I echo RedWhiteandBlue. It's not brave. Gaz NGBC has constantly slated him. At 6ft 2" & 16stones he's not a hooker nor does he want to be. Both hookers have had on and off Injuries for months. Jordan has been asked to help and has and has done a good job covering. Hence the word covering. V Wigan he played 30 mins at 9 and it was 6-6 and really should of been 6-0 to us. For 50 mins we had a recognised 9 and lost 28-0. Was that all Josh fault? No. As a middle which he is he was developing well until having to constantly cover at 9. The problem Jordan has with 'some' fans is they watch the games as a fan for entertainment and analyse it in that way too. Stand out moments play a big part in that analysis. A significant amount of work in defensive structures goes unnoticed by fans but not by players. That's why the players want Jordan in the side. You can't get a better endorsement than that unless of course players are wrong. As far as Westerman is concerned he's been a great signing. He's been a standout player who can play anywhere in the middle. I'm not sure what he's doing next season but I'm sure he'll be an asset for us or someone else.

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.