Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:58 am  

Decent squad. We look better placed than last season I think in terms of depth looking at the numbers. Variables tho with a new head coach and attacking coach....

Just looking at other team's squads and the wolfs squad is the most competitive on paper.

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:58 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

How do you know we have cap space???

We do definitely have space. We were looking to sign another back but a deal fell through.

We have room under the cap to move mid-season if something comes up.

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:27 am  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

We do definitely have space. We were looking to sign another back but a deal fell through.

We have room under the cap to move mid-season if something comes up.

Sounds like a more sensible option as we have no obvious gaps.

A lot of people on here want a prop but we have several young props that could come through and give us too many options in that area.

We could go after a back (a winger according to the St.Helens secret handshake society) but we have plenty of cover there too and our first choice line up is pretty settled.

If someone comes up mid-season a lot of clubs will be up the cap and out of the running.

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:10 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Sounds like a more sensible option as we have no obvious gaps.

A lot of people on here want a prop but we have several young props that could come through and give us too many options in that area.

We could go after a back (a winger according to the St.Helens secret handshake society) but we have plenty of cover there too and our first choice line up is pretty settled.

If someone comes up mid-season a lot of clubs will be up the cap and out of the running.

It's a nice position to be in where we can move for someone during the season should we be hit by injuries in a particular position or some NRL star disgraces themselves and needs a club over here

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:28 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

It's a nice position to be in where we can move for someone during the season should we be hit by injuries in a particular position or some NRL star disgraces themselves and needs a club over here

Or if another team goes into financial melt down

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:27 pm  

Very good squad, short of an experienced prop for me though. Nice to have the cap space free should something come up.

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:07 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Very good squad, short of an experienced prop for me though. Nice to have the cap space free should something come up.

As far as I'm aware, the isnt much cap space to play with. We went for a winger and couldn't do the deal as we couldn't pay him enough due to the cap.

No prop coming in

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:09 pm  

St pete wrote:

As far as I'm aware, the isnt much cap space to play with. We went for a winger and couldn't do the deal as we couldn't pay him enough due to the cap.

No prop coming in

Was it a case of not being able to stump up enough or deciding there wasn't value in the deal?

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:39 pm  

But you can gain cap space during the year surely. If you loan players out, you reduce predicted spending and bringing in partway through means the player costs less overall that year. So it gives us more wiggle room the later you leave it.

Re: Wellens Contract / Squad Numbers : Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:15 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Was it a case of not being able to stump up enough or deciding there wasn't value in the deal?

We just didn't have the cap space