Disappointed that Aiton is leaving as he seemed a good fit, and we paid a substantial fee for him in the first place,so dead money there.Good luck to him though , after all he is a professional,but I do feel it is a retrograde step for him career wise, and there are plenty of examples, aka Smith, Calderwood, BJB, Schoey Bai, Mckenna etc.
I was quite impressed with Ballin and he does seem to have the right credentials;not sure on Houghton, a poor mans Roby in my view, plenty of tackling but lacking in offence and umph and nouce, allied with the intimidation of a church mouse.I suppose he is ok if you want a hooker who slaps an injured player around the chops when he is in obvious pain from a croc roll.