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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3451827, member: 9052"] They will definitely lose promising players, but their spine is pretty well in tact and is top tier... so they probably only need to keep putting role players around them. Cleary and his boot ain't going anywhere anytime soon... he's also not demanding $1.5m from Penrith, which he could quite easily get. Yeo is also unlikely to be going anywhere and despite being considered one of the best locks in the comp will probably stay there for well unders. Edwards is very solid for their system and likely on well unders... and Soni Luke looks to be a solid hooker to take over from Api, although time will tell. I didn't think Kenny looked up to it and thought that may become a hinderance, but Soni came into first grade through the year and looked pretty damn good. Luai is one that could look elsewhere for good coin, but other than that their spine looks to be largely stable for at least the next 2-3 years... and Cleary's presence means it's top tier for as long as he's there. To me Luai also looks replaceable in their spine as he just has to park himself on the left and manage that edge, whilst Cleary, Yeo and Api (soon to be Soni) run the rest of the field. For the teams trying to catch up there is a dearth of quality spine players across the comp, so penrith having a top tier spine puts them in the upper echelon of teams. The ridiculous inflation of player wages means recruiting a good spine will be extremely difficult for the chasing teams... Gutho was after $800k and Moses basically wants as much as Cleary... so teams have to turn to development to catch up and hope they can find a generational player... except the inflated player wages come into play and desperate teams throwing crazy money at them. For the chasing teams you basically need a generational junior to come through and have immense loyalty to the club, so they'll take unders and allow a team to be built around them. The exception to the rule would be the rorters who can seemingly buy whoever they want whenever they want and move on anyone they want with no ramifications. [/QUOTE]

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