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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3303779, member: 1769"] I think this deserves it's own thread for discussion but instead of letting Badel's hyperbole to infect the thread. i'll just post Ben Ikin's own words: [B]Ben Ikin on Lodge's departure:[/B] “Matt’s payout gets amortised over the length of the existing deal, the NRL will allow that,” Ikin said. “We felt based on what we had coming through, we could use the salary-cap space from Matt’s departure to help develop some of the great young forwards coming through. “We have plans around how much money we’ve got and accept that it will be less than we could have had. “There are several factors that can impact on what you are getting out of your $9.5 million. “If you get into a situation where you don’t value players correctly, then effectively that can be seen as having less money in your cap.” [B]Ikin on speculation we should have stacks of cash after losing Milford[/B] “Managing the cap is not a perfect science,” Ikin said. “When Anthony Milford goes, for example, all people see is the price tag attached to Milford (he was on $1 million at the Broncos), not realising we have Adam Reynolds coming in. “Matt Lodge might have gone, but Kurt Capewell will come into our squad next year. “If you have a good group of senior players in the right positions, then you can get more out of your emerging talent than you may have been hoping for under the salary cap. “We are trying to do everything better here. What’s true for the success of a footy team is true for the management of our salary cap. “If you aren’t improving in this game, you are going backwards.” [/QUOTE]

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