Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:59 am  

the flying biscuit wrote:

Interesting to read the in fighting on the Leeds forum ( in regards to rumours mainly) and the Westerman and Clark subjects. .
Westerman (according to the Leeds forum) wanted to go to Leeds but they weren't willing to pay a transfer fee so he came to us as not his preferred option.
Clark has been offered to Leeds. They even had accommodation sorted for him by all accounts. He also( again from the Leeds forum ) never wanted to leave Cas And we also tried to back out of the deal or some rubbish. So he twice over is not at his preferred club .

Add to this Dodds had also said he wanted to stay in the nrl.
Does anyone want to be here. ..its this all bull poop or a real problem. ..

Will we find out Chris Hill would prefer to be at Leigh
Ratchford never wanted to leave Salford.
and Kevin penny wanted to play basketball and is only playing under duress. .?

by the way leeds are signing Sam Burgess.

Gidley also seemed to lament his leaving Newcastle in the way he talked about coming to Wire in an interview I read. He said something like "I've had a good career", which sounds pretty naff.

That said: Sims was very vocally not ecstatic to be leaving the Cowboys, but his dedication last season was excellent and not something I expected after all I saw from him about leaving the Cowboys.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:05 am  

Who knows what the players REALLY think? As long as they put in the effort. Westerman an is an interesting signing and I assume the club have in mind a Grix type role for him. Here's hoping!

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:10 am  

The squad is shaping up nicely. Several players underperformed badly last year, so if they get back to their undoubted quality (Atkins, Bens Harrison and Westwood to name three), then things are looking up a bit. We are certainly not being complacent about it. It must be Smith's last chance though.

Russell/Johnson
Penny/Ormsby
Ratchford/Evans
Atkins
Lineham
Gidley
Sandow
Hill
Clark
Sims
Westwood
Hughes
Westerman

Dwyer
Currie
Harrison
Dodds

Laithwaite
Philbin
Evans B
Kings x 2
Wilde
Patton

A good 25 man squad, not with the superstars of the Briers/Morley/Monaghan years but they didn't win the GF.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:19 am  

we're still light on props.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:22 am  

Westy a decent signing for you. Doesn't rip up trees but good solid player when he gets his head down

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:22 am  

Westy a decent signing for you. Doesn't rip up trees but good solid player when he gets his head down

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:27 am  

Now been announced by the club on a 3 year deal

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:35 am  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

we're still light on props.

Are we?

Hill, Sims, Dodds, Harrison, B Evans, G King

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:43 am  

The All New Chester Wire wrote:

The squad is shaping up nicely. Several players underperformed badly last year, so if they get back to their undoubted quality (Atkins, Bens Harrison and Westwood to name three), then things are looking up a bit. We are certainly not being complacent about it. It must be Smith's last chance though.

Russell/Johnson
Penny/Ormsby
Ratchford/Evans
Atkins
Lineham
Gidley
Sandow
Hill
Clark
Sims
Westwood
Hughes
Westerman

Dwyer
Currie
Harrison
Dodds

Laithwaite
Philbin
Evans B
Kings x 2
Wilde
Patton

A good 25 man squad, not with the superstars of the Briers/Morley/Monaghan years but they didn't win the GF.

Don't forget Wheeler.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:45 am  

It's looking really positive for next year. I think we've made some quality signings with hopefully the best of Sandow still to come. Ideally if we could add a bulldozer prop then all the better but I'm really happy with the squad we have.