franklin2323
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Except we have a group of young guys that other teams will be targeting following 2020. Who gives a crap if teams outside the 8 have players off contract.
If the club comes out in the next few weeks & says we've retained 3 of Yeo, Luai, Leniu, Capewell & Crichton beyond 2021, I'll happily eat my words. Doesn't change the fact that a few of these guys could have been extended before 1 November - even if the contract includes a clause that the agreed salary represents x% of the salary cap, actual payments to be adjusted once cap value is confirmed.
Lets go who I think will be the top 4 next year:
Storm 11:
Josh Addo-Carr, Dale Finucane, Jahrome Hughes, Nicho Hynes, Ryley Jacks, Cooper Johns, Max King, Brenko Lee, Isaac Lumelume, Aaron Pene, Darryn Schonig
Us 10:
Kurt Capewell, Stephen Crichton, Robert Jennings, Mitchell Kenny, Spencer Leniu, Jarome Luai, Josh Mansour, Tyrone May, Brent Naden, Isaah Yeo
Souths 13:
Corey Allan, Braidon Burns, Joshua Cook, Troy Dargan, Dane Gagai, Brock Gardner, Dean Hawkins, Patrick Mago, Latrell Mitchell, Mark Nicholls, Adam Reynolds, Jaydn Su'a, Tevita Tatola
Roosters 15:
Fletcher Baker, Egan Butcher, Angus Crichton, Jake Friend, Drew Hutchison, Matt Ikuvalu, Isaac Liu, Brett Morris, Josh Morris, Billy Smith, James Tedesco, Daniel Tupou, Sitili Tupouniua, Sam Verrills, Sam Walker
So to me it seems the top sides were holding off until playing commitments ended
To'o and Martin were re-signed during the season.
Then the issue was whether it would be smaller number squads with the same dollar value which went back and forth.
Then we were in the premiership race so you hold off with talking to guys
Then the comp end 3 weeks later then normal.
From that 4 of our off contract guys went into SOO for another 3 4 weeks.
So we are around 7 weeks behind where we normally would be. Notice how it is just the desperate clubs WT and Bulldogs mainly with signing guys for 2022? The rest seem in a holding pattern until cap and other stuff is sorted