After three relegation fighting seasons ,we need a good off season and as soon as we are safe an announcement should be made about who will be coach . Then he can get on with working with the DOR who comes in and who stays .

This is where Saints have the upper hand isn’t it; their coach leaves unexpectedly but they’re riding high with the best squad on the comp and safe as houses already for SL in 2020.

I wonder if there will be a number leaving at the seasons end? A new coach will want to put I. His twopennorth about who goes and who comes in

I’m pretty sure a few players have their cards marked from this season and will be on their way. May take another 12 months to complete the job though.

The truth is that with Ava, Lui and Martin added (who are all starters) we look a better side.

It’s not realistic to expect the side that McDermott, Sinfield/Lowes and then Furner struggled with to suddenly turn into a swan with one “special” coach. Turning our fortunes around is a project which does include the coach, but there are many other factors too.

Agar/Carr is looking fruitful and we have some more recruitment to sort. My guess is that if the right person was to become available we would move: but otherwise we can run with what we have with some degree of confidence.

Add the 2–3 quality players we need and we should do OK next season, and maybe OK is good enough right now. Then again players’ careers are short and can we afford to plan another building year...?

Getting those class players will be hard. Yes, there is some salary coming off the cap at the end of the season, but I think we'll have paid over the odds for the people we have brought in recently because of our position and desperation.

We may have been able to fit them all in this season if we've been able to register ablett and Crosby, as neither have played. If that's the case, if they leave it won't free up any cap space in real terms

That's correct Eagle. I dont think Ablett will be around next year but Crosby's salary will have to go back on the cap.

We currently upto the cap limit also.

On that basis I dont see many changes this off season. Maybe 1 or 2 in at most.

I can honestly see Ablett, JJB, Golding leaving for starters. Ferres, Donaldson still out of contract but wouldn’t be surprised if Donaldson ended up staying and Ferres rumoured to have signed back at Wakefield. We’ve got to have a squad around 40 players considering the reserves return next season, however a few of the under 19s will join that with that moving to under 18s.

Theres room for 2 good signings. As above JJB Golding Ferres are going. Ferres is on a good salary he was an England player when he signed. Ablett will also go.

So theres plenty of cap space released there. A couple of youngsters promoted plus 2 good quality signings will do very nicely.

No overseas quota left where are we going to get 2 quality signings from?

That's what I was thinking

James Graham ? Sezer ? (if cuthbo or peteru go). Luke Gale ? Theres plenty of potential UK gems to be found around SL also

Cuthbo has been one of our better players for a few months now I don't think he will leave and will see out his contract