With Perrett, Rona and probably Williams gone and Foran looking like a done deal I think the team below is our best for 2017
Brad Abbey
Brett Morris
Josh Morris
Moses Mybe / Holland
William Hopoate
Kieran Foran
Josh Cleeland
Aiden Tolman
Josh Reynolds
James Graham
David Klemmer
Greg Eastwood
Josh Jackson
RESERVES
Sam Kasiano
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Danny Fualalo
Lloyd Perrett / Fine
If Abbey's not ready for first grade by 2017 then we should never have bought him. Hopa 's a decent fullback but not great and too slow in defence. Abbey's fast and also a decent back-up goalkicker. As Josh Reynolds admitted in a recent article on the Dogs site he and Moses aint team organiser type players and never were when coming up through the grades. Moses has more experience at centre and I've always thought Josh were more a hooker type similar to Michael Ennis. Lichaa is average unfortunately. Maybe we could still play Lichaa for the first 30 then bring on Josh at hooker for more impact (as T-Rex won't be there next year). Josh was a bit of a live-wire when he was coming off the bench for us last year. Cleeland is worth a try at half. If you watch his highlights package he's an experienced playmaker and keen to run the ball himself like Foran. 2 playmakers "finally" would give us so many more options in attack and make better use of our forwards in attack. Our current halves don't ask for or get the ball enough. They need to seek out more ball. Foran and Cleeland wouldn't be so shy. We should really have kept Rona rather than paying overs to Eastwood. Out of the 2 who do we need more - another average forward or a tall fast back who can score tries off most half chances ?