Do people really think, other teams don’t know who we’ve signed up already for next season?
For example if Bowns, Faryna & Ulmer have already signed, I’d be amazed if Sheffield / Nottingham etc didn’t know already.
Just like I’d be surprised if we didn’t know of players other teams have signed up already that have yet to be publicly announced.
To an extent yes.
Other teams might have contacted some of our players to find out whether they’d be interested in a move, but it’s then up to the player/agent to say “sorry they’ve already got a contract for next year” or “sorry they’ve re-signed with Cardiff again”.
But they certainly won’t know all our returnees for next season. And far less likely to know our new signings.
Also, it may feel like we’re announcing signings slower than previous seasons, but we actually aren’t.
Last season by the end of May we’d announced three re-signings and one new signing (Moore).
We may also have confirmed that Richardson was on a 2 year deal.