Indeed the Director of Rugby role was meant to address this. 

Treading water to me means staying broadly the same. We have regressed on this initial showing. 

We shafted some dead wood players and only really lost one quality player in Nicholson and partly Bateman..

Still you’d may have thought that would been enough change to bring in at least one decent player. 
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I can only assume that little amount of cap was soaked away by improving contracts to the academy step ups. 
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The key was Vaughan, Wire hands bound because Vaughan (according to Fitzy) wasn’t in contact with the club and he’d heard (known the facts) about him looking for a deal in Aus. 
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With Vaughan’s money, we could have bought big. 

Does anyone know what happened to Yates? Because of the stupid 1pm Kick off time i only caught the 2nd half, and he wasn't mentioned by the commentry team, and i never saw him on the field?

Musgrove is infuriating. It all sounded so good when we signed him, didn't it? Powerhouse Samoan international, 6ft 4in, 17st 4lb, 78 NRL appearances, played alongside Burgess at the Rabbitohs, only 27 years old. I was genuinely excited when it was announced. But the reality, as so often with Wire, has been somewhat different, and we've ended up with a prop who has made about as much impact as a four-pack of Kestrel lager at a student party.

Ankle injury, still heard nothing about the assessment