It's an interesting and potentially tricky decision?
Ideally/realistically I think one of the 3 (JJB, Delaney & Ablett) should/will be retained. If it wasn't for the sudden need to replace both Moon and Hall when it was really the pack everyone thought was the sole/main need of attention, there would be an argument for us to give thanks and wave goodbye to all 3 but given the numbers that would need replacing on top of Moon and Hall (and potentially Parcel if he goes) then I could see a scenario where 2 might be retained, but surely/hopefully not all 3?
IF the decision was to just retain 1 of the 3, who would people chose?
All 3 have done great things for the club but all now are past their best and injuries are taking their toll and we can't really afford to have them all being regular starters in our back row.
We need more size and power to replace them.
If it wasn't for all the injuries these last couple of years I personally think Delaney would offer us much more on the pitch compared to the other two, but and its a BIG but, as much as a warrior he's been for us, his body is shot to pieces and purely on his lack of repeated game time these last couple of years, I think of the 3, Delaney might be the biggest risk to retain, although if you could guarantee him a couple of years relatively injury free, then the risk might be worth it.
Another factor though that could see Ablett and/or JJB being seen as the 'better' option is the quota status of Delaney? I assume he's on one whether it be overseas or non-fed trained (or even both) in which case given the need to recruit major players to our pack and assuming that will mean shopping in the NRL market then we might need to release Delaney just to free up space on the quota?
I think it would be madness to retain all 3