Quote ="Hull Kingston Convicts"Nope, the £100k is not a personal demand. It is a figure that has been banded about here for some time.
I have mearly continued the train of thought. It would appear Brough is the sort of player that would be around £100k, not that i'd have him back at this moment..'"
There have been repeated suggestions on here that the board are tight-@rses by not spending the full cap, when it is obvious that, under normal circumstances we do. We've been done in the past for breaching the cap. They are now being accused of the same charge but this time for not spending money on a transfer fee. My comments have been that this is a nice idea but there are very few realistic targets.
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Anyway, players who i would go for (off the top of my head, without thinking about it and looking at squads/injuries etc).....
Tommy Leuluai - =blueFair enough if you rate him that highly. I personally wouldn't pay a transfer fee and a fair wedge of the salary cap. Whilst he's an improvement on what we've got, I'd rather hold out for a top class scrum half for next season.
Eastmond - =blueGood player. Can't imagine Saints would entertain releasing him with quota restrictions coming down and homegrown requirements increasing though.
Westerman =blueUnless Cas are up $hit creek financially they would be lunatics to release him. He has 3 and a half years of his current contract to go also.
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Quote ="Hull Kingston Convicts"Why dont you suggest something? The fact that you stated the transfer fee would "count on the cap" shows your lack of knowledge anyway
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My suggestion is that we should weigh up the cost of any transfer fee this year against the likelihood it will make a huge difference to the year's final league position. I'd rather hang on for a player of Crocker's class for 2010 than make a compromise signing this year to appease people who want a signing for the sake of it.
On a related point we also need to remember the quota restrictions in 2011 and how signing an overseas player now on a 2 and a half year deal means them taking up a precious quota spot down the line. How many times have people bleated on here about Byrne and Cusack being a waste of a quota spot?
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