inglis,hayne,civo(to back up snowy and dougy from the bench) and greg bird.
This isn't like a 'my personal dream team' thing. Those guys are all locked up, bar civo, and I wouldn't want him here cos he'd cost a heap and is too old/injury prone. He's said he wants to go back to the broncs anyway.
As for thurston, if we want to be a one man team then sure. He's also apparently a bit of a prick, but meh, he can play footy. I'd rather see us go with Townsend and Kelly (our own Thurston/Presto?) after Barrett retires, unless we could get Wallace or a similar organising half and play Kelly outside him. Thurston= too much money, too much ego, death of the team when he leaves/retires, getting on, constant speculation he'd be going to rugby or tiddlywinks or whatever.
Signing the huge names almost never works anymore unless you get them just before they get really big. The way to the top is clear, its just difficult, but its the greatest strength of the salary cap- grow the game, develop your own juniors, do it well, coach them well, encourage them to be loyal and guide them with experienced seniors (a la Matt Geyer and Mike Crocker at Melbourne, Orford and Bell at Manly). Canberra are trying to do it now, Tigers have done it well it would appear. Panthers seem to be doing it a bit haphazardly. Bulldogs purchases are the exception, not the rule for success.
Anyway, some that are off contract in 2010:
Penrith:
Frank Pritchard
Nigel Plum
Petero Civoniceva
Joseph Paulo
Maurice Blair
Shane Elford
Frank Puletua
Jarrod Sammut
Michael Gordon
Gavin Cooper
Brad Tighe
Kevin Kingston
Canberra:
Glen Buttriss
Justin Carney
Shaun Fensom
Danny Galea
Marc Herbert
Brett Kelly
Cy Lasscock
Scott Logan
Josh McCrone
Troy Thompson
Trevor Thurling
Alan Tongue
Daniel Vidot
Wests Tigers:
Tim Moltzen
Beau Ryan
Taniela Tuiaki
Blake Lazarus
Roosters:
Nick Kouparitsas
Anthony Minichiello
Martin Kennedy
Willie Mason
James Aubusson
(+ some others- Mose Masoe, Sonny Tuigamala and Lopini Paea but no sources)
Edit: Added some more teams. These are less well sourced, so take them with a grain of salt and not as gospel, but should be pretty accurate I reckon.
Parramatta:
Jarryd Hayne
Luke Burt
Eric Grothe
Krisnan Inu
Daniel Mortimer
Nathan Cayless
Feleti Mateo
Fuifui Moimoi
Johnathon Wright
Weller Hauraki
Tim Robinson
Brendan Oake
St George Illawarra:
Matt Prior
Neville Costigan
Nick Emmett
Daniel Fepuleai
Jarrod Saffy
Jaime Soward
Michael Weyman
There are others that were off contract for 2009 and may well have got a one year deal for 2010 are Jon Green, Ricky Thorby and Michael Lett.