Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:44 pm  

Seth wrote:

What ‘big name’ would be available at this time of year and one that freeing up Walters salary would make any dent on?

Walters and Ormonroyd’s salary + we may well have been slightly under the cap before releasing those players.

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:49 pm  

Seth wrote:

What ‘big name’ would be available at this time of year and one that freeing up Walters salary would make any dent on?

Cronulla Sharks are rumoured to be about to lose a 'big name player' as part of their impending salary cap breach punishment. A Fifita, Gallen (even at his age) or Woods would do nicely, though highly unlikely.

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:03 pm  

Thanks to Josh btw. Never short on effort and will always have the treble decider to his name.

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:08 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

Thanks to Josh btw. Never short on effort and will always have the treble decider to his name.

Absolutely - the stick he's had from some fans has been unfair. Yes he's got limited skill set, but he always gives 100% and puts his body on the line and for I'm guessing somewhere around minimum RL wage - something that can't be said of some of his more naturally gifted colleagues.
Made the absolute most of what talent he does have - but Fev is more realistically his standard. Some cracking moments for him to look back on, achieved something most players can only dream of - that's a testament to his attitude.

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:09 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

Thanks to Josh btw. Never short on effort and will always have the treble decider to his name.

Absolutely second that. He always gave full commitment and seemed a good lad. I think he’s found his level but he is only 24 still.

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:45 pm  

Interesting move. I'm not sure it puts us in a much better position than we were salary cap wise. Yeah, we have offloaded two players, but they are low earners and we have signed Donaldson since

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:13 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

Interesting move. I'm not sure it puts us in a much better position than we were salary cap wise. Yeah, we have offloaded two players, but they are low earners and we have signed Donaldson since

dont't forget it's these two plus Garbutt

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:31 pm  

He’s copped some stick on here but you can’t knock his commitment, I honestly think he’ll go well in the championship as it’s probably his level, and that’s in no way an insult as the championship is a tough competition but realistically he was never really going to feature in the new regime. Quite interesting though as releasing two players so early on makes me think Sinfield and Furner have something in mind!

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:38 am  

cheekydiddles wrote:

dont't forget it's these two plus Garbutt

Garbutt was moved on to get Merrin in. We still needed a prop after he signed but looked like we still needed cap space

Re: OUT 2019 | Josh Walters - Featherstone Rovers : Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:39 am  

The Eagle wrote:

Garbutt was moved on to get Merrin in. We still needed a prop after he signed but looked like we still needed cap space

We're going to have to make decisions on Peteru, Ferres, Ablett, Sutcliffe and a couple of others. I think the cap goes up by another £100k for 2020 as well? There may even be a third marquee allowance by then.
Managing a squad under the salary cap must be a pain in the bum to be fair.