going forward and not much negative comments. The only thing they agree on is that he is not a Half Back. Another strange post'" Indeed. There are far more negative comments about Luke Gale www.casforum.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... =3&t=27972

Quote stuwiganman="stuwiganman"On casforum he's getting praise for actually to get the team going forward and not much negative comments. The only thing they agree on is that he is not a Half Back. Another strange post'" Indeed. There are far more negative comments about Luke Gale www.casforum.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... =3&t=27972

Gale was superb last year and started this season well IMO but he was dire against us last week. I heard a couple of comments after the game that he'd played well and had to chuckle. His long kicking game was diabolical and I was surprised just how poor he was.

It's funny how form can really go west in just a couple of weeks.

I remember thinking Gale had real opportunity there to show he was the top dog at 7, and he really blew it.

I think it's another good indicator that new half back pairings take a long time to bed in, Look at Leeds, Saints, Cas and ourselves with Smith having to play with every other player in the squad next to him. It takes a long time to build up that relationship. Sandow last year, rubbish. Now he is bedded in he is the go to man.

For me Hampshire is and always has been nothing more than potential,the way some fans revere him is putting unfair pressure on the lad as I cant help but feel its going to take him longer to mature as a player than Wigan and we fans would hope.