I think he was alluding to the possibility of not being able to offload Ras and Saga, being stuck with them and having to use them. It would be foolhardy of Cortese to sanction replacement players with these two still on the wage bill (in any business). Not that we couldn't afford it, just that we would have deadwood, not playing, eating into the wage budget and having a negative affect on the rest of the playing squad.