The way I see it the first priority is we sign players that we can steal from other clubs and/or are available if they are demonstrably better that what we have in the 30 right now. Players contracts are very seldom longer than 3 years, often 2 years with options, it's the extraordinary players that can command 4 or more years. It can take 1 to 3 years to develop a promising player into regular week in week out NRL level. I don't see the logic in holding off recruiting a world class winger just because we need, say, a hooker particularly when there are no decent hookers available. We have a decent budget left for this year and we have a great budget for next year. Looking at who is available for this year and next year and recruiting them if they are absolutely better than the players we have currently. Passing on a quality player who is available to leave space for someone who isn't even identified let alone available just doesn't seem logical to me. If we have to let one or more players go to fit in the, say, quality hooker when he does become available then so be it. Or retire them early and entice them with after playing roles like other clubs do.
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