You’d have to think there’s room. I think Sarginson was signed knowing Gelling was going but there doesn’t look to have been replacements for McIlorum or Nuuausala and now a reporter high earner like Joel Tomkins is off the books.
In the short term I’m expecting we’ll move for Greenwood and that will be a boost. In the longer term the club has zero excuses for not being able to strengthen across the board. I’d imagine Hardaker and Greenwood will be on well less then the Tomkins brothers so that spare cash along with the salaries of McIlorum, Nuuausala, Sutton, Bateman and whoever else leaves (fringe players such as Higginson and Bretherton have reportedly already been told they’re being released) should be available. Yes a couple of lads will have had increases but the club simply must be aiming to get in another prop (or two), a centre and a scrum half.
