We wouldn't have been if we didn't keep Talanoa and one of Manu or Mini, that would have given us cash and two
quota spots.

Coukd have used Griffin, Hakim or Dawson on the wing and signed two forwards.

Will fans stay patience im not sure we can afford another season like last year.

Our only chance is to keep our spine of Connor, Kelly, Sneyd, Houghton and Westerman fit

Our recruitment for 2019 has been abysmal.
Expect another struggle of a season, next year.

Agreed. Should have parted company with Talanoa and Mini. Great servants but its time to move on.

I feel like its 2007 all over again were we gradually dismantled a GF team and replaced them with average players.

Slightly o/t but who's stepped into Motu's shoes now that Gareth has moved over? Recruitment from now until this time next year is going to be critical for the future of the club and the aspirations of us as supporters!

james clark?

Agreed as good as Mini, Sika & Talanoa have been for us we needed to look at replacing rather than re signing them. All 3 take up quota spots and i'm sure we could have made improvements in the squad by replacing them. I can understand keeping one of Mini or Manu as replacing both at once would have been a hard task. The re signing of Washy, Mini & Manu for me seems like lazy recruitment.

All 3 are now going to have to hit the ground running from the off to warrant the extensions. Hopefully they will all have decent injury free runs too as do feel that cost us massively particularly with both Mini & Manu playing injured which just compounded things.

Do think with Sneyd, Kelly, Connor, Houghton, Taylor & Westerman fully fit with less injury time to Paea, Manu & Mini we will still be genuine contenders, however we have to be able to find a different plan that will work if we can't just play the power game.

Not having a dig here,

Given the squad we have and that we are lead to understand that there was little cap left to play with unless players left, and if we had the money availalbe to afford to pay beyond £175k for a Marque player, who would you release and who would you sign?

I agree . Look at other Club’s recruitment for 2019. The Club have rested on their laurels after the Cup success.
A long hard season awaits us .

From The HDM.

"We are going to move some players out and bring some new ones in and completely refresh the squad. We will move players on who we feel have let the club down over the past two months.
Obviously some of those players have contracts and if needs be and they don’t want to go we will send them to play dual registration at Doncaster and they can stay there. We’ll then sign three or four players who take us into a new financial level"

Following AP's rant I was expecting some significant changes.

Disappointed.

It seems no coincidence that the teams making decent signings have Australian Coaches.