When you say imbalances
Do you mean wingers, where we are down to our last fit two
Or fullbacks where we have to play players out of position because we've injured the three we have?

Is senior injured then...wondered how hed fallen behind the other 2

I don’t think Milner would be as bad a signing as people are making out, he’s been ever present under Powell averaging over 25 games a season during his stay.

However definitely a step down from the rumoured Andrew Fifita only weeks ago.

This is some thing that is concerning me injuries.As we all know when Mr Chester left HKR 10 players in that team were injured. When he took over Wakefield he had a very fit squad. .After a year and a half ,we started getting long term injurys ,witch as got worst as the seasons have gone by ..Is it because he as no knowledge on how to keep players fit ,or buying players that are not fit enough to play S L .or down to been a Coach that is out of is league in S L we

So potentially, we get Milner, and Cas get Westerman.We've lost the plot completely now!

Yes. Long term.

I tend to agree, If I am honest I don`t trust Chester to get recruitment right because I don`t think he has for the past five years, why would he start getting things right now? Every year over the past 3 he has said we lack quality in certain positions yet its him that is in charge of recruitment and we can bang on all we want about lack of funding, but he has had funding and he has brought some players in just in the wrong positions and wrong types of player IMO.

He has picked up a couple of good players in Fifita and Tanginoa but I have noticed soon after they arrive, there performances start to deteriorate until we are sat here talking about how they are a shadow of the player they were when they first arrived, I`m not sure why, but that`s the truth, look at Tanginoa this season, he has made very little impact.

I'm not sure you can totally blame Chester. Looking back a player as a good season to be offered an extension for a long period, aA2 year contract should be ample with an extension towards the back end of year 2, if the player remains in good form. We seem to offer long contract for the player to see a big drop in form.
Its going to be a very interesting closed season with a record number of contract up both in the UK and Aus.

That would be the same Westerman that the vast majority on here thought was a terrible idea at the time?

Again that is clearly just not true.

Fifita didn't deteriorate soon after arriving. In fact he arrived with a bit of baggage that made his game a bit chaotic and then under Chester improved over 2 years. It started going wrong after injury..
Tanginoa was making wild passes but under Chester got into the dream team. He and Fifita are always heavily watched by opposition defenses so it's harder for them.
The setup play might have deteriorated but these players haven't as you say deteriorated soon after signing.

But there's also less money (in the UK anyway) available.....

I don’t mind Adam Milner to be honest he’s the type of player we need, a grafter who will get stuck in, the question is at 30 next season will he still have the same enthusiasm and desire to put his body on the line. The key to all signings is are they better than what we’ve got, well I suppose it’s a matter of opinion if he plays hooker is he better than josh wood and Kyle wood or crowther or at 13 better than crowther. The thing that concerns me is his age and the age of the pack, fafita, ashurst, westerman,wood, arona, green, battye, Pitt’s all pushing 31/32 and the longer we leave it to replace them the worse it will get. Batchelor and crowther as young lads should be encouraged to get as fit as possible to play the 80 minutes but where all the signings are coming from god only knows because there isn’t the quality out there.