I would just like to state here that this is the last time I will use the term "Big 4". With the exception of Teddy none of the others (Woods, Brooks or Moses) deserve to be categorized that way. The term was appropriate when describing Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith at Melbourne, however, it does not apply and it is ridiculous to think it has taken hold in the media, in terms of it being a reference to (in particular) Brooks & Moses. I saw another post suggesting the club withdraw any offers to Brooks and Moses and the article referred to in this post from the SMH states a similar course of events, but in my opinion, the club management should come out immediately and PUBLICLY state that they have ceased negotiations until mid-season as they need to see some consistent performances and considerable improvement. This is a negotiating tactic - Yes....But it will put the ball back in the court of the under-performing players with over-inflated opinions of themselves (that their manager shares) to perform or else they know they will rapidly lose contract value. It's all about supply and demand and IMO if their current club was to be "not so fussed" to re-sign them and the prospect of both of them ending up on the open market was looking likely to become a reality, then their value would start to diminish rapidly. From there the club could look at potentially look at luring a replacement. I would hope the club has considered sounding out Hasler based on reports that keep surfacing that all is not rosey at Belmore. He could bring Reynolds with him as far as I am concerned and keep whichever of Brooks and Moses he sees as being the best fit in terms of a halves pairing. We should also offer to give him carte blanche to do as he sees fit to turn the mediocrity (and that term may actually be praise too high) into tenacity, grit, toughness and professionalism. We should offer the power of recruitment, hiring and firing of current players, he can bring his own staff and re-build from this current appalling mess!
