Off we "plunge" into the transfer market : Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:34 pm  

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g8AprXGau6uEnmzZM3uXoK-QnpQw I don't know about you, but plunge sounds more like buying from a club, not Brett Finch. Leon anybody?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g8AprXGau6uEnmzZM3uXoK-QnpQw I don't know about you, but plunge sounds more like buying from a club, not Brett Finch. Leon anybody?

[Bullseye]

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:39 pm  

That article is a load of pants, the writer seems to assume that losing Tupou = we must be going to buy someone.

I don't see that being the case at all.

As for Finch, he seems to have heap of baggage. I'd be reluctant to sign an Australian version of Lee Briers.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:41 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

That article is a load of pants, the writer seems to assume that losing Tupou = we must be going to buy someone

That might well be the case, I hope so anyway.

Bullseye wrote:

As for Finch, he seems to have heap of baggage. I'd be reluctant to sign an Australian version of Lee Briers.

Better than what we've currently got, but I probably have to agree, too mush disruption in the dressing room.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:55 pm  

Whats happening with Nathan Fien, hes got a 3 year deal waiting from Huddersfield maybe we should offer him something, also i belive Ty Williams the winger from the Cowboys has is been chased by 3 super league clubs. Is there any other players available.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:35 pm  

6Iestyn6 wrote:

Whats happening with Nathan Fien, hes got a 3 year deal waiting from Huddersfield maybe we should offer him something, also i belive Ty Williams the winger from the Cowboys has is been chased by 3 super league clubs. Is there any other players available.

tbh a winger isnt exactly top of the priority list at the moment. Fien might be worth a punt but dont think hes available till next season which is when hudds were talking to him for

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:02 pm  

6Iestyn6 wrote:

Whats happening with Nathan Fien, hes got a 3 year deal waiting from Huddersfield maybe we should offer him something, also i belive Ty Williams the winger from the Cowboys has is been chased by 3 super league clubs. Is there any other players available.

Neither of them are worth the headlines they are been given in my opinion. Both are the standard players that Super league clubs shouldn't bother with.

[Bulliac]

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:14 am  

I`d guess the cash we have is current account rather than the capital needed to buy out a contract. Given the attempt for Bird and losing Tupou there is clearly some leeway for strengthening the squad but who`s out of contract at this time of the season?

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:51 am  

Bulliac wrote:

I`d guess the cash we have is current account rather than the capital needed to buy out a contract. Given the attempt for Bird and losing Tupou there is clearly some leeway for strengthening the squad but who`s out of contract at this time of the season?

probably more a case of players who are released for disciplinary reasons or as a result of a new coach coming in and wanting a clear out ala warrington.

what could be interesting this year is the inland revenue clampdown. As adeybull has pointed out on numerous threads any back tax that the revenue deems is owed would count on the salary cap. This means that rich backers wont be able to bail out their clubs by flashing their chequebooks and will have to release players to stay under the cap. This looks like what wire have done with the release of gleason and reardon, with only mathers coming in, freeing up about 100-150k of their cap to pay the taxman. Given that theirs several over clubs also facing a similar situation their could be quite a few players becoming available in next few weeks as clubs affected attempt to balance the books.

An interesting scenario from our point of view would be the following situation. St helens use leons off field problems as a reason to terminate his contract. He gets community service and we re-sign him without having to pay a transfer fee. We get the halve we desperately need. St helens free up the cap space they need to pay the taxman and they already have either wilkin or eastmond who could step into the stand-off role so they wouldnt be significantly weaker on field.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:56 am  

mat wrote:

probably more a case of players who are released for disciplinary reasons or as a result of a new coach coming in and wanting a clear out ala warrington.

what could be interesting this year is the inland revenue clampdown. As adeybull has pointed out on numerous threads any back tax that the revenue deems is owed would count on the salary cap. This means that rich backers wont be able to bail out their clubs by flashing their chequebooks and will have to release players to stay under the cap. This looks like what wire have done with the release of gleason and reardon, with only mathers coming in, freeing up about 100-150k of their cap to pay the taxman. Given that theirs several over clubs also facing a similar situation their could be quite a few players becoming available in next few weeks as clubs affected attempt to balance the books.

An interesting scenario from our point of view would be the following situation. St helens use leons off field problems as a reason to terminate his contract. He gets community service and we re-sign him without having to pay a transfer fee. We get the halve we desperately need. St helens free up the cap space they need to pay the taxman and they already have either wilkin or eastmond who could step into the stand-off role so they wouldnt be significantly weaker on field.

And then you woke up....

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:09 am  

debaser wrote:

And then you woke up....

yep