I was talking about the right price for the club to allow the player to leave.

But then the player has to want to leave. And the buying club has to be able to afford the price.

Personally, I think this point is far less simple than you want to make it. In theory, yes, anything is for sale at the right price, but with the current halfback market that is likely to be prohibitively expensive if it all. The lack of replacements available for any club selling their half means that there is very little, if any benefit to them. It would be like selling your car for more than it's theoretically worth but the only replacement transport you can buy afterwards is a bicycle.

Then there's Kosh's point. Players may not want to leave their clubs, even if said club is willing to sell.

Good signing IMO, not read the whole thread but I remember a fair amount of fans who wouldnt have thought this was a step in the right direction.

You need to get this kid back into form as he was pretty ordinary last season but showed some real signs of class previously, has to start at 13 and this will free-up Fitz to play in the SR. It will be interesting to see if Agar can get the best out of Westerman!

We seem to be going off on a tangent here. I never said you can always get any player you want if the price is right. I said any player is "available" at the right price. For instance I reckon Rangi Chase would be available if we offered 500k for him. That's not to say he would want to come here or that we should offer that kind of money. My point was that pretty much any player has a price that the selling club would be willing to accept. The harder part would be the players wage demands due to the salary cap.

I thought the NRL was full of quality halfbacks?

Ah, OK - see what you mean now. Not sure that's a useful/practical definition of 'available' though.

thats funny coming from someone whos complete knowledge of current rugby league is gleaned from his sky box , oh sorry and the two matches he attends each year

When people say "nobody else is available" what definition are they using? This discussion was about the fact we paid a fee so my point was that any player is available for the right fee. I can't possibly say if players themselves are not available, once an offer has been accepted, because how would anyone know until the player has been approached?

Every club has a replacement half back of some description, be it a utility player in the full squad, a back up player in the full squad, a reserve player or a youth. The quality of that replacement is another matter. In Castleford's case, and remembering there is no relegation, what is more important right now for them?? To try and finish as high in the super league table as possible and hence not sell their most talented players or have the finances in place to assist in club development, a possible stadium move and securing another super league licence. I would think the latter

I would guess that most people on here use a subjective measure based on a player's contract status, perceived importance to his current team, and likely desire for a move. It's not perfect but seems to be accurate most of the time.

Exaggeration. Whilst it produces more good halfbacks than SL, it's not overstocked with them to the point some think. It's also the case now that there's less incentive for the decent ones to come over.