I'm similar in regards a season ticket. I go 95% of games home and away anyway but don’t bother with a season ticket due to missing the odd game for holidays but if we pull of a signing like Burgess on top of getting players like Hastings and French I’d feel compelled to back the club and buy one. I wouldn’t make much of a difference to the coffers as I go anyway (and it probably costs me more over the year) but you get excited by big players and exciting teams to watch and I have mates I’m sure would go more, I’d take my daughter more, my nephew etc.

If we manage to get Burgess over the line then there’s going to be one hell of a buzz going in to 2020.

Glad I don't sit next to you Mr Happy

Playing off a pack of Burgess, Powell, Flower, Greenwood, Faz, Lockers

Hardaker is the best defensive fullback out there and I'd be sad to see him movex to another position. But maybe Lam thinks we need someone who's better chiming into the line in attack.

Still think French will move to the halves with Hastings.

Hardaker to stay where he is.

"The only reason Hastings would stay for two seasons is if he’s poor the first season"
For me Hastings would have to be really special to go back to the NRL. Lots of young half-backs coming thru,he may have missed the boat over there

I think we’ll try him at six and see how it goes. I had a look at the club page for the side he’s been turning out for though and reports he’s been in the halves for them seems wide of the mark. He’s been at fullback for at least the last couple of months.

2020 line up;

1. Hardaker
2. J Burgess
3. Gildart
4. Bibby/Hankinson*
5. Manfredi
6. French
7. Hastings
8. G Burgess
9. Powell
10. Flower
11. Greenwood
12. Farrell
13. Smithies**

That is one formidable line up.

*I’d probably err towards Hankinson but it’s still for me a weak spot. Having said that it’s arguably one that can develop and evolve into something special.

**I do think SOL will drop down a shirt, and it would be a tough but the right decision. Working on the presumption he doesn’t opt to retire

French
Burgess
Gildart
Hardaker
Manfredi
Sammut
HAstings
Burgess
Powell
Flower
Greenwood
Farrell
Clubb

Honestly never heard of her

yeah...good one

One slight negative for me is that I would have liked Lam to have had a clear plan in mind of what he wants from French. In the WEP he acknowledges he doesn't know where he'll fit in. Hope it won't end up being a case of square pegs in round holes.