Quote: DSJ1983 "Everyone is essentially spending money they don’t have because as far as I’m aware every super league club is spending more then what’s coming in, seem to remember that from the 22/23 figures anyways.
We obviously paid off Smith/Gene/Hoy for this year but we’d have still had to pay them anyway had we kept them, apart from a few loan signings and Cartwright Jrn we didn’t exactly spend any extra this season, it’s fair to say we put the cue on the rack and Derek Beaumont will happily testify to that.
For next seasons outgoings fair enough we’ve added a couple of back room staff and a physio but again hardly been splashing the cash. Player for player is still think we’ll be spending less or at best similar to previous seasons. Had the supposed ‘huge’ Lam and Whitehead deals came off then maybe a scenario like that would be believable, I don’t buy it though.'"
Agree and we may have even saved a small amount of money with the payoffs, some would have taken a few months less money to just draw a line under it and move on.
I also dont get a sense we are cutting back for 2025, Asiata, Sezer and Rapana wont have been the cheapest options out there.
The mystery isnt helping the atmosphere though, im sturggling to see why we cant have a vague 'talks are ongoing with an investor' we all know who the likely investor is its no secret. I seem to recall the Wakefield owner was on SKY giving updates last year that a takeover was on the cards, it can be done.
