since mr ashton was rumoured to be offered 170K a year, after a half a season playing first team for wigan by a team going down a league. do people not think smith will have been offered much more then this.
with a much bigger cap, union can offer much more money, its rather simple.


as for the reference about brett only coming over for the money, don't you think they'll be the same reason why lee is going to kick & clap

For the same reason that Keith Senior has been the best British centre with little or no challenge for the last number of years.

Either the players aren't good enough or the coaches aren't willing to take a gamble. We keep hearing the Coady, Ratu and Watkins are players for the future but the Aussies keep producing players of their ages that play regular NRL every week. The lack of players that we have produced over the years suggests that

1. The player aren't good enough.
2. The coaching isn't good enough
3. The reserve grade isn't strong enough to allow these players to step up.

Given the poor reaction of many on here to the Brett Delaney signing I can only imagine the reaction that the news we're favourites to sign the Aussie Prop Adam Peek from Celtic will bring

I can see the headlines on here now.Leeds sign another 31 year old has been average Aussie player etc etc

Where have you read that then?

Is that so?

Where have you heard that from and when will it be announced?

Hope its true on both counts

You know me too well.

Hearsay, but I beleive it.

I was in the club shop yesterday and was talking with the guy there about things, including the new kit for next year. I asked about Delaney and Eastwood.

He reckoned that Eastwood will have his visa by the weekend, and has been told everything is fine now.

Only guy in the shop I know. But they must be nearer to true rumours than this message board.

You don't mean the slim guy with receeding hair do you?
He told me last season that the club were bringing back Wendell Sailor on a dual code contract

Good job i didn't pass these rumours onto "the ladies of the night" around leeds isn't it?

wire offered atkins 25k a year more than leeds (who offered slightly more than he is on now) but the 150k signing fee means wire are paying 225k more for atkins over 3 year than leeds will invest in delaney , think leeds might have the better deal. atkins would not have played 100 games in the NRL at 23.

I hope that Atkins' arrival at the Galacticos will progress much along the same lines of Matt King

Is the salary cap still up and running in SL,or doesn't anyone at the RFL give a damn?

Let me say I'm not gonna write this kid off at all!! Lets see how his first few seasons go!! But today I heard direct from my cousins uncle( not my side of the family) who is a titans season ticket holder that he is glad to see the back of him!! Basically he said the titans fans a baffled as to how he keeps a place in their team!!

I'm looking forward to this kid proving his critics wrong!!