Dont get the negativity around the Westerman signing.
Always thought he would make a good wide running second row.
Good defence,get his pace back and a good signing if we use him correctly.
Not interested in the ball playing Westerman i want to see him running at defences wide out.

you mean people being a little concerned we sold him Wire sold him and Toronto have given him away?

A fair point but then you could also point out that Warrington and Toronto both paid a six figure transfer fee and awarded him a 2/3 year contract on presumably big bucks. We're paying him a cut price deal for six months with the onus on him to impress and earn a contract longer term.

When he left us for wire it coincided with Tony Smith signing a load of other e like Kevin Brown and they went downhill fast but i remember wire fans saying he was one of their better players.

I still dont get why weve signed Watts best mate but were potentially gonna lose Washy, Mini and Manu so getting Westerman on board now even to replace Washy takes pressure off as we will now only have two new back rowers to find. Seems strange at first but in an ever increasingly difficult market for getting new quality players in it actually seems good business

The quotes from our CEO were quite telling when we sold him. He referenced the need to enhance the culture of the playing group. He was a disruptive influence in the group and spent far too long on the beer by all accounts. It seems he hasn’t changed since his move to Toronto - not helped by some of the other characters they had there no doubt.

Not a risk free signing for you even till the end of the season because of this.

Our drop is really tight and one of the main reasons Watts was sold, if he steps out of line, he won't be at Hull anymore. Hopefully him and Watts see this as a last chance.

The Toronto set up seems a bit of a shambles, no real base, they sign and release players on a monthly basis, I think a lot of it stems from Rowley, who is a strange character,

Our squad is now stronger and we have potentially a very good SL player on our books.

That was the year after, in his first season, they won the league and made the GF and CC final. Think he played well in his time at Warrington, certainly in his first year. I think his ego should have taken a knock having to take a paycut, if he knuckles down he will be a very good signing.

Westerman was better than Ellis in 2016 and should have been in the dream team at No.13, IF we can get him at that level and use him correctly then he will be a very good asset.
We await to see what happens but I don't see us changing how we play to utilise Westerman's strengths
All things considered, mid season it was pretty much the best we could do.