At the end of the day it's all about value for money and supply & demand. Klemmer and Jackson may be on big money but they deliver for the most part. Actually i'll say they deliver as much as anyone else playing in those positions and being paid similar money. Can you say the same about Mbye? A couple things about Moses; 1) The club saw an opportunity to move him on, with the tigers, and took it. 2) He's not worth what he is being paid, even if he is our best attacking option (and if he stays at fullback i have little doubt in around 2 seasons he will be better) but we need value for money now and we needed to clear some cap space to get some depth in the backline for next season and beyond.
Given the state of the competition we are not far off, but you need your best players wearing 1,6,7 & 9. Look at how much better Canberra played with Hodgson at 9. He controlled the ruck and took the right options in attack and then everyone suddenly looks better! Out of the spine positions you can probably get away with one average player but the rest need to be good. Outside of that the rest of the team just has to do their job & to be a real threat you'd like to have an x-factor or strike weapon in the outside backs.
Our biggest problem moving into next season & beyond is Foran. If he is not healthy and never will be we are f#cked. Case closed... But if he can get his body right then we will be alright if we can pair him up with a good hooker or halves partner.
Good luck Dean.
Given the state of the competition we are not far off, but you need your best players wearing 1,6,7 & 9. Look at how much better Canberra played with Hodgson at 9. He controlled the ruck and took the right options in attack and then everyone suddenly looks better! Out of the spine positions you can probably get away with one average player but the rest need to be good. Outside of that the rest of the team just has to do their job & to be a real threat you'd like to have an x-factor or strike weapon in the outside backs.
Our biggest problem moving into next season & beyond is Foran. If he is not healthy and never will be we are f#cked. Case closed... But if he can get his body right then we will be alright if we can pair him up with a good hooker or halves partner.
Good luck Dean.