I think the big issue for us is our crowd, and certainly, a new stadium, or something concrete, no pun intended, on some positive progress could help the issue. A cup run may have helped too.
Didn't MC and Chessie say, in 2016 or 2017, that if our average gate went up to around 6500, we would spend the full cap. Bearing in mind this was cap back then, to bridge that gap now, that would be a bit higher.
In regards to the further increase in the cap, looking at the bigger picture for the sport, I think this needs to happen, if anything to try to reduce players wanting to go to union or the NRL, where the money is. The NRL is about double the cap over here, but given that a couple of years ago, NRL clubs collectively were running at a loss, I do think there cap was set too high