To have a chance of being a serious top 5 side next season, the following positions need sorting out IMO.

1) Left Centre. Sutcliffe is a useful utility backup
2) Left Wing. Luke Briscoe just isn't good enough
3) Prop x 1 Garbutt is a sicknote similar to Delaney
4) Second Row x 1 to replace 1 of Ablett/JJB/Delaney
5) Loose Forward x 1 (proper ball player). Not a one trick pony like Cuthbertson
6) Hooker (tackling machine) to replace Parcell who is too much like Dwyer

13 should go to Ward or Cam Smith & given that ball playing role.
9 Corey Johnson should be given a crack at 9 he has everything a class 9 should have.
Wrt BR i think we need 2 minimum with a 3rd place given to Trout/A.Sutcliffe on a rotation basis.
Wing spot is not a major priority imo but would be nice to bring one in 8f poss when the other spots are filled.

I don`t think we will be putting the likes of Parcell/Dwyer out on dual registration in order to bring in another hooker unless one of them is leaving.

Well according to Peter Smith we are spending up to the cap.

I don't for one second believe that, but if we are then we truly have pooped the bed.

Then that is truly horrific. We have the weakest squad for a very very long time, I cannot possibly see how that squad justifies a full cap spend. It can't be true, can it?

Depends, winning the GF might have triggered some upgrades as would some younger players making so many appearances. However I thought GH's genius was ensuring the younger players stayed on low money until they became senior players so that you had space to recruit?

Even with upgrades, theres no way that we should be anywhere near the cap with this squad.

I remember Peter Hood telling us Bulls fans the same when we had replaced the likes of Vainikolo, Vagana and Peacock with Tupou, Feather and Chris Nero.

If we were how did we manage to fit Crosby and ginger-nut in?

How does the dual-registration/loan thing work in respect of the cap - is Lilley on Leeds' cap?

Shocking as that would be as others have said players will have got big upgrades above their realistic value upon higher earners retiring or moving on so until we release more players i can't see the cap space left being that much.

The likes of Ferres, Cuthbertson, JJB, Ablett, Delaney, Ward, Watkins, Myler and Parcell will all be on top money. Sutcliffe and Singleton will have gotten big pay increases over the last few years too along with a few of the younger lads breaking in on better deals now.yes Hall and Moon free up some cash but that will have been close to taken with the signings of Lailua and Mclelland.

I'm depressed...