I predict that if Chester gets a new contract, Andy Last will go to Cas as No 2 to Radders as he was @ Hull FC. !
They were & are big buddies !

He is not just getting a one year extension which is too long The suggestion is multi years which means we are stuck with him because the club won’t be able to sack him and he will never leave until he succeeds in relegating us.

When I saw the headline I was fully expecting us to have signed someone called RUMMER

I'm always impressed with your creativity to twist a nothing statement into an anti Chester campaign speech.

What he said was that the lure of playing at his home town club had a big part to play and then said he couldn't answer his question about his own situation.
He didn't say he signed because of Chester's contract situation at all.

Saying that, I think it's important to know who you are playing for when you sign a contract.

guess he probably new exactly who he’d be playing for at wakefield - hence his decision to leave !

I misread it as 'Bummer' and still thought I was correct after I read the first post.

Yet under that coach he has played his best rugby in years and got an England call up.
Funny how facts work.

Not sure how true it is but a relation of Joes who posts on the Cas forum said Joe thought he had done enough to warrant a 2 year deal but was only offered a 1 year deal so he took the 2 year on offer at Cas. Makes it even stranger when Ashurst (who I like more than some on here) is offered a 2 year deal.

Interesting Fact:
Rummer American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. n.

I think PT if you read the article he clearly equates his own contract uncertainty impacting on the loss of our star player. He then goes on to refer to his desire to play for his home town club.
I would say that I am not the supporter you have to convince of the benefits of retaining Chester because I have long realised he had overstayed his tenure.
I did regard the game against Castleford who were going through some problems as his first step to any form of redemption regrettably he failed. We now face a very much weakened Wigan team at home, I know we have our own absentees but this is a game we should clearly win. I suspect you would expect that to be the case especially with your faith in the coaching ability of Chester. We start on his road to redemption once again but is he up to job he believes it is so now is the time for starting to prove it don’t you think.

keep doing the same thing get the same results

I also read it as Westerman wouldn't sign because CC couldn't give him an answer on his own future.
So seems a bit ironic that if the rumour is true about a contract renewal for CC, shortly after it's become public that Joe is going 'home', is again deflecting away from the inadequacy of CC but let's try and appease the fans by signing 'fans favourite' Ashurst to soften the blow.