I don't even think it's a matter of personnel to be honest, yes we do need some forwards but we don't need superstar ones, look at Manly's pack, Lawrence, Starling, Lui, Horo, etc were all nobodies when they signed for Manly, it's all about the structure and attitude of the team. Even though we scored 3 tries tonight, none of them were as a result of good ball movement or a set move, in fact we were very one out in the red zone, far too many settlers and far too many times we gave the ball to Gagai expecting him to get past one of the best defensive centres in the game.
I think Cuthbertson is a priority re-signing for us, he's been our best forward this year by quite a margin, we obviously need 3 props at the very least, don't have to be big names, just blokes with abit of size and who actually play prop. I'd personally try to put some size on Rochow and turn him into a middle forward and have Tapine on that left edge. I'd love to f**k Gidley off altogether but realistically that won't happen.
My pack for next year would be:
Snowden (get him slimmed down, needs to lift work rate and play more minutes)
Clydesdale
New signing
Scott
Tapine
Cuthbertson
Gidley (ideally Daniel Levi)
Sims
Rochow
New signing
