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Is working. Anyone who thinks otherwise, well, they may still believe the moon is made of cheese and the earth is flat.
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| Dirty, nasty, horrible salary cap.  |
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Its not working. Just look at Wigan for an example of that.
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| Quote: Carlos Alberto "Is working. Anyone who thinks otherwise, well, they may still believe the moon is made of cheese and the earth is flat.'"
Agreed.
As a leeds fan, we better get used to the more of the same. |
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Tweet from @martinoffiah 23/08/2011: 'Must admit i did love watching Saints- Cunningham Joynt Longy Tommy then Leon, last classic RL team ever'. Even the dark side can't help but love the rebellion.:Transparent Backgrounds/Kermit%20the%20Frog.gif |
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| Quote: sally cinnamon "Its not working. Just look at Wigan for an example of that.'"
Quote: sally cinnamon "Anyone who thinks otherwise, well, they may still believe the moon is made of cheese and the earth is flat.'"
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Officially RLFAN's most Doe-eyed Happy Clapper.
Big Steve wrote:
The Internet has provided some wonderful creativity, opportunities and knowledge sharing but it has also given a worldwide forum for people you would leave a full pint behind in the pub to avoid having to listen to them.
aboveusonlypie...
If you don't bother to go to the game when you live in the locality then you are not really a fan and therefore your views are invalid. It's simple.:icons39ad_files/4821-1859san_c-msnicons.jpg |
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| Quote: Carlos Alberto "Is working. Anyone who thinks otherwise, well, they may still believe the moon is made of cheese and the earth is flat.'"
You can say its working when we beat the Aussies convincingly... That should be the aim. |
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| Quote: Wigan Peer "You can say its working when we beat the Aussies convincingly... That should be the aim.'"
That isn't the job of the cap, that is the job of the reduction in O/S players. |
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| Quote: Wigan Peer "You can say its working when we beat the Aussies convincingly... That should be the aim.'"
The Aussies have a salary cap. They are quite capable of beating us convincingly.
So what are you talking about? |
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| Quote: Wigan Peer "You can say its working when we beat the Aussies convincingly... That should be the aim.'"
How can the salary cap make us beat Australia? They beat us because they have the pick of a lot of quality athletes. In this country the people who play rugby league are usually sparrow legged geeks whilst all the athletes play football for the nags head. |
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Officially RLFAN's most Doe-eyed Happy Clapper.
Big Steve wrote:
The Internet has provided some wonderful creativity, opportunities and knowledge sharing but it has also given a worldwide forum for people you would leave a full pint behind in the pub to avoid having to listen to them.
aboveusonlypie...
If you don't bother to go to the game when you live in the locality then you are not really a fan and therefore your views are invalid. It's simple.:icons39ad_files/4821-1859san_c-msnicons.jpg |
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| Quote: Standee "That isn't the job of the cap, that is the job of the reduction in O/S players.'"
Good point ...stupid post.. |
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| Quote: Saddened! "How can the salary cap make us beat Australia? They beat us because they have the pick of a lot of quality athletes. In this country the people who play rugby league are usually sparrow legged geeks whilst all the athletes play football for the nags head.'"
Ahh, but if we didn't have the salary cap they'd all be playing for rugby league teams, as we can easily outbid and out-glamour the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd/City.
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Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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| Quote: Carlos Alberto "Is working. Anyone who thinks otherwise, well, they may still believe the moon is made of cheese and the earth is flat.'"
You are right, it is working......it has evened up the teams.....BUT you watch a game from pre super league and tell the quality of players has improved, tell me the games are better to watch. The semi was great today but how many poor games do we have with no skill and 'playing the percentages'.
It has worked but has also made another thing worse. |
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| Quote: odemwingie "You are right, it is working......it has evened up the teams.....BUT you watch a game from pre super league and tell the quality of players has improved, tell me the games are better to watch. The semi was great today but how many poor games do we have with no skill and 'playing the percentages'.
It has worked but has also made another thing worse.'"
I think the attractive nature of the earlier games was also due in large part to the semi pro defences, which were more vulnerable to moving the ball. |
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| Quote: odemwingie "You are right, it is working......it has evened up the teams.....BUT you watch a game from pre super league and tell the quality of players has improved, tell me the games are better to watch. The semi was great today but how many poor games do we have with no skill and 'playing the percentages'.'"
The tries Huddersfield scored today were leagues ahead of the tries Wigoon scored against Brisbane in Australia. |
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| Quote: odemwingie "You are right, it is working......it has evened up the teams.....BUT you watch a game from pre super league and tell the quality of players has improved, tell me the games are better to watch. The semi was great today but how many poor games do we have with no skill and 'playing the percentages'.
It has worked but has also made another thing worse.'"
As someone who has been spending the last month or so converting old matches from tape too digital media I can state categorically that the above is absolute rubbish.
The standard of play pre SL in uk was laughable. It was only when John Monie came to Wigan that you could see a side with structure in offence and defence reminiscent of todays teams. Even then you got the impression Wigan were going through the motions for most matches and winning comfortably. |
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