[quote="Leeds_Luke":2mb3uz2a]Isn't the club trained dispensation capped at £100k per year, and we are already at that limit? I'm also confused about the lack of cap space. Blease has said publicly several times that we are still in the market for another signing, if the right player comes along. Is he wrong, or simply making it up?[/quote:2mb3uz2a]We may have some cap space but not enough to sign a player on a large contract such as Watkins.

I suspect you're manufacturing a point of conflict where none is likely to exist. Not replacing an injured player isn't a failure to support the coach and it'd be remarkable were Brad to read it as such. Like every coach he can't always have what he wants. There's also the question of how we might go about this without a Salford dispensation on cap and quota. We could perhaps deregister sivo but we could then be in the territory of him rehabbing at our expense while looking for another club. Not saying he would but it would seem possible.

[quote="Clearwing":3hvjx9ty]I suspect you're manufacturing a point of conflict where none is likely to exist. Not replacing an injured player isn't a failure to support the coach and it'd be remarkable were Brad to read it as such. Like every coach he can't always have what he wants. There's also the question of how we might go about this without a Salford dispensation on cap and quota. We could perhaps deregister sivo but we could then be in the territory of him rehabbing at our expense while looking for another club. Not saying he would but it would seem possible.[/quote:3hvjx9ty] Deregistering for the season in these circumstances is fairly standard, and has no bearing on contractual status. I'd be amazed if the players don't see it that way too.

[imgur][/imgur][quote="Clearwing":1rih09cm]I suspect you're manufacturing a point of conflict where none is likely to exist. Not replacing an injured player isn't a failure to support the coach and it'd be remarkable were Brad to read it as such. Like every coach he can't always have what he wants. There's also the question of how we might go about this without a Salford dispensation on cap and quota. We could perhaps deregister sivo but we could then be in the territory of him rehabbing at our expense while looking for another club. Not saying he would but it would seem possible.[/quote:1rih09cm] Sivo has a three year contract so unless he actually wants to leave he'll be staying and hopefully playing next year. We already know that the we can spend Sivo’s cap allowance (150k) on another player. What we don't know is whether the rules will allow us to temporarily remove Sivo from the quota and bring in another quota player. Whatever we are allowed to do it will be a tricky balancing act in terms of A) Not running into cap problems in 26 and B) Managing quota spots (if he can be removed) ahead of Sivo’s return.

There is of course a third issue here too, do we actually have another 150k+ to spend on a player? If Sivo is paid by insurance then its fine, but otherwise its a cost the club will not have budgeted for.

[quote="batleyrhino":1mbtgf5r]There is of course a third issue here too, do we actually have another 150k+ to spend on a player? If Sivo is paid by insurance then its fine, but otherwise its a cost the club will not have budgeted for.[/quote:1mbtgf5r] Yep. I've never doubted the boards ambition, but if they do stump up the cash to bring in another player it would surely silence those who do.