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Message: [QUOTE="Culhwch, post: 3440578, member: 1983"] I've been saying for a while if there was an opportunity to offload Staggs we should consider it, even if we need to pay some freight. Unfortunately I feel like this might be one of those situations where if he stays he's not going to improve, but if he leaves he might find form again and make us look a little stupid. But I think we have good enough stocks in the centres outside of him we can afford to cut ties and focus on trying to retain Herbie beyond next year and then bringing Cobbo or Mariner on in the vacant centre spot. I'm absolutely for ditching Haas. Let him be someone else's far too expensive problem. He'll probably be another one who will flash immediately elsewhere and make it look like a poor decision from us, but it will be for the best long-term. We need better coaching week-in and week-out, no doubt about it. Defense has fallen off a cliff, and even before that it was built on effort and not structure. It's been said a thousand times here, but we need more line speed. It's frustrating to watch. You could see better structures in attack throughout the year, and if we can put the same team together on the park and not limited by injuries, I think that will build and improve next season. Whether that's coaching or Reynolds, I don't know, but if it's the latter make sure we have Adam lined up to move into the coaching staff after he calls it a day on the field. Team selections and bench use need to be examined in depth and improved, and maybe that's through looking at support staff. I think Kevvie's earned another year, however this season ends, but I also think he needs support in the areas he falls down, and it seems he doesn't have that at the moment. If those problems persist through next year, that's a problem and he should rightly have his position questioned. Ben Hunt is so very unlikely, but by god I want it to happen. Give St George Haas and Staggs, pay them a transfer fee, and get him here next year. I'd bring him in at six (and seven as needed if Reynolds misses more time again) if he doesn't want to play hooker, and let Mam play utility or in QCup to develop. Hooker will still be a problem, but I can live with some combination of Paix and Walters/some journeyman or QCup hooker if we can find a decent one, and with no threat of Turpin being snuck into the team. [/QUOTE]

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