Just to get my own head around things more than anything else......

Am I right in thinking left OOC at the moment;
Hall
Tuffour
Kent
Cusack
Dowes
Radford
Calderwood

Assuming that Cusack goes, that leaves us with no quota spaces left anyway for next season?

Assuming all the other OOC players sign on the same terms as they are now, what's a rought estiamte of how much we could feasibily have left on the cap?

Cusack's wage + raynor + king................?
About £150k, bearing in mind we could use an extra £50k cos of the 10 year service rule for King, so if we use this on Horne, we have approx £200k for next year?

As I say, this is just musing to get my head round where I think we stand..............

You'll probably find players who have renewed particulary Tickle and Manu have received much improved deals and the upgradng of Lyne, Whiting and Fitz will have cost too because hey will all have received increased offers. I think we will might have money for one or two incoming players but they won't be quota or mega signing. Berro could prove a problem now, because we could do with his salary and quota spot to play with, but he is staying due to him playing suffcient games to meet the terms of his option clause to keep him on for another year. Just my thoughts but the club are constantly warning us that 'all these re-newals spell no money left!'

Aye, I remembered the renewals after I had posted. I would agree then that maybe a couple of Uk based signings, but that's it. I suppose it depends on how much calderwood/radford/dowes are on and what we do with them.
Berrigan is sadly staying put by the looks of it, think that end of next year might be interesting as regards recruitment, as we could see an almighty shake up!

Does the club have no say for the option on berrigan ?

I thought so, but apparantly not according to popular opinion.

My guess -

Hull will sign a fed-trained replacement for Cusack, and it'll be someone pretty good. Calderwood will be replaced like for like, slightly pointless, but seems likely IMO. You'll sign a cover hb - but it won't be somebody like Robinson or even Orr. And certainly not Bosc! Somebody from the championship, with potential and who can be dual-registered. Or if you do raid Hudds for one of their many halfs, it'd be McNally.

Berrigan played enough games, so the option was his.

The way Agar was talking on radio yesterday id say lyne will be first choice winger next year

Massive gamble if true

It's impossible to put figures on things as no one really has a clue what the money side of things are. I was told we were in the market for 2 possibly 3 players. The make up will probably be two good british SL players, one a back (wing or centre) and one a forward (prop/backrow) and then possibly a younger player or older player (one year deal type thing) to come in to help cover the halves possibly.

I was under the impression that for Berro to stay at the club there a number of triggers in his contract and that both he & the club wanted him to re-sign. This was confirmed by DDD when I was pestering him on the subject two seasons ago.

I would like to see us give josh bowden a go for next season seen him a few times for the under 20's looks a great prospect

Wasn't we linked with Jamie Rooney some time ago?

That was last season, don't think there was ever much in it.

Berrigan is staying next season.

I'd go for a prop to replace Cusack, a winger to replace Calderwood and sign cover for scrum half, a natural scrum half.