Fark me. We already knew it would be a very disappointing year looking at the roster and the shit dished up lately.
We lack in every single department in my opinion.
Our spine is woeful. We don't have a genuine fullback or playmaker. Mbye may well go alright at hooker and Woolford looks promising though is a kid (hopefully he can be like Clearly and make the jump at such a young age though he would have an awful lot more defensive involvement then a half).
Reynolds/Mbye could make serviceable 5/8's though not with the current spine.
Our backs lack although I feel we will be reasonably satisfied from Kennar on the wing (if true and confirmed) I think he will be a good buy. Brenko Lee carved up for all the below grades and may well turn out to be a good centre though the lack of a fullback and the fact B Moz hasn't had a good run with injuries and along with J Moz are both getting a bit older worries me.
The forward pack was once our biggest strength and a massive advantage against almost any team. Now it's barely average in my opinion. Jackson & Klemmer are fantastic. Perfect to build our pack around. Eastwood & Kasiano are both serviceable for our squad and provide something.
Graham has either lost his desire (which is hard to believe when you see him spraying the team) or age and other issues are catching up on him. He is no where near the beast he was for us. Pritchard left a massive void. No one has filled or come close to filling that void. Williams was the biggest flop we have ever signed. Finucane would of been so good to have still. Fine & RFM show promise and could well prove to be something for us though our pack is lacking in several departments now and I wouldn't even rate it in the top 4 (Raiders, Sharks, Storm, Cowboys) are all easily better and you could make arguments for several more like Roosters, Broncos, Titans etc.
We truly need a 2008 like clean out. Won't be to long till the Morris bro's retire, Graham no doubt heads back to UK, need to piss off Tolman and Lichaa. If Hoppa won't play Sundays he can go too. Go hard in the market for 2018 for a quality fullback (Holmes, Ponga, Trbo, Munster, Tedesco etc) fuck I'd even try Barba ffs.
Go hard for a quality half Adam Reynolds would be fucking perfect though any of (Taylor, Elgey, Cleary, Sezer, Johnson, Pearce, Foran) etc would be a massive upgrade.
Some quality wingers some wouldn't command massive money (Feki, Rapana, Vunivalu, Winterstein, Semi, Guthertson, DWZ, Gray, Tupou, Nofaluma any of the Warriors abundance of backs.
Some forwards with some mongrel to build around Jacko, Klemmer, Kas and Eastwood. Blokes like Matulino or Ma'u etc would be perfect. Though you could go for some stars like Taumalolo or even average first graders that run hard like Matagi and that fucking McLean. Bloody Cowboys going hard for him FFS.
Fuck me I'd even go hard and go try and get blokes who know the Dogs. Barba, Sezer, Finucane, Taupau, Latu would go along way to helping our mess. Just need a decent centre and winger.
