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Message: [QUOTE="Locky’s Left Boot, post: 3129321, member: 9358"] By the time this utopian notion that this young and talented squad get to the stage of their careers where consistency isn’t an issue and we challenge for the comp each year, half of them will be picked off by other clubs and we will be in a never ending cycle (AKA Phil Gould’s 5 year plan that is entering its 10th season) Dearden is already being sniped by other clubs. Only a matter of time before someone throws some serious coin at our lower salary forwards such as Carrigan and Flegler. I get the thinking about keeping all of these guys together but at what cost and has this plan ever worked? The risk vs reward ratio is not in our favour. If the unthinkable happens and Fifita doesn’t resign with us, shit will definitely hit the fan and will set us back even further. I think it’s time that once we get finally get rid of Boyd, Macca, Kahu and possibly Bird (depending on if he can stay on the park next season) off our cap, we should actually start identifying hardened mid range veterans that will compliment the squad and not make it so top heavy. Our biggest concerns is giving some of these young forwards big money before they have earned it. Only Haas and Fifita should be on higher tier coin and even then it would be irresponsible to resign Fifita on more than $750k at this stage of his career. Buying a 9 would be also be a good start. And maybe manage our forward stocks better so that we have a Taukeiho/JWH type to lead the forwards alongside the likes of Lodge, TPJ, Fifita, Haas and Carrigan. [/QUOTE]

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