batleyrhino wrote:Purely a guess from my side:
Savings
Sutcliffe - £100k
Dwyer - £80k
Mellor - £80k
Thompson - £70k
Briscoe - £70k
Broadbent - £30k
Mustapha - £30k
That's £460k off the cap, as well as Gale before the season started which must be at least another £100k. So, £560k off the cap.
Costs
Austin - £10k
Gannon - £20k
Oledzki - £20k
O'Connor - £30k
Fusitua - £100k
Ruan - £30k
McDonnell - £50k
Hooley - £40k
Warren - £30k
Sangare - £80k
Total additional spend from new players and upgrades £410k. That lease £150k spare cap space....
Even if taking up the slack for Fusitua's wage did result in an extra 100k the club could surely move him to marquee status and save cap money. None of this ( not talking about Batley's figures) quite adds up.
