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Message: [QUOTE="Unbreakable, post: 3152667, member: 8290"] The problem with signing a good middle forward is that we can't offer them a starting gig in 2021. There's essentially no scenario that we don't trot this out for 2021: 8. Lodge 10. Haas 13. Carrigan Haas & Carrigan are our best 2 players, they're starting 100%. Lodge is reportedly being paid somewhere between $600-700K a year and was arguably not far behind Haas last season in terms of positive contributions to the team. If he comes back fit in 2021 fully recovered from these knee dramas, he'll start. Throw in Flegler & Ofahengaue who are both paid overs as well.. and TPJ who probably should be our lock.. there's no room for a forward signing unless it's someone who's purely at the club for depth and their experience at training, or a specialist edge back rower. I'm fine with buying 1-2 minimum wage experienced middle forwards to provide some depth and show the boys how it's done at training, but I wouldn't be spending any significant salary cap on a J.Brom or N.Brown. We don't need them. The problem with our forwards losing the middle battle every week is that every other forward pack relies heavily on their outside backs to take strong runs out of trouble, ours don't do that.. and when they do, they're absolutely stoked if they make 4-5 metres. What we do need is an elite Fullback... Bigger, better and stronger outside backs to help our forwards get metres out of our own end. And an elite 6, 7 or 9. [/QUOTE]

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