Well i would have thought if the club was looking at a replacement for westerman firstly they would look around at contracts and availability of certain players before the season starts then i would hope the club would look at finances and i would assume his salary was less than westermans and then if we had already managed to get a signing from leigh we may have possibly asked about his availability too and if orher clubs were sniffing round him

True, so what makes you think they didn't do just that? The fact that we haven't signed him doesn't mean we didn't look or try. It's the assumption that baffles me.

I mean the club is hardly going to tell the world they are after a player who will be of interest to numerous clubs, nor are they going to advertise the fact that they have failed had they tried.

I still think with regards to the 13 shirt we should let Crowther, Walker and Arona fight it out and strengthen elsewhere. We can’t replace Westerman with a comparable replacement, time to go in a different direction. Arona never let us down before at 13, it’s Crowther’s best position and isn’t Walker a 13 by trade?

I think Walker started as an HB but has played a fair bit at LF. I'd be happy with either Walker or Crowther at LF, Arona is probably too slow now but still useful if needed.

Possible Bell may be off quota this time but some would say Liam Hood been our best who has he signed for ?