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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3683060, member: 9052"] I think Madden is probably the easiest to move on... not saying that he would deserve to be moved on, but he was probably going to be a bridging halfback between Reynolds and Coby, and Bhunt would be coming in to play that role... so it would be in his interest to move to a club where he can get minutes anyway. He's still young enough for teams to take a punt on and he's contracted to 2026 as well, which helps the broncos. Paix is probably the next easiest to move on... still young and just won Qcup hooker of the year so his manager can work with that. He's always looked serviceable in first grade and there are a lot of teams that could do with a hooker, so I'd say he has interest given he's only got 12 months left. Mozer is the future here and Bukowski is likely on a development deal for 2025 so that's another young guy coming through to compete with. Smoothy is probably reasonably easy to move on as well, but I would really want to retain him because of the versatility he provides. I've stated a few times that I liked him as that ball playing lock and he is probably the only hooker we have that could consistently play 80mins if required for a few weeks in a dire situation... but if we assume Mozer is the future and Bukowski is on development deal, with Bhunt on the books and Billy probably not moveable... then he reluctantly becomes surplus to requirements with potentially 4 hookers available. Him and Paix are both off contract at the end of 2025 so it's not desperation to move them on, unless you have someone lined up to better use that roster spot I don't think Rogers is someone that we can move on, but is surplus to requirements if Bhunt signs... he's a good cup player, but he's got a two year deal and I don't think he'll get enough exposure to the rest of the NRL for a team to take him on (unlike what happened with Gamble). The deal has always looked odd to me... sure sign him for 2025, but how has 2026 slipped into the contract as well. I don't think Billy can be moved on either, but he can at least cover halves on top of hooker... I would also be interested to see what he might be able to do as a pure ball playing lock off the bench, like Salmon and Hayward do for the dogs... If Bhunt comes in then he drops to 4th or 5th in the halves (pending on where Coby and Rogers get ranked) and he'd be 3rd in the hooker rotation, but playing whenever Bhunt is in the halves. Assuming Madden, Paix and Smoothy are moved on then the depth chart is below, but would still be taking up 7 roster spots in the Top 30 (Bukowski on Dev Deal). I'd probably keep Smoothy though, because hooker looks a little dire if Bhunt doesn't want to play there regularly. Hooker 1. Mozer (future at hooker so don't want him going anywhere) 2. Bhunt (but he doesn't really want to play hooker apparently) 3. Billy (can play halves if injuries become dire as well... might be needed as a bridging hooker until Bukowski is up to first grade) 4. Bukowski (likely on a development deal this year based on how things usually play out... but would mean he can play whenever we want given the Rd 11 rule is only on T&T players now) Halves 1. Reynolds 2/3. Bhunt / Ezra 4. Rogers (probably the one the club would need to move on if Bhunt came... Billy could cover this spot in the squad and we have Perham now as well) 5. Black [/QUOTE]

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