The problem this year is we can hardly get excited about half the players we have coming back ..


I'm going to steal from an old thread here which still amuses me but I cant find but waiting for the likes of Perry and Meli to come back and save the day is like blowing the Horn at helms deep expecting an army and then seeing a hurd of guinea pigs coming over the hill..... a little bit of a let down

Don't think so.

Players will move there only because they would be paid handsomely. We shouldn't be concerned about the players that choose to move there, as it would purely be for money.

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And your point being? Money talks, especially in a sport where your career can be over so quickly and there isn't that much money around

Sorry

Errrr.... We suck, we'll never get any better, we'll never win anything and it's the end of the world. We won't win another game and we'll finish bottom this season. Our players are all complete garbage and the board doesn't know what it's doing in signing any of them in the first place. Sack them all and replace them with Blackbrook and Thatto Heath amateurs who'll show some pride in the shirt instead. We need to sign a dozen worldclass speedy wingers as well.

Am I allowed back in now?

You know, the really funny thing is that I'm now seemingly regarded as the rampant grumpy old arch-negativist on the MK forum I also contribute to...

This point is quite an obvious one.

Players will get money wherever they go if they are good enough. Then that brings in other factors. If you think money is the answer in the short term it isn't, simply because there is a cap. You will have to pay over the odds for one player and that then impacts upon the rest of the squad.

The likelihood of you bringing in more than 2 decent players is small, unless you fiddle the cap. You will struggle to bring in 5/6 average players because you'll be overpaying for them.

Salford are so far under the cap I think you can expect more than 2 and lots of dead wood cleared out in the off season. I can't personally see the cap staying as it is at the moment as its not working, as you state I think there are other ways of paying a player other than through his wages which obviously play a big part in the attraction.

I suppose we will just wait and see, but I don't think the likes of: Wigan, Warrington, Saints and Hull are particularly worried about Salford atm.

Looks like paea is going to leeds

Of course he is. They actively seek to improve their team season after season.

We won't panic buy ,are always interested in quality players and have plenty of irons in the fire.


Haven't got time for new blood.

The focus currently remains on renewing the contracts of LMS , LeFlop , Don Wellens and Flanagan.

And that right there is the problem. It seems we are no longer one of the clubs of choice for players who have options. If we offered the same money as Wigan, Leeds or Warrington, it seems we are the one missing out. That forces our hand to offer bigger contracts to get the player we want/need, which impacts on our cap. Ten years ago, a player like Paea would have dragged our hands off. Sad times.