Whilst you bring up good points, I think the frustration surrounds the fact that said contracts might be prohibiting us from getting rid of a couple of players, hence preventing us from having any manoeuvrability in the trade or free agency market. There is no doubting Joseph, Davies and Ellard are good depth, but if giving them two year deals when perhaps they only deserved one is stopping us from improving our list, then it poor management. This is only applicable if we dont want to pay their contracts out. If the club is prepared to move one or two of them on if the right deal comes along, then its not really a big issue, and we shouldn't waste our breath. If we aren't prepared to do that, then questions should be asked.
The fact that Crane6 has come on and mentioned that blokes like Davies and Joseph would be delisted had they not had contracts, is definitely not a good thing for our club. If Mick thinks those blokes are delist material, you can be pretty sure they wont get much of an opportunity next year, and are essentially are just playing out their time, whilst taking a spot on the list.