I reckon in all seriousness we are paying 95% of the cap this year with a view to a massive move in trade week with 105% of the cap to spend, i.e. an extra million to front-load.
But that is just the icing on the cap spend cake to my calculations.
In the last two years we have had 5 high paid players exit: Didak, Thomas, Shaw, Beams, Jolly. Then we have had some mid-cost players exit: Maxwell, Johnson, Ball, Lumumba. We have replaced them with mid-cost players like Adams, Varcoe, Greenwood, White. But have also lost Lynch, will not re-sign Young, have not re-signed Keeffe and Thomas.
We also have most of our kids locked away for years on reasonable cost long-term deals and by the time Swan and Cloke renegotiate, we will have more money to spend. If we also include some low-spend players in the trade period we have more still.
We have big money to spend imo.