Yeah front loading seems to be the way to go atm, the silly thing under the cap is all clubs must spent 95 percent of the cap on the squad every year. If they didn't need to then struggling clubs could build war chests over a few seasons then hit the market hard in one season to build a good roster, but atm we have to spend 95 percent on a squad that might not be worth it.Yeh, for sure, plus the market cupboard is relatively bare.
Unfortunately in NRL world, sometimes that's the case with the market. We're best in those times to front-load and upgrade and extend.
In some ways, we're really lucky to have plenty of coin to upgrade and extend at a time when our best juniors are coming on strong; Bula, Tupou, Pole, etc.