Whitehead was on the decline even in 2020. His defence was poor in the Newcastle and Manly games in 2020.
I am worried about our side - we have money invested in ageing players who are past it (Whitehead, Croker), we don't seem to be in it for one of the marquee players coming off contract in 2022, while other clubs have plenty of cash to spend, including West Tigers and Warriors. Also after a terrible year on the field, it's only been less than 2 months and there's been Rapa caught drink driving, Starling charged for intimidation.
And then we sign Elliott whose best game was 3 years ago. Nth Qld shows you what not to do with rosters - buying bad players like Chad Townsend and Tom Dearden (the first at $800,000 is a joke), not having an established spine, paying way over for players not in their best position (Valentine Holmes), and not enough good younger players coming through.