Kite then! Ha! who do you think?...

Exactly.

Im looking forward to seeing Long, but i also think we need to get some basics right, like maybe standing a yard deeper in attack to allow us to shift the ball. Seems too much emphasis is put on stats like getting over the gain line which makes teams stand flatter but in reality its another stifling tactic.

i totally agree,
you can't really blame a centre for being a bit ball greedy in these circumstances,
to look after his winger he has to recieve a good supply of ball too.

First of all I don't know what players earn, these are just educated guesses.

Fitz for Crocker, but I can't see us paying Fitz quite as much as Crocker so I reckon about 20/30k a year saved there.

I reckon Cusack, Hall and Moa combined will be on about the same wage as Long will be.

Tansey will probably come on a similar wage to Thacks.

That leaves the wages of Motu, Byrne, G Horne and Thorman all free. Motu, Byrne and Thorman will all have been on a decent amount and Horne has been around the first team for a while and won't be on a pittance. I reckon we could have close to 300k available for next year if we do release all of those you mentioned. That allows us to buy 2 more top class players and still have a bit in reserve if we need it.

He's taken us to the most boring brand of rugby seen since the inception of superleague

Which I find particularly odd, when Sharp was sacked last year Agar seemed to give us more freedom in attack, and yet this year it's 5 drives and a (poor) kick.