Things have gone quite quiet on the rumour mill regarding Wasps, but also in general for other clubs. How many more signings do we feel are coming before the seasons starts and will we be seeing a quiet patch on recruitment until the end of the season.
I know it's a weird time to be talking signings, given the Jan/Feb rush is over and we're still a month away from the end of the season. But with Wade, Daly, Hughes and WLR all off, we must have some cap freed up given our recruitment to date (obviously some guess work on wages offered)... So are we going to use it to tie down our youngsters on long term deals, or will we be seeing some RWC players signing late on?
There are a few factors in my mind...
Are a number of players holding out until after RWC squads are announced to confirm their clubs next season? Will we see a wave of signing announcements following internation squads being finalised?
***Can imagine a number of players who are not core players within the thier international squad and thus not guaranteed a seat on the plan to Japan, will be waiting have that seat confirmed and then announce their final contract with a NH Club.
Didn't this backfire with Charles Piutau who announced his Ulster move, won MOTM in a RWC warm-up game but still didn't make the AB squad!
How many of the 6 players yet to re-sign are going to and how many are out the door?
***Garratt, Gaby, Myall, Rieder, Hampson, West
How many Snr Academy players will be promoted to our main squad?
I'm assuming there will be more player promotions this summer than we have had in recent years.