I guess were paying him with pixie dust then?

If we don't have cap space, or the prospect of generating some, then I don't see why we will have bothered getting an exemption for Heremaia. If Gleeson were to leave, for instance, we'd have plenty of cap to spare.

I like the idea of giving obst back to wakey

Looks almost nailed on now i think, theres no way we can have any cap left next season unless Fitz is on monster wages or Ogre doesn't take up his 3rd year.

Whilst the club need to support gleeson, we can't have a chunk of cap spent on a player who may not set foot on the pitch for us

Agreed. My point about Obst has always been that even if he was only on an average wage (60k) that extra 60k shortfall could stop us going the extra yard to get a player we really want. We were always going to be looking to recruit in the playmaking positions next season so I just couldn't see how a 2 year deal was ever going to make sense as Obst just won't get any gametime.

Indeed. I would expect that the club are keeping the situation under review and if it looks like he'll miss a significant chunk of next season then he'll be released.

obst got a 30 grand pay rise when he came to us. He'll be on £80k min I reckon

If he'd like to go back it would suit all parties. Don't know what would be in it for him though.

id sooner send horne to wakefield.obst was one of our better attacking players on sunday,he did fade a bit later on,but we didnt have the option of spelling him like leeds where able to do with burrows.horne was again invisible.

Guaranteed place in the 17

Is that enough to probably take a pay cut? Unless they're willing to offer him a longer deal with retirement looming, I think he might want to hold on to the money for another year, as it's likely that they'd still take him at the end of his current deal.

There is no international game, it's Aus and NZ with the rest way behind.

I'm sure a decision will be made ahead of next season regarding Gleeson, tbh he will be the one making it. He is either coming back or not.

Well, considering we're on the thread about Heremaia coming off quota, talking about our quota, I thought it was safe to assume you were referring to Obst and his quota status. My mistake.

Complete waste of money next year.