Im bored, time to work out a shopping budget
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Off Contract
Wade McKinnon - $150k
Aaron Cannings - $200k
John Morris - $200k
Luke Burt - $150k
Brett Delaney - $50k
Henry Perenara - $65k
Adam Peek - $100k
Jack Afamasaga - $50k
Jamie Lyon - $0
Dean Widders - $150k
Losses
Glenn Morrison (UK) - $300k
Paul Stringer (retired) $185k
Matthew Petersen (Titans) - $85k
Luke O'Dwyer (Titans) - $50k
Assuming we do not re-sign any of our off-contract players we potentially could free up approx $1.7 million come June 30.
Of the players above who are off-contract the only one I think that might remain with us is John Morris.
There are plenty of good players available come June 30 and I think the pick of the lot are as follows
Forwards
Nate Myles (dogs)
Roy Asotasi (dogs)
Ben Creagh (saints)
Ashton Sims (saints)
Justin Poore (saints)
Michael Henderson (saints)
Mark Minichiello (souths)
Lance Thompson (sharks)
Craig Stapleton (panthers)
Dallas Johnson (storm)
Antonio Kaufusi (storm)
Backs
Scott Hill (storm)
Steve Turner (storm)
Jake Webster (storm)
Clint Greenshields (saints)
Colin Best (saints)
Phil Graham (raiders)
Luke McDougall (souths)
Also, Craig Wing is rumoured to be wanting out of the Roosters (although still under contract) and Steve Simpson apparently has some type of get-out clause in his contract.
Assuming we need about $400k to upgrade existing contracts (Hayne, Inu, Grothe for making Origin, young players coming through etc
), lets then say we have approx $1.3 million big ones to spend come June 30.
Who would you buy and how much would you offer?