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Recruiting Hunt was not the problem. According to Millward Hunt signed for much less than a million. Even if Hunt did cost a million, the cap has gone up by more than that, we have let Dugan, Milne, Packer and other go. So why would we be short of cap space - if we are -, because we upgraded all our forwards and juniors.mobels
Nightingale set up 1 try in a losing side FFS so what. If he had of set up 2 tries and we won then quote it to me. You say Dugan couldn't have set it up well he might have all scored it (much bigger body) but we will never know.
You applaud Millward for 2 purchases Vaughan & Mc Innes (ok with that) but what about spending well and truly overs on a 7 that has not made SOO is about 4th in line and we pay more than Cronk and has made a mess of our cap and to get him we had to let 2 internationals go. Well if that needs applauding it can only be for being part of the comedy festival.
You refer to letting Packer go being a good decision due the wear and tear from the power game, well if I am not mistaken Packer is one hard nut and very tough so doesn't that tell you that all our other forwards will suffer similar ongoing wear and tear?
Is Mc Donald a Millward recruit if so put him in the dud column?
All this talk we will look better as a team with a ball playing FB is just hypothetical. We have a very pedestrian set of backs even if the FB gave them the ball they will get run down very quickly because they are the slowest set of backs anywhere in the comp and the very reason why the coach insists on a power game.
On form Mann is the only player likely to score from 60m if he was put through a hole.
As I've said many times before, we needed to lock up our top grade players - Packer, Widdop and Dugan and if we cannot come to agreement with them, then target like for like or better. At least leave cap aside to do this before moving on to upgrade the rest of first grade players and then juniors.
So we signed Widdop and if we followed the above 'normal' path, we should have enough cap left to sign a good fullback and a top-line prop.