What's going on with this forum? it says last post was today yet I can only see posts from 2 days ago on most of the threads unless I post something myself?

Not sure who i would go for, as you say others have unearthed gems from NSW QSL comp if we cannot get big names why cant we get the potential next big thing from there, rather than throw big money at drama queens. Which leads me to Sezar, he always starts well at a new club, wheels soon fall off, and last 2 weeks cracks are showing no one has got a good full season out of him ever.
Hastings may prove to be a shrewd move but just seems like an 80?s style signing. 

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I get the same thing mate.
When it says previous i get that page or when it says next I get that page.
But if I click on the last person who has commented I find there's several more posters adding their views to the last page if that makes sense.
In other words I can go back and forth but I don`t get the most recent.
I will leave that with the Mods.

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Have St Helens done the dirty on Salford?
While everyone else is raiding their best players and paying transfer fee, which in a perverse way helps Salford. Saints have got Deon Cross deregistered and taken him on a free. Are they kicking them while they are down?

Seems like it's the RFL that have done the dirty on Salford by de-registering Cross, no doubt it benefits Saints but Salford only have themselves to blame.

NRL salary cap mooted to rise to around $12.7m in 2027 and  $15m by 2028. Coupled with what they might expect in return for their "investment", then this could be the start of a very dark period indeed for SL. 

I honestly don't think any impending investment/take over is something Leeds or any other top level SL club should fear. The NRL want to negotiate global TV rights in 2028, which in essence would mean European SL (or NRL Europe) would be due a far larger slice of that cake. The Aussies know that if they want to take the game to the next level and embrace bigger markets SL is the only viable bet,  so their is no value from their perspective in diminishing the value of the comp. The catch in all this will be the number of clubs they consider to be top flight. But to be honest, a proper conversation on that subject is long overdue in our game, and has indeed been holding it back for 30 years.

I agree that the game here has been held back, in fact in recent years it's been a race to the bottom, with the poor tv deals and lowest common denominator salary cap level being two glaring examples of this. I've no problem at all with NRL investment, but the terms are important. We've been told for years that there is too much self interest from the clubs, but in all honesty I'm not sure what else could have been expected. A moribund governing body flip flopping around, with no clear vision, has led us to where we are. The clubs have had to take the lead, as sub optimal as that is (and it is) given the disparity in size etc. My concern is the NRL's intention, and what they see as their return. A feeder comp for the NRL? Clubs not just in a partnership with NRL clubs but subordinate to them, little to no autonomy? It might improve the on field spectacle and be of little concern to fans here, but my point is there are always options, and all concerned need to go in with eyes wide open, and not just accept a deal because it happens to fit with the mode du jour. I'd suggest there's one more crack at getting this right, and this is it.