Looks poor to me.

it makes me laugh, we talk about cooper and who replaces him, firstly there is a salary cap, how much is cooper on!!, secondly your all the same people who wanted Chris Hill to stay, Hill and Cooper have been good at the wire but have they delivered the holy grail(grand final) we crave for, the answer is no, this club needs a new direction and if you read between the lines both Hill and Cooper wanted to stay ,as well as Charnley as well as Mamo shall I go on ,and why because we have had a load of over paid players who have turned up when they want, many a time you hear the quote "champagne Charlies". what I hope players like Curry and Daz Clarke improve or they should follow, this club as been to soft for to long.

I asked myself 2 questions:

Who has been a better player over their careers, Cooper or Dudson?
Arguably Cooper imo.

Who has been the better player since at least the pandemic and perhaps a season before until present?
Little doubt Dudson imo.

I can only suggest Cooper has been on a slow slope for some time and as his decline is slow, we hadn’t really noticed and accepted it, it’s only when in my head when I compared him to Dudson throughout the last 3 seasons, it stands out. Perhaps I couldn’t see the woods for the trees. I’m ok with Coops moving on.

As has been said, it isn’t whether Dudson is better than Cooper, it’s whether Vaughan?, Dudson, McGuire?, Mikaele and Kasiano are better than Cooper, Mulhern, Magoulias, Bullock & Philbin. That’s a resounding yes right?

Vaughan and McGuire put a very different slant on our prop recruitment.

Is this just a rumour or do we have it confirmed? I’m surprised we’re able to sign 5 top forwards, along with Dufty if the other rumour is to be believed.

Hope it’s true though!

I asked why are we signing all of these players and what's happening to the incumbent players, I was informed that there are is potential for 12 players leaving. The person I was in conversation with wouldn't divulge who was on the list that isn't in the public domain. Overall i believe that once the OOC and confirmed moves are done there will a couple of surprises.