Very good signing, when was the last time we paid this kind of transfer for a player like Westerman.

It just shows the club has a lot of ambition and are finally putting into place, the last few years has been stablising the club so we are safe for the next few years, now tehy are investing on the field and Agar, Rule and the board must be congratualted for it.

He has lots of potential, 20 years old, english and I feel a position we need as we dont have a ball handling LF and it will strengten the front row as Fitz can play there.

If there was a good young halfback to sepnd the money on then great, but there are non avaialble for that money, I think we did have an offer accepted for Myler but he didn't want to move from warrington.

If I was in England I would buy a pass just on this signing, not even about signign westerman but the ambition that teh board are showing.

Another Halfback of FB then I would be very excited about our squad for next year.

I'm not disagreeing that we could have Whiting at LF - I'm a big fan of Whiting's and believe if we're going to go away from a prop at 13 we do already have options in him and Washy, who plays far better at 13 than in the halves IMO. The bigger picture is this, though. Westerman was touted a couple of years ago as the next big thing, and a better prospect than Turner. We've seen already this year with LMS and possibly Shenton that there is a complete bunfight now when the best quality young British players become available on the open market, and both from a geographic and perceived opportunity to win trophies perspective, FC are at a disadvantage. Where we have an advantage though, is the ability to pay a fee, and therefore if Agar is a fan of Westerman and clearly has known him for a long time, IMO it makes sense to seek him out before we get into said bunfight next year and his salary demands increase. Getting him on a 4 year deal signals he's another young English player we intend to build a team round in times of reducing quotas. Add to that Washy is OOC at the end of the year and Whiting in Agar's mind is quality cover for the back 5 (and people, as usual, seem to be forgetting his forthnightly MOM performances in the three quarters in 2010 before his injury) and it sounds like good long-term planning IMO. "All" Westerman has to do now is buckle down and deliver.

what a waste of money this kid is....a lacklustre performance at cas last season

What a nice reminder of heady days. Oh if he were just to turn out to be another Knocker.................

Flippin 'eck give the kid a chance to get our colours on and work with our forwards!

No! A 19 year-old should be expected to carry one of the lesser packs in the league and unless he does he is complete trash .

in your dreams....he's crap....dont really see whats so good about him,he's bottleless,clumsy and just plain old dog 5hite

I mention it a fair bit but the usual counter arguement is not to read too much into stats!

I was under the impression he was 20 and decided that he was 19 at some point last season .

trot on, so if he happened to score some important tries next year you wont be cheering will you??