How can the club contest the top 8, when we lose players and then fiddle around and sign no one that can replace their pay or ability. Of course, it’s a difficult market but it’s been an ongoing issue, apart from Lomax who apparently got fed an excellent roast by the coaches wife, who has come to the club as a rep level signing since we lost the 6/7 players in 2022 ( not to mention RCG and Gutho etc) The Fox was not playing reps and the coach’s relationship etc was the big factor not any smart negotiations.
Signing Kelly and DeBelin is handy at best, not the level of Dylbro and Lomax, either in ability or contract dollars. The spiel that we are giving juniors deals is sensible, but none are on the NRL salary cap, so who are we spending it on.
A long read but we need to reward the large support base with better outcomes .