Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:53 pm  

Well if we don't improve next season it's not for the want of trying, at least in terms of player recruitment. Will need some bedding in though. Anyone running a book on "wire scapegoat 2015/16"?

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:55 pm  

Complete waste of money, the clubs going backwards, cant we pay to keep sandow in Australia as well. Stick with the youth get rid of the dogs

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:04 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

good props?


Its hardly morley,carvell,chillyand paul wood, with harrison and cooper in the background.

No, but then again neither are Crosby, Clubb, Flower, Mossop, Tautai and Wigan haven't done badly in the last three years.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:05 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

Well if we don't improve next season it's not for the want of trying, at least in terms of player recruitment. Will need some bedding in though.

I think it's more of a question of whether Tony Smith can motivate them and keep them on the straight and narrow. Sandow is an obvious ticking timebomb who needs careful management. Westerman is another who is famous for his enjoyment of a beverage and a late night out, a culture Warrington have fought hard to eradicate since the HJ move. If he finds his way to Manchester or Liverpool he might never come back. He looked set to be the next Sculthorpe in his Cas days, the move to Hull was an obvious mistake at the time and it's delayed his development significantly. This move to Warrington should have happened three years ago.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:10 pm  

Wiredeano wrote:

Complete waste of money, the clubs going backwards, cant we pay to keep sandow in Australia as well. Stick with the youth get rid of the dogs

I think that Sandow will come good, but, less convinced that we should have splashed the cash on Westerman as I think we are covered in the BR and I know that there isn't a glut of top class props around but I'd have spent money there.

Bottom line it can't be any worse than this year can it?

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:28 pm  

We're certainly spalshing the cash, and if it doesn't work than time will have run out for our coaches. (By 'work' I don't necessarily mean winning a trophy, but that would be a good start).
For those who think we can spend our way out of trouble - sorry but that's not how it works for me. We need to be solvent and fund our recruitment from our means - not from a rich sugar daddy. That's not the way to run a business, and this is a business albeit in the RL arena

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:41 pm  

Tbh all this spending & player acquisition compared to previous years smacks of a CEO's size 10 having connected with the appropriate buttocks.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:45 pm  

fez1 wrote:

We're certainly spalshing the cash, and if it doesn't work than time will have run out for our coaches. (By 'work' I don't necessarily mean winning a trophy, but that would be a good start).
For those who think we can spend our way out of trouble - sorry but that's not how it works for me. We need to be solvent and fund our recruitment from our means - not from a rich sugar daddy. That's not the way to run a business, and this is a business albeit in the RL arena

"spend our way out of trouble"
Of all the transfers, I think we have only paid for 2 players.( 3 maybe with Sandow) The rest were out of contract.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:54 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Tbh all this spending & player acquisition compared to previous years smacks of a CEO's size 10 having connected with the appropriate buttocks.

New board members were also appointed recently and you can bet that they have assisted if it comes to transfer fees.

Re: Joe westerman : Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:59 pm  

Asgardian13 wrote:

New board members were also appointed recently and you can bet that they have assisted if it comes to transfer fees.

The club announced a profit of £600k for 2014, why do they need director support to fund signings? Didn't the club also receive an additional £300k from Sky this year as a sweetner for signing the deal early?