Ahhhh Ben

[HDTONE]

Don't we have to spend a big share of the $4m for next next year ?

[Rooster_6]

This is all about 2026. Big plans that require not over paying for a player like Ben Hunt.
2025 will be a tough season.

Certainly feels like that.

Ben Hunt was possibly the Michael Gordon signing before the James Tedesco signing.

[John Corey]

This is all about 2026. Big plans that require not over paying for a player like Ben Hunt.
2025 will be a tough season.

[Chook2]

My question exactly. We lost a heap of talent and havent signed anyone of note. I'm so confused. We should have a stack of cash.

And that's before even considering Keary & TMay, who we initially contracted for this season, have left. Someone make it make sense.

The only thing I cant think of is we have conceded it will be a rebuilding year so we front loaded contracts.

Only thing I can think of as well that we are loading up for 26/27 years to come
beggars belief
we have lost 6 of our top 17 for $4m, signed one player in Marky n for $500k and some upgrades
And have f all money? Something does not add up

[Qld Chook]

Apparently we can only offer Hunt $500k a year - which begs the question, where the hell is all our salary cap being spent next year?

My question exactly. We lost a heap of talent and havent signed anyone of note. I'm so confused. We should have a stack of cash.

And that's before even considering Keary & TMay, who we initially contracted for this season, have left. Someone make it make sense.

The only thing I cant think of is we have conceded it will be a rebuilding year so we front loaded contracts.

[milanja]

So if Cheese goes that's another regular part of our 17. So we've lost about 30% if our top 17.
Add Walker as well because he comes back mid season and Sandon who's up in the air.

Can't see there's no plan B. Hunt still has to meet with the Dogs so that's no cert he's a Chook.

Gotta figure and hope there's a massive Plan B going on in the halls of power.

Mitchell Pearce and John Bateman

[milanja]

Hunt and his partner just whine and whinge to the media when things don’t go their way, realistically, his signing alone wouldn’t have made that much difference to 2025.

im pretty happy if i don’t see him wear our colours.

[The Brain]

someone has mentioned chooks pulled the offer to Hunt

[HDTONE]

So if Cheese goes that's another regular part of our 17. So we've lost about 30% if our top 17.
Add Walker as well because he comes back mid season and Sandon who's up in the air.

Can't see there's no plan B. Hunt still has to meet with the Dogs so that's no cert he's a Chook.

Gotta figure and hope there's a massive Plan B going on in the halls of power.

[Thirteen]

Why didn’t we do a swap deal when we let May go, he was good and would have given us good bargaining power.

[The Brain]

It’s totally bizarre. Maybe we expect Manu to return mid year. Maybe we’re looking towards big signings for 2026 when more players are off contract. May to tigers, I know this has been knocked on the head before but I wouldn’t mind Galvin.

Thats a smart buy- Galvin . Hard to pull away the kid from the them ..we almost got there ..
As I see it we get Hunt then Chad goes to Saints and poor young Elias is still out of a job.

[mightyrooster]

Apparently we can only offer Hunt $500k a year - which begs the question, where the hell is all our salary cap being spent next year?

It’s totally bizarre. Maybe we expect Manu to return mid year. Maybe we’re looking towards big signings for 2026 when more players are off contract. May to tigers, I know this has been knocked on the head before but I wouldn’t mind Galvin.

[Rooster90]

The Roosters were rated the frontrunner to win Hunt’s signature, but it’s understood the Bondi glamour club has salary-cap constraints and may not be able to win a bidding war.


Hunt has run his eye over the individual rosters of his suitors - Brisbane, the Roosters, Dolphins and Bulldogs - and believes the Broncos are a ready-made force to help him achieve his final frontier: winning a premiership.


So yeah it’s between the dogs who have 550 set aside for him and the broncos.

Apparently we can only offer Hunt $500k a year - which begs the question, where the hell is all our salary cap being spent next year?

[ChookMaster]

I don't understand why we would need to shed any more players to create cap space. Where did the $3m+ go that we had in our "War Chest" from the departure of 5 well paid players?

The Roosters were rated the frontrunner to win Hunt’s signature, but it’s understood the Bondi glamour club has salary-cap constraints and may not be able to win a bidding war.


Hunt has run his eye over the individual rosters of his suitors - Brisbane, the Roosters, Dolphins and Bulldogs - and believes the Broncos are a ready-made force to help him achieve his final frontier: winning a premiership.


So yeah it’s between the dogs who have 550 set aside for him and the broncos.

[Fishwa]

I don't understand why we would need to shed any more players to create cap space. Where did the $3m+ go that we had in our "War Chest" from the departure of 5 well paid players?

yeah - i wonder that as well - we havent spent that much in upgrades