Completely agree. Looking forward to the final NRL play offs way more than SL ones. Brutal intensity of these games makes them great spectacles.

I'd happily lose McDonnell because we have now found Shaul and no team can afford the luxury of a reserve full-back. Not when Horne & Whiting can fill in and do a good job there if needed.

Holdsworth has been iffy, so if he wants to go it would free up a big chunk of the cap to re-invest.

Miller would be the only big loss, as he is yet to show what he can do after a full pre-season. But I don't think he or is agent would be keen on a move so soon. He hasn't yet impressed in either SL or NRL, so would struggle at this point to get another big club in either league IMO.

Sorry you'd like to see more Gazza's? Forget football and look how NOT been put in a box has affected his life and why would anyone want to see a player who cant play but just kicks people?

Yes, in the same way that Briscoe and O'Meley (in the first season, at least) struggled with the loss of Agar. Holdsworth, in particular, was a big goldenboy of Gentle's, and should look hardest at himself for letting Gentle down, imo. He can go for me. Miller is a rookie thrust into the boiling kitchen too soon - if he is philosophical he should kick on under a new coach's nurture. I like McDonnell and hope he's big enough to move on, like O'Meley eventually did, and doesn't display the sort of form he did latterly at Rovers - benefit of doubt for him.

Luxury? We need a well balanced squad.

That means you dont really know

Coaches are nothing to do with the cap

We need to work on telling Shaul where to stand in the defensive line when defending our line. That'll be a closed season job for Radders or whoever.

He is reportedly amongst one of the top earners at the club, he either continues to play full-back and blocks the progress of Shaul or we try and move him on. He can't play any other position, and we could use the money to address other weaknesses.

Well done on spectacularly missing the point!

He's not the finished article I agree, but i've seen enough to suggest he'll get there, and he'll be earning a fraction of what McDonnell earns.

And what about Ellis?

The two I mentioned were individuals not just a carbon copy of the last guy. You know they actually had character and did their own thing which worked for them.
Gazza as an example was a gifted if flawed sportsman. We wouldn't want gifted sportsmen playing pro sport if they don't fit in boxes now would we as that wouldn't do at all.

Nobby Styles was a great defender and a world cup winner no less but his game included getting stuck in which lead to the stand kicking I mentioned on occasion. We wouldn't want great defenders that don't fit in boxes now do we as that wouldn't do at all.