Following confirmation of when the lads are contracted until, where do we see them come the end of their current deal?

Tom 2022
Bill 2022
Reece 2025
BJB 2020
Milky 2022
Broughy 2020
Dave 2022
Woody 2021
Ashurst 2021
Kopczak 2020
Arona 2022
Arundel 2021
Batchelor 2021
Jowitt 2021
King 2020
Reynolds 2020
Crowther 2021
Kershaw 2020
Gwaze 2020
Croft 2022
Aydin 2022
Tanginoa 2021
Greensmith 2021
Bailey 2022

Reynolds has left permanently I believe

Looking at the contract situation the club and the chairman has to have a lot of credit. The bulk of players thata re signed up until at least the end of 2021 are all the players you need to build a squad around and our promising talent. I know with the injuries this year it has been a depressing second half to the season but building on the core squad we have we should have some exciting times as Wakefield fans. The key to it for me is a stand out halfback (Brough due to finish career) and 2 more decent prop forwards for me.

My thoughts too.
Now Westerman has signed, do we assume the others mentioned on various posts will follow, Pitts and Walker?
Good players but not filling posts that are light IMO - prop and half back cover.
If I see that I'm sure CC won't have missed it so maybe there's a surprise or two to come.....?

Of these who is in the ‘overseas’. category?
From that how many overseas players could we add?

I would extend BJB and I'd extend Kopczak.
The kids will obviously depend on how they progress this year.
Brough is probably in his last year so wouldn't renew.

I agree there PT, regarding Brough.

Maybe, like they did with Liam Finn in 2018, he starts the season, but to have someone ready to replace him, and gradually move on. Whether thats a British half back or overseas, who knows.

I was looking on the NRL off contract players yesterday, and most of them that came up didn't have a lot of match day experience

Kopczak definitely, I think he has a good few years left in him and was our most consistent player this season.

BJB, I am not sure - Although he still has pace, he has lost a yard or 2 and I would expect the same to happen again in the next year, he also seemed to lack that confidence to back himself last season which he has shown throughout his career. Still a good player but going into 2021 will be knocking on the door of 33 and I would be very surprised if we did not have better options for the wing by then.

Tom 2022
Bill 2022
Reece 2025
BJB 2020
Milky 2022
Broughy 2020
Dave 2022
Woody 2021
Ashurst 2021
Kopczak 2020
Arona 2022
Arundel 2021
Batchelor 2021
Jowitt 2021
King 2020
Crowther 2021
Kershaw 2020
Gwaze 2020
Croft 2022
Aydin 2022
Tanginoa 2021
Greensmith 2021
Bailey 2022
Westerman 2021

Ones in Red are Overseas/Quota I believe. Think the ruling is now that you can have 7 so potentially 2 spots available

Cheers Fordy
So the budget might run to a up coming half back.

League Express reported that Tangata had signed for next season if so that's one overseas spot taken.

Careful what we wish for as hudds are trying to offload frawley, now that would be a step backwards

Not sure I buy that, sure he's looked poor at Hudds but who hasn't, doesn't necessarily mean he'd be bad for us. He's no world-beater and I doubt we can afford him but that doesn't make him a bad player, he'd do a job.

Where I do agree with you is that at the age Fawley is now Brough was a vastly better player, thats where Hudds lost out, they didn't replace Brough with an equal, which pleases me I must say.

Have not rated Frawley this season although he has shown glimpses of what he can do. That said as FMC says does not necessarily mean he would be poor for us, in fact we usually seem to do quite well with players not deemed good enough.

Not forgetting it is his first season over here and has been playing in a side that has been swapped and changed a lot. Frawley has also played a lot of hooker so could provide us with some versatility there, not heard anything on this but if there is an option there who knows.