Frank Facer
First Grade
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Canterbury signed Woods and Foran for big money deals. They also just missed out on Tedesco, we were not even mentioned as a club who was in the running for his signature. Canterbury did not appear to be a club with a lot of cap space, but they may have players off contract this year, but it is really about 3rd party payments. I thought we had heaps of caps space. I know that we have signed Hunt for big money, but I thought we could have been in the running for Teddy's signature. I know that it was Canterbury and Easts who we would have been up against, those 2 along with Brisbane usually if not always look to be operating on a much bigger salary cap than us. It makes me feel very disheartened, like we are just making up the numbers for the TV rights. My moral as a Saints fan has been at an all time low over the past years. I am still not even excited about this year even though we are leading the comp. I still do not see a premiership on the horizon for us. I still think we need a top fullback with X factor, ball playing ability, speed, try scoring ability etc to make us a real premiership threat. Teddy would have been that player, Tom Turbo is another, Slater and Stewart were those players.
As for having the money for Widdop and Dugan, I think we should have quite a bit of salary cap space for our 5/8 and fullback, if we keep them and decide to play them in those positions.
I am still not a fan of Dugan at fullback, I think he limits our game as a fullback and I do think spending 750K of salary cap on a center is good cap management with our limited cap.
Widdop is going well this year after a very poor year last year. He may compliment Hunt well, but I am still not convinced of Widdop either.
The problem is now that Widdop and Dugan look like our best options for 5/8 and fullback now that the likes of Foran, Tedesco, Moses, Bird, Holmes, Trbojevic and co have all been signed up for next year.
As for having the money for Widdop and Dugan, I think we should have quite a bit of salary cap space for our 5/8 and fullback, if we keep them and decide to play them in those positions.
I am still not a fan of Dugan at fullback, I think he limits our game as a fullback and I do think spending 750K of salary cap on a center is good cap management with our limited cap.
Widdop is going well this year after a very poor year last year. He may compliment Hunt well, but I am still not convinced of Widdop either.
The problem is now that Widdop and Dugan look like our best options for 5/8 and fullback now that the likes of Foran, Tedesco, Moses, Bird, Holmes, Trbojevic and co have all been signed up for next year.