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I’ll call him Amir, as his surname certainly caused me problems, and others to.

At a guess, as others will know I’m not a stat person, but I’ve seen Amir play, god knows if it was for Salford or Wigan, nothing memorable mind, I presume Amir has played over 20 games in super league, apologies if this is incorrect, and no real feedback on him to be honest, it goes without saying he will be afforded the support of the fans if he makes his debut.

But after saying that, and having seen Balmforth come through our own ranks, and just recently made two exceptional performances for a young hooker, culminating in that great halfway line try, and a good passing game, will attest the criticism of his missed tackle against Wire, he was wrong footed, although he had influenced the path of the game previously.

Now here’s the conundrum for me, it looks like we will not sign Balmforth, hope I’m wrong, but it looks like theres been no joined up thinking on this occasion, one of our own brings two pretty dynamic performances, scores a couple of tries, and an assist, and he seems to be criticised for errors almost all the team make, it seems almost political to me, a three year deal for an almost unknown unwanted hooker, and the talent at our feet is dismissed.

I can only comment on what I see, and it seems we are on the wrong track here.