I know it's cliche - but this coming off/pre-season will be the toughest and most crucial ever.
This club no longer has the luxury of time.
We have more expansion clubs coming within the next 3-5 years. They will be targeting our nursery looking for players who they can build their first squads around, and players whom otherwise would not be getting an opportunity with us. The NRL won't want these expansion teams to fail.
We have to get our roster balanced by no later than 2026 - with a mix of a couple of solid marquees (be it homegrown or from outside the club), solid first graders, and juniors who will be transitioning from rookies to becoming regular first graders.
I feel like we have all the ingredients to make this happen, but as we have seen, there are a couple of 'expired ingredients' still to be thrown out & replaced in the otherwise bare pantry. The spring clean needs to be hard and ruthless (Hunt among several others including certain people in the backroom + support staff).
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm getting sick of being told to 'hang in there', 'things will be okay you'll see', 'you're not loyal to your team' etc. If we can't make a resounding improvement in our results soon, I feel that people are going to start walking away. I really don't know what the answer will be?