I'd rather keep him but if he has been offered a decent contract plus a coaching place when Powell moves to Warrington it could be a better deal that we can offer.

We offered more than Cas by all accounts.

As for suiteable replacement. Arona is a more than competent LF and for me is less effective as a prop. Shift him back to 13 next season and sign one of Walker/Crowther.

Money would be better invested in positions we need.

Props x 3 (so Tangi can go back to left SR)!
And 2 x 9’s would be a start.

I know we did, significantly more I said that a couple of weeks back on here which was directly from Joe just before he signed on the dotted line with Cas.

Yep, I do remember you saying that.
Obviously the pull of playing for Cas was too hard to turn down.
In a way, its nice to see a player do that, even if hasn't gone in our favour on this occasion.

What an absolute load of crap,it's stated from our club that they offered MORE than Castleford but he chose to go to Castleford for LESS money

Obvious the club didn't want to renew because of the money he's on and needed a portion of it it to fund Gaskells wage.

The old Cas supporter, want to finish my career there, is just an old media trick, get the fans onside fair play to Joe, he wanted to stay.

Chester wont come out and say we are potless and cant afford to keep him is he? This is Trinity remember.

Give Crowther or Walker a fair whack at 13 for a season next year if they cannot afford to replace Joe.