Even with upgrades, theres no way that we should be anywhere near the cap with this squad.

I remember Peter Hood telling us Bulls fans the same when we had replaced the likes of Vainikolo, Vagana and Peacock with Tupou, Feather and Chris Nero.

If we were how did we manage to fit Crosby and ginger-nut in?

How does the dual-registration/loan thing work in respect of the cap - is Lilley on Leeds' cap?

Shocking as that would be as others have said players will have got big upgrades above their realistic value upon higher earners retiring or moving on so until we release more players i can't see the cap space left being that much.

The likes of Ferres, Cuthbertson, JJB, Ablett, Delaney, Ward, Watkins, Myler and Parcell will all be on top money. Sutcliffe and Singleton will have gotten big pay increases over the last few years too along with a few of the younger lads breaking in on better deals now.yes Hall and Moon free up some cash but that will have been close to taken with the signings of Lailua and Mclelland.

I'm depressed...

Galloway's departure?

It would seem that when Sinfield said he was ready before the Halifax game that he was ready to "push the buttons" as soon as our SL status was secure, he was being a bit disingenuous.

It now seems that "pushing buttons" perhaps is nothing more than dialing numbers on his mobile phone to enquire about players who are out of contract. So perhaps we have not got anyone lined up yet.

After so many years of success without needing to spend on signing up top class players, we really should be in a position to go for a big marquee signing like Cameron Smith (the original) We really need someone of his stature to turn around the despondency on the terraces and lack of leadership on the field.

according to tonight's local rag several high profile signings are lined up

Which local rag is that?

evening post. read a peter Smith article on twitter

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ssion=true

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ssion=true

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9373588 Peter Smith.. sources close to the club say one signing could be significant. Interesting

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9373588 Peter Smith.. sources close to the club say one signing could be significant. Interesting

My thoughts too Mark,I'm sick to death of this extra prop playing at 13 just so that we have 3 prop's on the field at the same time.
If anyone knows why we need 3 props on the field at the same time please enlighten me as we could simply spell our 2 on field props more frequently could we not?
IMO this current trend/tactic is stifling our game by having more plodders on the field at the same time?

I hope that we go bold and buck this trend and play Ward (if fit each week) as a ball playing 13 as this is without a doubt his biggest attribute and where we will see him come to the fore (his injury jinx has to come to an end soon hopefully)

Cameron Smith would also be in my back row too and he is a very handy footy player too with ball in hand and also running lines,I can't understand his limited game time during these middle 8's fixtures tbh?

My optimism with having Furner as coach is that Sutton is a key man for Souths who is an out and out footy player who does plenty in their attacking structures

Cuthbertson should be our 13 IMO