At the start of the year with hoppa at fullback. I’d struggle to think any of of players make another teams 13 (hoppa wouldn’t be fullback at any other club).
Maybe Foran. No disrespect to smith. But even he would struggle to find a starting wing spot even though he seems like a classy player.
And doubt tolman would start on many other teams.
So in essence we had Foran, hoppa as a winger/centre (not as a fullback), Jackson might make the 13 on some teams. And probably Napa. The rest of the squad in essence are squad players. And some better then others. And most of the rest are fringe/reserve graders.
I know I made similar claims in another thread and got slammed with getting told something like 56% of the squad or something is reserve graders in all teams. Fact of the matter is we only have 4-5 players that would make the starting team at any other club (on a good day). So that’s 10-12% of the team.
There are positives with lots of players coming off contract in the next 2 years. And most of the payments we are making (mbye, woods etc) should be finishing soon. So we get back to an even playing field in terms of having a 10 million dollar squad.
Just hope the board, ceo and coach don’t fuck it up this time round.
I already have concerns with pays extension after 3 rounds. So hope we don’t blow the cap that way on players. Will be the second time in a row we sack a coach before their contract started if pay doesn’t make it to next season.