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It’s a concern that he has hardly played in the halves over the past couple of years, but his lone game at 7 for our NSW Cup team was top class and showed he still has the instincts and class to become a high quality NRL halves nice given the opportunity.

12 tries from dummy half when he wasn’t getting much game time earlier in the season is something only very good players can do. Api has been a great player, but his age is catching up with him, he is noticeably fatiguing during games and will become a big liability if we continue to play him...

Is it a case of our biggest strength, sometimes becoming our biggest liability? The strength of having family members and very close friends as part of our team is of course a strength when everything is going well, but when it comes to having to make decisions on who to keep and who to let go...

We could hire the 3 best defensive coaches from this season statistically across the NRL, but if our players are not willing to go after the contact, not fit enough or willing enough to demonstrate good defensive line speed, not smart enough to follow defensive principles or number up correctly...

That is exactly the problem. In saying that we do have the option of starting with a bigger body such as Twal at 13 and interchanging with a much more attack minded 13 after roughly 20mins. IF Doueihi was genuinely prepared to give playing at 13 his best shot, I would start him off the bench...

No doubt that Matt Burton has the game, the size, strength, speed and skill to be an exceptionally good 13 if he wanted to, but similar to Doueihi, I get the feeling he would not be open to it.

Sebastian Kris is the type of player Melbourne Storm or Bulldogs would be keen on. I would be jumping at the chance to sign him before we miss out. I agree it would be nice if we could keep Skelton, is it certain we are letting him go? James Schiller is the other outside back we should hopefully...

The Kurt Mann of a season or 2 back would have been absolutely perfect, not sure if he will be capable of playing anywhere near his best due to his age in 2027. I think most Wests Tigers supporters agree we ideally need Twal back playing prop and need to find a good 13.

Agree with you on current form. But I still think there is a very high ceiling to Makasini as soon as the penny drops.

Absolutely nobody available. I reckon we should have jumped on Kelma Tuilagi when we had the chance, but he signed with Melbourne a week or two back. I will say I am becoming much more confident with our edge back row depth providing we keep Tony Sukkar. The way I see it is that neither Sukkar...

2 players who at this point of time seem to be a good possibility us signing with us if we are keen are Ronald Volkman and Sebastian Kris. I believe they would contribute to making us a much more formidable attacking lineup. Both are far from rock solid defensively, but first and foremost we...

I’m 50/50 on the possibility of us signing Sebastian Kris. He can be a bit underwhelming at times, but he is a very strong and good ball runner, has a fair bit of speed and decent under attacking and defensive high balls when his mind is on the job. I know Patrick Herbert has had some good games...

I’d prefer Luke, but I rate him higher than most. In saying that I don’t mind Junior Tupou as a player, I liked him before he left us as well. You would assume Makasini takes our left wing spot for the start of next season, but it should be a very good battle between the 2 of them to get the spot,

So what are we paying him, 200k? If that is again the case for 2027, it certainly is good business from a Salary Cap point of view.

An improving 21y.o Da Silva scoring tries nearly every game he plays or an ageing and slowing Korisau. No contest, Da Silva will be far the superior player in 2027 and beyond. I do think Haywood is potentially better than Da Silva, but that is no guarantee and it would have been nice to have...

I’m a fan of Bailey Hodges. I don’t believe we give him the opportunities he deserved last season and I’m glad he has been given more opportunities this season. If you compare Charlie Murray, Bailey Hodges and Luke Jack, they all have their differences, but are all smaller forwards who don’t...

What about Da Silva and Luke Laulilli? Both exceptionally good young talents who should both still be with us, but that’s another story. Regardless our coaching did not hinder their development except for the times when Benji kept them sitting on the bench for no valid reason.

Are they still paying for him in 2027? If so we would obviously be keeping him for Salary Cap reasons alone.

Fairly accurate, but O’Sullivan is known as an extremely constant talker and a very good leader. If we are going to recruit I would prefer the younger and more flamboyant Ronald Volkman, but I would not be disappointed if O’Sullivan come in as a replacement for Jock Madden who I’m quite happy to...

Lachie Galvin, Talyn Da Silva, Luke Laulilli, Tino Tavana, Solo Saukuru, Tony Sukkar, Ethan Roberts.