Surely we must have had some spare cap space even before the end to the Crocker situation ??? Him aside, we haven't exactly broke the bank in the close season with signings and we didn't replace either Carvell or Dykes. Also, Byrne has freed up another quota place. Lauaki will obviously have taken some of the money up but surely we aren't nearly up to full cap with our current squad ??? We can't be, can we ???

Lauaki will be getting Carvell's money I imagine. Dykes was replaced by Thorman, although I would [ihope[/i that he's on a lot less cash. We've saved some money on Byrne but spent some on Moa. Did anyone else get a contract upgrade? I can't remember.

I would think that before losing Crocker we would have been pretty close to full cap - certainly not enough space for a real high quality signing, which is what we need.

Too many average players being paid too much. Fortunately, a lot of them are OOC at the end of the season. It will be interesting to see if we have the will to get rid and replace them with better, or just carry on with the same old plus one marque signing as per previous years.

Who is this years....

I don't think that there are THAT many though are there, especially highly paid ones ?? The obvious ones to me have already been given contracts for next season. Radford, King, Yeaman, Dowes, Tickle etc... (not that I would want ALL of those to leave BTW)

what about ryan atkins of wakefield - cause in the rugby paper's this week there saying leeds were lining up a move for him

heard from a friend that we have put a bid in for kevin brown!! dont know how much truth is in it but for me nt the signing we want

No better than what we have already got.

I bloody hope not!

Sharpe doing the recruitement then..................god i hope not.....besides,he's playing S/O and Hornes far better.

Sts fans reckon Gilmour may be going......is he worth a punt?

exactley what i said

That's a good point, actually. I'd forgotten some of the extensions already handed out for no apparent reason.

Seems he could be leaving, I rate him and he is useful both in the centres and backrow. Get shut of Tickle and bring in Gilmour, i'd be happy with that.

If we are then that may well be why we are falling behind as we have paid over the odds for average players of which we seem to have too many and not enough genuine quality in key positions.

We have yet to replace Jason Smith, Tony Smith, Richie Barnet Snr, Sid Domic, Kearney, Carvell etc etc. This is why I feel we are not moving forward and stepped up a level since the GF appearance. The players that have been brought in are simply not as good as the ones that left.