MadDogg wrote:
Had a crack at guessing the salary cap spend across the squad. Might be way off (would welcome any feedback) but if its anywhere close you can see how it's possible to fit in the big hitters of Field, French, Smith and Thompson when utilising the three marquee spots.
Field 200k
Miski 75k - Too high
Keighran 75k
Wardle 100k - Too high
Marshall 100k - Too high
French 150k on marquee
Smith 50k on marquee
Thompson 100k on marquee
Leeming 100k
Dupree 125k - Too high
Farrell 100k - Too low
Walters 75k
Ellis 125k - Too high
Havard 100k - Too high
O'Neill 50k - Too low
Byrne 75k - Too high
Cooper 75k
Nsemba 50k - Too high
Isa 50k - Too low
Mago 50k - Too low
Chan 50k
Eseh 50k
Hampshire 50k
Eckersley 30k
Hill 30k
Sutton 30k
Forber 30k
The total is almost bob on the £2.1 limit. There is also another change to the salary cap rules next year whereby the value up to which Under-21 players will be exempt from a club’s cap will rise from £25,000 to £30,000.
Added my thoughts in bold.
We have done especially well to meet the salary cap with this squad!
One thing I do know with the younger player contracts is that they tend to increase YOY.
So O-Neil for example has a new 4 year deal it may go something along the lines of 50, 60, 80, 100k.