So we pay 500k for Dragons to take Graham, also contributing 250k-ish for Kasiano, we then go out out and replace these 2 with Woods on 800k and Priest on fuck knows what so effectively woods has cost $1.55m out of cap and add Priests wage on top of that.
Lets further compound this fuck up by moving on Woods while paying 300k of his salary.
There are fuck all quality props on the market further inflating their worth.
Its been rumoured that we will save 500k a season, if we cant sign another prop on significantly less then 500k that will also add some value there is actually no point in releasing Woods.
All of that was well said and I completely agree, it's staggering the way things have unfolded, but I think they had to move Woods while they could. That's how bad the mess was from Dib and Hasler. It was catastrophic.
I doubt the club had more than three other players other clubs would even consider taking off our hands. I don't think this year we'd pay more than 200k but from then on we'd pay nothing. I'm just speculating but considering how long the negotiations dragged on for, you'd think we weren't budging about having to pay too much freight and considering Woods took a pay cut.
Forget what we pay this year and this season is obviously a completely write off... If Mbye and Woods were on a combined $1.5 million next season then that's massive to be able to play around with. Especially considering neither were playing close to their worth or potential...
Obviously Foran is key to complete the overhaul, but he's a complete millstone around our neck as he's the worst signing in Rugby League history potentially.
People I know that have worked with Hill all say he's the perfect guy to get us out of this mess. Whether he is or not will be judged by the signings to come but so far I think he's done the best he could with the hand he's been dealt.