Who would you consider the gifted players? How many top games a season would you expect from them? Finally what would be the optimum number of players you want performing at the same time to give a match winning team performance?

That should keep you busy

The gifted players are fairly easy:
Joe Burgess, Kallum Watkins, Danny Brough, Albert Kelly, Ryan Hall, Whatshisname Escàre, James Roby etc etc

Not sure you can measure it in "top games" but they're the type of players who tip the tight games and are the most consistent throughout the season.

As a coach surely you want all 17 performing at an optimum level but that's perhaps a touch unrealistic. Apart from practice ad infinitum in order to embed core skill so well that even under extreme circumstances performance holds up, perhaps one of the best attributes a player or team can have is patience.

KPIs and live GPS play a huge part in modern day Rugby League and when GPS highlights that a players KPIs are dipping it generally signals fatigue or injury and a spell on the sidelines helps to prolong optimal performance. The reality is that to read the live numbers and make enough sense of them you need to be Neo from the Matrix and there's not too many good enough to do it, especially in RL

I meant our team TBH.

Ah sorry!

Tim Smith is the obvious one but much depends on the success of our pack in any given match. If we are on the front foot Tim will look World class but if our packs getting smashed Tim might as well stand next to Webster on the balcony.
IMO that's the very reason Websters built such a strong pack with a fair bit of depth.

I think we have a few others who on their day can pull something out of the bag and turn a game. Ali, Sammut and Craig Hall each have a special play in them and can cause havoc if they're having an on day.

Collis too.

Agreed but I'd add Miller and perhaps Godinet to that list to that list - I don't expect miracles to start with but you have to assume he's a potentially gifted player or why sign him - lets just hope he matures quickly.

Personally feel that McShane or Godinet (assuming he's the other 9) need to be having a good game and at least one of the HB needs to be having a great game - if the rest of the team do the basics well we should hopefully see more wins than losses.

The framework is there, we just need the players to want it enough.

add to all the KPI, GPS, Stats, Skills etc. is also a Want and Desire, and will to win. if Webster gets the players playing with passion especially the forwards, it will make life easier for the skilful "Special" players to do their stuff.

a good pack which we seem to have now with fire in the belly every game will be immense with controlled aggression (IE not Ben Flower style)

Spot on there.
Big season needed from both players this year.