Collo recently brought up the issue of Kouta's contract again. The club has been stating that they'll be cashflow neutral next year. The club had an operating loss of around $1 million last year.

Anyone else thinking that this grand 3 year plan was to cut costs year 1, and then wait until Kouta's contract expired, and then hey presto, we're cashflow neutral. If so it's a pretty pissweak plan...

Can't remember the exact figures but Kouta is supposedly earning $1 million this year. The cap is heading towards 7 million, and you have to spend over 90% of the cap total or it's a breach of rules.

1/7 * 100 = about 14.3%

That's not the plan.

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I was thinking I reckon Collo and the board and stealing money!

And Kouta never injured his knee



and SOS could have played til he was 50 if he wanted to.

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

Only 1/2 of that goes into the cap though.

You have to spend 92.5% of the cap, so using the previous maths and adjusting it for Kouta's veteran status:

0.5/7*100 = 7.14% which is less than 7.5% you are not obliged to spend.

In theory it could be the plan.

John Elliot was using The Carlton Football Clubs money to fight his own legals battles now that im sure of.

Forgot about that - rough morning.

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The cap is 6.8 though isn't it? Or 6.3? If it's 6.3 that's more than the minimum.

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ok, but the point is, from where I'm sitting at the moment, this seems to be at least a large part of the plan...

It certainly would take a chunk away but then you've go to consider all these young players coming through, contract extensions, contract renewals.

After this season quite a few of them could be well within their rights to expect a pay rise. So it might work out no different.

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