Missed off the former 'next Sonny Bill' Karlos Filiga currently not playing first grade in Oz

Well clearly not you!

Of course you'll be well aware of the fact that businesses are falling over themselves to provide funding for local organisations and that they are top heavy with cash right now - having now seen off the recession!

I'm not trying to pull the wool over anyone here - it is tough trading out there and we must trade within our means. I do hope that we will see some new blood, but it isn't going to be the shopping spree some would like to see!

^^ agree, but sureley there must be something in the pot to go out and get a half decent 7 and a half decent prop.

We need to ensure the youngsters who show real potential are given a slice of the pie so we don't end up getting the big guys coming in and plundering the larder. ala Pitts.

We seem to be moving in the right direction with the youngsters but we do not want to lose anyone else. God forbid.

Agreed - I don't think that's unreasonable at all and, FWIW, I too think an 'Audience With..' or even just a meeting with Ted & Co would not go amiss right now. I will pass on!

Think this post sums up how a lot of us fans feel, my big bug about all this is the timing of it all, ie mid season, think I could have coped with it in the off season but not now.

Spot on.

For me it's always been the same. Big players leave and everyone gets excited about the prospect of new signings with the money we've made or freed up in wages, then nothing happens.

Look at when Ellis left. Didn't we get 200k for him and free his wage up? Where did that money go?

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The Ellis/Solomona thing has been done to death. Next you'll be asking where the Atkins money has gone?

Brough has gone, Trinity need a replacement however are there any available right now who fit the bill. Tronc has gone, a replacement is being sought after, yet is there anyone available who will be of the same quality and what’s to come to the club. Things are not black and white.

That was exactly my point. If you compare this seasons squad to last, you can logically match up the players going out to the players coming in. The two exceptions to that are Brough and Drew. Yes we all know what happened to Newton, and obviously, he was the sensible replacement to Drew, but to date, his salary remains unaccounted for. It is well documented that the offer made to Danny Brough was the biggest in the clubs history, an offer that was negotiated through the comings and goings of Drew and Newton not instead of. I am aware that we now have Paul Cooke on our books, and reading between the lines, he doesn't come cheap, but even on a large salary he isn't earning the combined income of Brough and Drew/Newton. You don't need to know the financial workings of the club, nor claim to being an accountant, to work out that there must be spare money available.

There isn't a mass of players there waiting for WTW to come a calling, we don't have that appeal, we are just not that club. The point i'm making is, if we don't have spare money available, and we can't afford to bring in new players, why?

I don't profess to know anything about the salaries of players, but surely when the gain of Drew's salary is accounted for then consideration has to be given to incoming players eg Morrison, BJ, Millard etc

But then you have atkins, snitch, wilkes, grix, stosic etc...

ok, look at it this way, on a like for like basis, a rough look at the comings and goings.

INCOMING / OUTGOING

Brough / Cooke
Newton / Drew
Morrison / Snitch
Tronc / Stosic
Millard / Atkins
King / Wilkes
Jeffries / Grix
Gledhill / Pitts
Hyde / Southernwood

Johnson - +1 on last years squad, rolling contract as stated pre season
Kirmond - +2 on last years squad, salary paid by Huddersfield
7 academy players

If the fee for atkins went on the tax bill, that's fair enough. If i've missed any, I apologise. But unless Cooke is being paid in excess of 150k and Johnson is on in excess of 80k then i'd say it's a pretty safe bet we've got a few quid to spare.

I'm simply making the point that there should very well be money available. If there isn't then there are bigger troubles than the playing staff ahead.

Some fair points being made regarding income and outgoings etc.....

But just lets say we do have circa £100k wage available.

Who would you sign?
Player has to be firstly available and secondly want to come.

If a player is available at this moment,i would doubt he is a player that merits a £100k salary,more chance that he is a fringe player.

If hes a fringe player he is unlikely to add any quality over and above what we already have -- so whats the point of signing him.

If the player isnt available --- do we want to pay a fee? Highly unlikely!!!!!

Personally if we are in the market looking at fringe players -- aka Charlie Laeona,i would prefer us to use what we have at our disposal,rather than spend money on another overseas player.Or if we dont have players capable of the step up just yet,maybe look at a season loan from a fringe player at another club.