15 trades left
Haas, Hynes, Fifita, Tedesco are the most definite keepers
Cotter, Plath, Wighton, Iro, JMK possible keepers (we'll be forced into keeping at least a few of them)
I think we could keep Garrick if we are happy to hold for 2 weeks
KPP is iffy but if he starts on an ege we can keep him around
Galvin + Dylan Brown are guys we'd probably want to trade out, but perhaps lower priority as trades are tight
Hands we probably keep but if his price shoots up we may be able to offload
Koula will have to go but sadly not at any great price
Brailey, Weekes, Sorensen, Talagi, Brown are our source of funds
Who do we want to bring in to improve the squad?
Cleary the obvious one but expensive
Harry Grant is cheap and could be ripe
Hopgood will be affordable if he comes out the end of origin with fitness
Tapine cheaper than other premium MIDs
Tohu if he goes back to starting
Trbo or Ponga if/when they return from injury. Papenhuyzen this week or soon if he is fit.
If we get Aitken this week he is more expensive than just about all of the other targets. Will his scoring be good enough to justify the extra cash? Wighton/Iro/Garrick aren't terrible CTR scorers
Yeo/AFB/Latrell the other premium guys, but not sure how many of them we'll be able to afford
Going to have to start looking for downgrades with job security
Short story is I think Aitken is too expensive for what we are getting