From that list, I'd keep Sutcliffe (to play in the forwards) and Lilley and that's it. I'd also pay off Delaney (how has he got a long contract?) and find Mullalley a Championship home. Nowhere near convinced on Golding either, but would like to see what he can do with an attacking game plan under a decent coach.

Priority is obviously a controlling half but don't see that many available. Widdop is inconsistent and probably wouldn't come anyway, nor would any NRL first teamer other than those towards the end of their career. Of those, Cronk or Thurston are not going to happen, and the only other one in that category is Blake Green. It's either that or a big transfer fee for Gale.

Other than Garbutt we have no punch in the middle either. If Adam Walker doesn't fit in at Saints I'd buy him and buy him now. Always quality for Scotland, and against us for HKR. Garbutt/Singleton/Walker/Cuthbertson/Galloway is a decent rotation for now.

McDermott also needs to go now not at the end of the season. We can't afford the players we have to keep regressing or it won't matter who we bring in next year.

I think Cuthbertson has actually started the season quite well, and letting our only ball handling prop go would be madness at the moment.

Really think he is no better than last year and everyone made the excuse he wasn't fit - very disappointing for me a one season wonder who has been found out and whose impact has been negated

I'd agree with that, at times last year it seemed he was just trying to do too much, carrying the ball early in the set and trying to ball play at the back end of the set invariably led to errors.

I'd also agree with the poster a bit further up that all our forwards are much of a muchness, especially in the back row with plenty of workhorses but no bite.

More than anything else I think our biggest problem is the halves. Yes they are not helped by the lack of men in motion etc but that has never really been the way we have played.

I'd agree with that. He is currently our main attacking threat and ball player and targeted.

Cuthbertson as a straight up and down prop is average at best. He had a completely mediocre NRL career and was released by the Knights because he was adding nothing. If you take away 2015, and look at what he's contributed since, I can't see how you could make a case that you shouldn't do better from an import. Playing badly on a regular basis because they are 'trying to do too much/too hard' is an excuse I've heard down the years which has never made any sense - if that's genuinely the case then he's brain dead.

I'm with those who would hope we keep the good backs we have rather than try to offload them to buy strength elsewhere. The idea that good wingers are ten a penny is nonsense - before Hall we had Calderwood, then Cummins, then I'm struggling to think of any quality through the juniors over 30 years. Centres are even less common, so I'd keep Watkins and actually try to play to his strengths rather than flop him the odd ball flat in no space.

Being realistic we will probably only see 2 or 3 changes for next year. What we need to see is quality, targeting key positions. There should always be a place for project players, but right now its the core of the team which is a disaster.

More importantly we just look like a badly coached team with zero confidence or idea what we're trying to do in attack and absolutely hopeless under any kind of pressure in defence. That won't be fixed by bringing in Thurston, let alone a Widdopp. I just don't see us getting anywhere without wholesale changes in coaching and conditioning.