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Is it a question?? Are we really putting it to a vote? If so, I’m a NO - sorry!

Next we need to sign Fonua and Latu, I feel like he’s a done deal now. Not sure on Pole. Might seem ruthless but I think we have to be. I think Craig, Hope, Mason, all gotta get tapped. Herbert to remain but only on KOE contract Where do we stand with Bunty and Hunt contractually- anyone know??

Hi Kul Thanks so much for what you do, not that I have any idea, but the fact you’re looking after it!! Cheers

Good summary BWG - add in Skelton announcing he’s leaving us - looks like he’s returning to the Dogs.

Thanks guys- all seem to have the same impression. Probably reasonable for KPP to be rusty and as for Latu, hopefully he’ll be ok. Doubt he’ll get a run at 5/8 ahead of Lolohea now however.

Commentary I heard was not glowing on KPP or Latu - both played ordinary games. Anyone watching the game have thoughts??

I actually thought the first round bye helped us in a way. We hit the ground running with enthusiasm and were very fit. We won games with fitness and application and enthusiasm. Many clubs warmed to the season and got better and fitter after 5 or 6 games whereas we looked like we peaked early...

Not only do we do it, but we often have no one properly contesting it and even trying to win the ball back!!! It’s almost as if our players don’t want to run the extra 30 or 40 metres upfield to meet the receiver and tackle him. I can understand some teams doing it regularly with wingers like...

The good clubs have enough good options to not have to play blokes who act like sooks. So it’s easy for them to wipe them and move on.

I’m not entirely sure about this. I think if you listened closely to the presser Benji had regarding AD playing he chose his words very carefully. He clearly said that sometimes as the coach you have to put what’s best for the team before your own ego or without worrying about what people might...

AD has done himself no favours. I think his only potential landing spots would be Bears or PNG as I can’t see any established clubs taking him on at 7, or 6 with his history. The day he walked out was the day he took a path leading to a crossroad in his NRL career. I’ll be very surprised if...

Re Schuster: I don’t really remember whether he has the defensive desire, and I realise he has trimmed down dramatically, but if the reported personal drive and will for success is true, and he has worked on his fitness and strength, perhaps he would make a great 13. He has all the skills. Twal...

Great post Jolls. Agree 100% and i think Benji would as well. The only problem is how any of the alternative selections would play out. I mean the options if for instance Andrews is not ready for weekly NRL, or Latu isn’t resilient enough, and then we have Madden at 7 who is just mostly OK. In...

If we finalise Frizell and Schiller, I’d start with Friz and May, and the bench could be Brailey, Pole, Hunt, Mann, Seyfarth and Schiller.

You could be right unfortunately. I think Benji knows that AD is not the future in the halves but we have three 5/8s and one average half in our roster. We will have to reinvent the roles and structure of how we play if we are not going to make some changes to our squad. I can see a hybrid...

Call me a blind/one eyed rusted on fan or simply optimistic, but I saw an improvement in us overall. I actually thought there were some aspects here and there in our season that were far better than the past rubbish we’ve dished up. Sure there was quite a bit of the same crap too. We are...

A few of us recently tossing around Schiller as an option for outside back depth - seems like recruitment had the same idea! Interesting to see $ and term for him if the scuttlebut is true.

100% I mentioned in a post a while back the impact that wingers like Marky, Coates, D Tupou, Milky, etc etc have on a game. Suggesting you stick just anyone on the wing when you need to is a certain recipe to lose a game. Wingers nowadays are multitalented big strong fit athletes and if you...

There seems to be doubt around Hunt staying on - I’d rather a fit version of Hunt than Bunty. I think we only need one of them and instead look for a young mobile aggressive middle with some leg speed who can be mentored by Friz and May.

Some positions are still short on quality depth. I’d like to see us bring in a young aggressive prop with good leg speed and a tall fast winger ( maybe Schiller is not a bad option here). I think we won’t be able to manage much more than that under our cap. After a good preseason I am hoping...