Masked Eagle said:
I'm sure the Dogs have more money to spend under the cap than we do so I doubt they can't afford T-Rex anymore. The benefit they have of being ordinary in recent times is that as a lot of their players aren't wanted by anyone else they can afford to leave them til last which gives them more money to play with in the market place.
Bullcrap - it means when new players are brought in, they have to pay overs to attain. Look at their forward pack, and tell me what these players are getting paid:-
08. James Graham (UK International Prop)
09. Michael Ennis (Was the current SOO Hooker)
10. Aiden Tolman (Big potential buy from Melbourne Storm)
11. Greg Eastwood (New Zealand International, back from UK)
12. Tony Williams (Australian International)
13. Frank Pritchard (was on MASSIVE coin at Penrith, Kiwi International)
14. Dene Halatau (New Zealand International)
15. Sam Kasiano (Bulldog product, would get massive upgrade)
16. Corey Payne (Sought after Dragons backrower)
17. David Stagg (Massive buy from Bronco's - highly sought)
That's not even mentioning massive buys like Morris, Hodkinson, Inu (they'd have to take whatever contract he was on in NZ), medium sized contracts in guys like Turner, Keating, Goodwin and Mitch Brown.
Then they would have had to massively upgrade Barba, and Reynolds should become one of the higher paid 5/8's in the game, and heaps of people will be after him.
The Dogs have a record of cheating the cap.
It's teams like Manly where players like to take pay-cuts to remain at.