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As you touched on above, you dont think we could of afforded Houston, i think its bang on, if a player wants a club and the coach wants that player, yet the club aren’t interested, i bet its because we couldn’t afford it.Don’t think we could afford Houston.
We also shed some contracts that will put us in a great position this coming season. If Young too had of been taken by another club, then maybe Houston would have been in play. I believe that’s what we were holding out for and why Houston really thought he was a chance to get to us. As soon as it was clear there were no takers for Young, the door was shut.
We all want players to improve our club and Houston was just that. But we still need to work within the salary cap. There’s a huge difference between us and the Pies with big money earners. They definitely had more room in their cap and will have much more at the end of 2025 with several players to retire. While we will want to lock away TDK which will set us back plenty
Your last paragraph requires more debate imo and its always mentioned, our big money earners, our stars, we need a heap of $$$$ to sign Weits and TDK, i feel its a bit of an excuse, i love all these players, i dont want to lose any of these players, but if other clubs around us are out performing us and dont have these big money players, its a bit of a red flag in regards to the players themselves or the coaching group of the club.