We can still attract players, its just that we don't seem to be overly proactive about it and we are definitely too soft on underperforming guys. We aren't ruthless and that is where it is problematic. Barnett and Pezet were both highly sought after and we got them both.
Reynolds definitely should have been told to pull the pin last year and it was obvious that was the case in season last year.
Bunt needed to be tapped on the shoulder this year but hasn't been and instead has been re-signed. Is Maguire going to drop him from the squad all together next year if he regresses even further? I don't think so.
But we also leave guys who should be priority signings until late in the year and the further it gets to November 1, the more you start to worry.
Currently, most of our very best players are gettable in about 12 weeks' time - Willison, Mariner, Jiki and Piakura are all free agents very, very soon. Even some very good players in Karapani and Mozer as well. If we lose any of them but especially the first two - we are in all sorts.