New players that is or are we done? love to have seen a top quality hooker and prop to finish off, Cheers

A back-row forward for me.

Hooker and a Utility back Centre / fullback for cover for me

Appears one maybe well be soon on the market. Would he sign for the club that deliberately tries to injure him though...

We could set up a therapy group for players dealing with that sort of trauma

If he comes to Salford i think it's safe to say that the Club wont be having anymore 'Ladies nights'.

Butcher any idea who, a hint maybe, I don't get all the news so far away? Cheers. BTW do you think we have finished recruiting mate and do you think we can make the top 8?

JGR is the man to ask as he's the one that names leak out of the Club to. I think the latest is Tom Armstrong from the Championship. Would be a decent signing at centre and cover for the back row.

Thanks Butcher, (what about the top 8!). Do you also happen to know why our salary cap has been reduced when we were on max last year? sorry to bother you again mate. Thnaks

Without going into to much depth, the cap has changed slightly this coming season with more emphasis on a Club's income deciding the level that can be operated at. There's plenty of people better than me at going into the nitty-gritty of it on the forums, so someone else may be better poaitioned than me to give you more info.

Butcher, I think you are right on the basics of it being the self generated income not just what the Dr will spend (seems restrictive to me), however my fear is that our playing roster will be weaker than last year and could then lead to a weaker 17 and another even harder battle to stay in SL with a weaker team, v v early days I know. More home game generated income and sponsorship I see being the issue. I had thought a Marquee signing might have really pushed the season tickets through the roof this year instead of next year, especially with the SC restriction this year. Im right behind them just don't want another season like last. These are just my thoughts from the West Midlands where I perhaps don't appreciate all the finer points guys, I hope i'm wrong. Cheers pal

I wonder if Salford received a special dispensation to spend over their agreed salary cap limit in recent years, and this has been denied or revoked for 2016. I’m basing this on Section E4 of the RFL’s operational rules and agree a figure which represents 50% of Club Relevant Income (to be known as the Club Agreed Salary Limit).

A club may exceptionally seek a dispensation from the RFL to spend in excess of 50% of Club Relevant Income] as a Club Agreed Salary Limit. Such a dispensation will not be granted unless

Now, let’s presume that Salford’s Club Agreed Salary Limit for 2016 is around £1.2m, which based on 50% turnover of the club’s 2013–14 accounts. The current marquee player rules present a problem as £175,000 is a decent chunk of the cap, leaving around £1.025m to assemble a squad of twenty-odd players (not far from the max salary cap in the Championship – for those that can afford it).

Of course, this is a huge presumption, not least because a) there are quite a few other dispensations that can effectively increase a club’s cap spend which are not accounted for here, b) Salford’s 2014–15 accounts are due and turnover may have increased from the previous year, c) I’m not privy to owt, and d) I’m pants at maths, legal shizz etc.

a) I *may* be wrong, but I am certainly under the impression you cannot use the marquee exemption before spending up to the limit of the cap.

b) to the highlighted section, currently there are 2 rules (elite player dispensation and long service dispensation) which can currently take a team over the limit. Both of these are to be removed in favour of the marquee rule. The only dispensation rule (that I'm aware of) that clubs will be able to use is the "new talent pools" allowance

No, we definitely didn't have any special dispensations.

So Red C why could we and not now??