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Message: [QUOTE="Jason Simmons, post: 2779357, member: 8275"] No. In addition to it actually not being a good idea to hold onto all the talent even if we can't exploit it through A grade playing opportunities which others have expanded on , there is this thing called the salary cap which ACTUALLY makes it impossible to do so AND the realities of squad management come into play... When Taylor was released our starting halfback just finished 4th overall in the Dally M, had just played two tests for Australia and had taken us all the way to the GF and was clearly our best player and one of the best halves in the comp. Hence why we released a half who while talented hadn't and still hasn't proven himself long term in the NRL. Hunt may have had a quieter season than last year but his stats remain high in comparison to most halves and the overall team had a quieter year too. I'd like to see Hunt to improve parts of his game most specifically his composure and then his tactical kicking but to suggest we should have dropped him after the 2015 season in favour of Taylor is just ludicrous. We have other halves in our squad including Darren Nicholls, Sam Scarlett and Kodi Nikorima. We were not without depth. Including Hunt and Milford, how many more than 5 halves should we carry in a squad of 25, particularly noting the sturdiness of our starting halves? Easy to say we ahould do this and we should do that in hindsight, but you only have a squad of 25 to provide a starting team and cover for injuries across many positions. Given from recollection Milf and Hunt played every game of the year, it was other areas of our team we should be looking at shoring up from a cover point of view. Outside backs and forwards were the issue this year which is why we are seeing the club sign backs and I believe we will see shortly, forwards I suspect... [/QUOTE]

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