I think others to exit without any insider knowledge but purely based on estimated financial needs will be

Jake Shorrocks - I believe that he is out of contract. Not good enough.
Joe Greenwood - wouldn't be surprised if he goes to Leeds. No place in the 17 for me
George Burgess - assuming the new investor will help to pay him off
Amir Borough - just don't see where he fits in for 2021

Personally can't see anyone else coming into the squad which will leave us exposed in the three quarters and a very small pack.
Hastings and French will have negotiated huge contract increases which together with reduced Sky payments I think will severely reduce our potential to obtain anymore new bodies.
Think wherever possible we will play with 3 props on the bench and "make do" with the three quarters

Surely if these people are on the cap now and leave there will be the funds from their salaries to go out and get new blood. I know some of the younger players will get improved contracts, but there will be money to spend. How much, no idea, but a 3/4 and a prop.

I'm sure someone better than me can list who's in and who's gone or potentially going. From that I bet there is cap space. If we lose Burgess at prop as marquee we get 150k back for a start.

Reduced Sky payments, Bateman together with improved terms for French and Hastings I suspect will be over £500k in reduced cash available versus 2020. You will also need to include extra cost of Havard's new contract before the standard increases for the young guys coming through the ranks.

I'd also be pretty amazed if we keep many of the reserve squad other than a handful such as Hanley McDonnell etc. With no games to play unless we can loan out players what's the point in keeping them unless they have any possibility of playing first team rugby

I have read somewhere else that IL is planning on keeping a trimmed down squad this next year due to impact of Covid / TV deal etc.
we have tended to run a squad with more depth than others and whilst we may not always have had the best 13, we have had the strongest squad due to depth

as a game, there is that risk of losing a generation of players, especially if Academy and Reserve grades arent there

The distinct lack of announcements detailing announcements for important announcements is frustrating. IL and KR should hang their heads in shame keeping us fans hanging on for details about future announcements

Has anyone seen Hastings in Wigan since the final? He or the club could easily quash any rumours of a u-turn with one short statement.

I’ve just seen a twitter post from him which he says he “can’t wait to see what next year holds”. No mention of staying at Wigan. Discussin. IL should cancel his contract, he’s clearly not committed. He doesn’t even want to be here else he’d mention Wigan!

That's rubbish read it properly

Whooooooosh

We need to keep hold of some of the youngsters but get them out on loan asap. Kilner, Pierce Paul and the others really need the game time. From what I have seen some of them have got the makings of future regulars. Get each of the six months on a rolling basis to toughen them up. Start with those closest making the step up followed by the others so that we have cover from the most developed at the end of the season and the younger ones are covering when we have our strongest squad to pick from at the start.

Out: Harry Rushton (Canberra Raiders), Craig Mullen, Ben Flower (both Leigh Centurions), Nathan Wilde (Newcastle Thunder), Max Roberts, James Barran, Ben Holcroft (all Oldham), Sean O'Loughlin (retired).

Wooooooshh x 2

So lets assume Mr Lenegan is happy to spend the full cap, therefore the income from Sky is irrelevant isn't it? It hits his pocket not what we can spend.

Bateman on marquee is 150k to the cap, if you add in improved contracts to Hastings and French I would be surprised if these added together make a further 100k (total guess, could be anything from 50k to 200k I suppose)

So 250k. Flower gone Sean gone, a few others gone, get rid of Burgess at 150k and you should have some money????

Clearly Burgess going would free up the big part of a spend fund. Also we might shift a few more, like Mitch Clarke.

I just think there is money for recruitment to be spent.