It could be a possible reason for selling our best strike player to Wigan (mid season) to raise funds, the move to Wigan seemed to happen very quickly for whatever the reasons considering Gleeson was keen to give the NRL a go in 2010 of which i`m sure he could have found a club seeing as Grose found one without too much of a problem. I aint saying this is why he moved as it could simply be that Tony Smith spotted something where he needed to move the player on in the clubs best interests..... Who knows but its possible he could have moved for financial reasons.

Plus Simon Moran although not a bottomless pit could surely afford any back dated debt and still have enough for a new Bentley

I personnally beleive that its Tony Smith that has made this decision, the club with its sentimental tendancies (not at all an attack on the club btw) would have no doubt let him play till the end of the season and then look for alternative options. Smith has no reason for sentimentality. I beleive Tony Smith has seen an opportunity to stamp his authority, start to rebuild the squad and also make some money for the club and for his future rebuilding. Smith strikes me as a man that beleives in the "greater good" and whats best for the team and the club, therefore offloading a player who doesnt want to be there and making a few quid of the back of it is a no-brainer.

must be rubbish as we passed the finance section of that checklist plus i'm sure profits last year tipped 100k plus gleeson money

I can tell you for certain were not in any financial difficulty.

Can you tell me for certain that I am not in financial difficulty?