We need to be more ruthless and go after the following:
1. Tyrell Fuimaono
2. Apisai Koroisau
3. Ethan Lowe
3. Junior Tatola
4. Alexander Brimson
Fuimaono brings skill, pace, and power. Could be to us what Bird was to the Sharks when they won it in 2016. Koroisau too replace Lichaa and gives us better service from dummy half. Lowe can run lines and help improve our defence, he is also a goalkicker. Tatola is a big body that can run decent lines and have good impact off the bench for us. Brimson is a playmaker with huge potential, definitely a class above Cogger and he could start in our ISP side with the likely departures of Frawley and Cleeland and hopefully prove himself and receive a call-up or even impress in the off season and start in the number 7.
Following off-contract players shouldn't be re-signed:
1. Matt Frawley
2. Josh Cleeland
3. Lachlan Burr
4. Greg Eastwood
5. Rhyse Martin
Frawley and Cleeland whilst both could be decent first graders are currently dead weight for us. Burr was always just a filler player. Eastwood while playing decently this season just isn't up to standard anymore. If Martin was ever going to make it would have had to been earlier this season with the hype he had after the World Cup, he will be 26 next season and doesn't seem like he will make it.
Following players should be offered to other clubs:
1. Adam Elliot
2. Will Hopoate
3. Michael Lichaa
4. Aiden Tolman
I'd be surprised if we weren't able to offload most if not all those players. Elliot is rated by a few teams and coaches around the league, Hopoate could be a decent player for a few sides and would find a club without much issue, Lichaa might be a tough one but I'm sure if Manly lose Koroisau then they might offer him a lifeline, and Tolman shouldn't be too hard to offload considering there are a few clubs struggling for forwards.
Team for 2019 should be:
1. Mbye
2. Bmoz
3. Jmoz
4. Fuimaono
5. Montoya
6. Foran
7. Brimson
8. Woods
9. Koroisau
10. Klemmer
11. Lowe
12. RFM
13. Jackson
14. To'omaga
15. Ogden
16. Tatola
17. Lewis