So we offer Gleeson a deal,

Who on here "in the know" still claims we are at full cap and have been year on year??

No one has said we've been at cap this year.

In the past we have had no reason no to believe Rule and looking at the ins and outs it looks like we probably were at full cap last year.

We've got £56,380 left on this years cap

That should cover Gleeson's bar tab

Someone's getting paid too much....

Blimey! good call!

The signing of Gleeson proves beyond doubt that it's always best to leave a little bit of float in the cap for unforeseen circumstances/opportunities. I'm not saying it should be a huge amount but starting the season 50-60K below the limit isn't such a bad thing IMO. The players that you might want to sign aren't always available when you would want/expect and this gives some leeway as has been shown. It's also a bit of a non argument really as the club are clearly willing to spend to the maximum otherwise they wouldn't have signed him - nothing wrong with not spending to the maximum for the sake of it.

We've never been at full cap this year, thought that would have been obvious?

Some like to argue different

Droolers thinks that 'spending at or near cap' means having zero pounds left at all times regardless of circumstances.

From what i gather. As Gleeson wasn't sacked from Wigan, he got the rest of his contract paid off by Wigan until the end of the season.

So we've signed him on £40,000 until the end of the season then matching his Wigan contract of £120,000 for next season.

We wont be paying that, £70k tops, the NRL stuff was smoke and mirrors, his other option was franchiseless Wakefield.

Agree, he would not be our highest paid player, would he?

Before the signing of Gleeson we was way off the cap limit around 200k to spend

Hmmm, this is Hull FC we are talking about, so who knows.

I just hope there aren't any other "conditions" attached, like Long getting another year etc. But then that is just a by-product of how sceptical I am of Hull FC in recent times.

It wasn't. Gleeson had four offers, two from Superleague and two from the NRL.

whatever

not one single person posting on RLFans knows our exact cap position, nor does one single person know exactly what offers Gleeson did or didn't have.

I don't see any way he'll be playing for us next season for £70k. £70k is an average salary for a SL player. Internationals will be on £100k+ and he could have got that at plenty of clubs for next season

Internationals released by the top clubs, with previous issues?

I'm sure widnes would have been desperate for him

Maybe it's an affordability issue then?

I just think we'll be paying the going rate for him. He could have got it elsewhere so there's no reason to think he'll be travelling right across the country 3 or 4 times a week for less than he could have got on his doorstep

Well, he's a former international, 30 years old, and has previous, so I'd hope the deal is in FC's favour.

Hull, Wakey, Titans and Roosters I heard.

I guess you've got no more evidence of that than Droolers?