Opinion Best team from the players we have let go since des hasler got here to now

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Ben Barba
Dene Halatau
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Joal Romelo
Martin Taupau
Mitch Brown
Lachlan Burr
Kristian Inu
Michael Ennis
Dale Finucane
Herman Ese’Ese
Damian Cook
Tim Browne
Frank Prichard
Shaun Lane
Trent Hodkinson
Curtis Rona
Sam Kasiano
James Graham
Josh Reynolds
Corey Thompson
Tim Lafai
Aidan Tolman
Reimis Smith
Moses Mbye
Josh Morris
Brett Morris
Tony Williams
Lloyd Perrett
Richie Kennar
Brad Abby
Aaron Woods
Kieran Foran
Tryone Phillips
Brenko Lee
Greg Eastwood
Matt Frawley
Michael Lichaa
Fa’amanu Brown
Marcelo Montoya
Sauaso Sue
Jack Cogger
Corey Harawira-Naera


Note these are all players that have left us to play at another club before retirement or still playing
This is my 17 from the above players

  1. Ben Barba
  2. Brett Morris
  3. Josh Morris
  4. Kristian Inu
  5. Curtis Rona
  6. Josh Reynolds
  7. Trent Hodkinson
  8. James Graham
  9. Michael Ennis
  10. David Klemmer
  11. Frank Pritchard
  12. Shaun Lane
  13. Dale Fincuane
Interchange

14. Damian Cook
15. Martin Taupau
16. Aaron Woods
17. Sam Kasiano

What would your team be?
 
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bradyk

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1. Barba
2. B. Morris
3. J. Morris
4. Inu
5. Rona
6. Reynolds
7. Hodkinson
8. Graham
9. Ennis
10. Kasiano
11. Prichard
12. CHN (I didn't want to put him in but no other option really)
13. Eastwood

14. Mbye
15. Klemmer
16. Tolman
17. Finucane

If we're talking about their form after they left they'd be some slight changes (e.g. Eastwood).
 

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Barba
Corey Thompson
Greg Eastwood
Marty T
Curtis Rona
Frank the tank
Jimmy G
Inu

all the above I miss, we had some really good players/team when you see there names on paper.. how things have changed.!!!
 

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I think a team of former players still playing NRL (+ Rona ) would be a more interesting and relevant side to assess.
 

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Ol' blue eyes
 

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What's scary about that list - is you could make a very decent looking 17 of players who are CURRENTLY playing some form of footy.

  1. Brett Morris
  2. Reimis Smith
  3. Josh Morris
  4. Tommy Talau
  5. Curtis Rona
  6. Josh Reynolds
  7. Moses Mbye
  8. Marty Taupau
  9. Damien Cook
  10. David Klemmer
  11. Corey Harawira-Naera
  12. Shaun Lane
  13. Dale Fincuane
Interchange

14. Herman Ese’Ese
15. Lachlan Burr
16. Aaron Woods
17. Kieran Foran
 

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Has any club lost so many decent players over such a short time and ended up with so many duds; yet still paying the exact same salary cap as every other team?

Frightening.
Cowboys give us a good run for our money to be fair.
 

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What's scary about that list - is you could make a very decent looking 17 of players who are CURRENTLY playing some form of footy.

  1. Brett Morris
  2. Reimis Smith
  3. Josh Morris
  4. Tommy Talau
  5. Curtis Rona
  6. Josh Reynolds
  7. Moses Mbye
  8. Marty Taupau
  9. Damien Cook
  10. David Klemmer
  11. Corey Harawira-Naera
  12. Shaun Lane
  13. Dale Fincuane
Interchange

14. Herman Ese’Ese
15. Lachlan Burr
16. Aaron Woods
17. Kieran Foran
Funny thing is on current salaries we could probably afford to have this team running around for us and they would definitely be a big improvement on what we currently have.
 

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Smith, Kikau, Ponga just from the top of my head...
Hamlin-Uele is another one.

You could build a whole team around those 4 and it would be completive for several years if you got a decent half.
 

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Has any club lost so many decent players over such a short time and ended up with so many duds; yet still paying the exact same salary cap as every other team?

Frightening.
Hopefully we lose a lot of our duds at the end of the year.
 

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Losses
Ben Barba
Dene Halatau
Kris Keating
Joal Romelo
Martin Taupau
Mitch Brown
Lachlan Burr
Kristian Inu
Michael Ennis
Dale Finucane
Herman Ese’Ese
Damian Cook
Tim Browne
Frank Prichard
Shaun Lane
Trent Hodkinson
Curtis Rona
Sam Kasiano
James Graham
Josh Reynolds
Corey Thompson
Tim Lafai
Aidan Tolman
Reimis Smith
Moses Mbye
Josh Morris
Brett Morris
Tony Williams
Lloyd Perrett
Richie Kennar
Brad Abby
Aaron Woods
Kieran Foran
Tryone Phillips
Brenko Lee
Greg Eastwood
Matt Frawley
Michael Lichaa
Fa’amanu Brown
Marcelo Montoya
Sauaso Sue
Jack Cogger
Corey Harawira-Naera


Note these are all players that have left us to play at another club before retirement or still playing
This is my 17 from the above players

  1. Ben Barba
  2. Brett Morris
  3. Josh Morris
  4. Kristian Inu
  5. Curtis Rona
  6. Josh Reynolds
  7. Trent Hodkinson
  8. James Graham
  9. Michael Ennis
  10. David Klemmer
  11. Frank Pritchard
  12. Shaun Lane
  13. Dale Fincuane
Interchange

14. Damian Cook
15. Martin Taupau
16. Aaron Woods
17. Sam Kasiano

What would your team be?
David Stagg was great for us in 2012 as well.
 

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Highlights the horrible recruitment and retention by DES. Lane , Finucane and Taupau in particular were bad decisions. None of these 3 guys were chasing big $$$ and all looked great . Cook as we know has turned out to be a major gaffe, but he had not showed his true potential with us at the stage he left.
 

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What's the point of this thread?

players come and go

Willie tonga
jason hetro
terry lamb
paul dunn
andrew ryan
brad clyde
michael ennis
mark Omealy
etc
etc etc
ffs
 
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