Blobbynator wrote:
The only thing what that squad is it would leave us very short with injuries. We can't afford to release that volume of players and not replace with some quality.
That's the problem with trying to bring in another back without (necessarily) losing one. My cap maths were:
Sneyd (plus change) for laffranchi
Vea (plus change) for Soliola
Kirmond for Manu (plus that change)
I don't think we can use much of Gardner and cloughs wage, as some - most will have been eaten up by Thompson, Richards and Percival's extensions I imagine. In the above team, I imagined the swap deal for Sneyd included turner and walker, but haven't accounted for their wages in the above rough cap math. Flanaghan and Wheeler also haven't been accounted for, and I'd imagine both are probably on average wages so would free up enough space for another signing too. Some would like to see a prop signed - scruton/ carvell would probably fill that space, that would leave whatever is left from the Gardner and clough money and whoever we lose for Sneyd (hypothetically) for depth signings - if we got (for example) McMeekan, Bishay and Caton-brown (if we do lose turner) we virtually have 2 sets of 17! I only didn't add them in because I think as a set of fans we struggle to understand depth signings! (Look at the reaction on here to when we signed Dawson!)
St. Pete: that's why I said voluntarily
a voucher in the back of the book - giving £10 off next years season ticket, unless the club spend over £x k on a transfer fee to bring someone into the first team, would be an easy way to build a pot of money for transfers, and I bet I wouldn't be the only one happy to put in...