You are so right to be pessimistic, I mean taking Hayne out of the equation for a minute all of those players you mention that we lost have landed starting 17 spots in teams that finished higher than us on the ladder in 2014 - hang on a sec... oops.
That's right - the ONLY player in that list to get a contract with another NRL team is Kelepi who in his second year played 3 games with the team that came 10th and then couldn't force his way back into the starting 17 for the remainder of the year despite injuries to players in his position. He is going to the Cowboys who finished the year with 2 wins more than us.
So fess up Hineyrulz, where do you get your optimism from?
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You honestly think Reece Plodson offers more then Sio??? lol
McPherson more than Fui?? lol
Champion over Tonga??? Both are injury plagued but Tonga played some damn good footy before injuries got the best of him.
Smith while well past it in attack was defensively still a rock and it is no coincedence that the last two games with him out we leaked points like a sieve. Nelson could barely crack the Titans side with a mammoth injury toll.
Crooks who knows about him?? He could be boom or bust, then we have a drug cheat who hasn't played in 4 years and a bloke who retired from a broken neck and who we let go 7 years earlier lol.
Kelepi's season was ruined by injuries go on his efforts last season when he was ROTY.
Then we lose the best player in the game the man the whole side has revolved around for the last 6 years.
Sorry for being a realist, things are all sunshine and lollypops :?
