Merrin gone not replaced
Ward likely gone/stud down for season. Will he be still in the he cap.
Crosby what he fudge is going on with him ridiculous now, taking up cap space.

Surely we are in a strong posistion to bring in a couple of bodies at least mid season should quality become available. Sure the club have this in mind, and I may be stating the obvious. If Walker is out longer term, maybe we should be putting a bid in for someone look like Nial Evalds, Greenwood may prove to be a subtle bit of business if he fits in well.

Thoughts?

Is Ward out for the season ? , Is Walker long term ? , Merrins wage has already been spent ? and Crosby is just going to keep getting paid

I believe Ward will be counted in the cap as hes played a game but I'm unsure how correct that is. I think Crosby needs to be released end of the season personally. Feel for the lad but we can't be looking to keep him.

We've plenty of cap space though Agar has said that on more than one occasion

No it's not. The club have said so several times.

Thank you Trebor

In terms of Crosby. Even if he did finally get back fit, he hasn’t played for 18 months. It is going to take him a long time to get back to scratch and even then, I would imagine he is behind 5 props. I think his Leeds career is over and we should release now.

Ward will be on the cap but you are a bit premature to say he's gone for the season.I think we could see some movement when and if Martin gets his passport.

I said Crosby should be released months ago and got dogs abuse......

Even we deregistered Ward and Crosby wouldn't their salaries still count on the cap anyway?

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Prior has come in. Walker, Smith, Newman, Handley and Oldeski will either be on upgraded contracts or need their contracts upgrading soon.

All the above are on long term deals now Smith is done. Sinfield deserves a lot of praise for how hes gone about the job.

Nah he's out of his depth.

There’s plenty of cap available, Prior was signed before Merton was released. We were even told that Merton wouldn’t be released until a suitable replacement had been found.

Greenwood is an addition since then, but there is still plenty left in case the right addition is needed.

The only current block in the pipe is the Martin passport situation, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that’s already been resolved and we are keeping it quiet to keep the costs of a new player down.

Do loan signings (Greenwood) count on the cap?

What does that mean? I think I can guess what you're babbling on about, I don't mind about grammar but at least check it's readable English before posting. FFS.

Secondly, what do you mean? Crosby has had terrible injury complications over the last 18 months, he was behind in pre-season and didn't get running again until towards the end of pre-season, so he's expected to be in contention later this month and if he finds his form he'll be a real asset.

The general tone of these type of posts really leaves a sour taste, as if he's just tossing it off taking his wage and being injured is a happy jolly holiday, when in reality you are isolated from the rest of the team and it can actually take a real mental toll, especially when it's for a long period.

Same

I do have sympathy with Crosby and his awful luck but with hindsight we should have never given him a 2 year contract and no matter how good he is for the rest of the season please don't renew it unless its pay as you play.

Crosby is signed already for next year his deal runs out in 2021 I believe.

For those who want the club to get rid - how? You can’t just ditch a player because he‘s injured

So how would the club do that with still 18 months left on his contract?

In any other employment they could terminate his employment through frustration of contract. If not just retire him through injury surely insurance would cover this as in football? It's a long long time since he played last and still no mention of when he could be back

He may not be ready to retire?

Ward is out of contract this year so it is down to the club if they keep him on, Stevie's body doesn't look like it can cope at all for his own health he surely must be thinking of early retirement which is a real shame as he can be class when fit.

Even with all his injuries, id be reluctant to get rid of Ward, brilliant player when fit and its sods law he'd be always fit the second we released him. Should we renew though, id hope there would be an acceptance on his part that his injury record would be reflected to some extent in his salary.

Agreed.