How do you know saints are in the frame? Proof?

Can't and won't divulge my source, but there are a few on here who know what I'm on about.

You should know more than most that I don't post cr@p. This thing regarding HMRC and image rights could cost RL clubs big time and could kill some of them off.

I'm pretty sure we'd have heard about it

I don't think you would.
Have I ever deceived you?

Can't be spouting such liabolous comments on here old timer. Doesn't even matter if it's the truth, Sadfish told me.

Ban hammer time...

If I was a Wigan fan I would want to know why their average salary is nearly £44k whilst ours is only roughly £25k. When you add in the fact that they have a very low number of staff compared to ours, some employees are getting a serious pay packet from the club.

A salary cap of £1.65M leaves their salaries at £1.77M. If we say that the player count is around 40 then that leaves 14 coaching staff and 24 'other staff' to have a share of this.

That roughly averages out to £47k. Why is there such a high average wage for what will take into account office workers and shop workers?

Easy.
We employ the best conditioners, best physios etc. and the best marketing people. When did saints put adds on t.v.
That costs money.

Wait until you get your new stadium and then see how much it COSTS to put the correct people in place, because if you don't it will turn out to be a big hole.

When did Wigan put adds on tv?

Yup. It's absolutely nothing to do with going around el cappo dos salario, that's for sure.

Putting an advertisement on television doesn't count on your salary sheet.

I have no doubt that your coaching is superior to ours, that is evident on the field. However, the figures still don't add up when you take into account the vast differences. Although your coaches, conditioners etc.. may be better, they won't (or shouldn't) command such a hike in salary from ours, we won't be paying peanuts to ours.

If they did then it wasn't very effective as a policy because I don't know about you but I have never seen a single ad by Wigan on TV. Total waste of money. Posters are far more effective, in strategic places. Damn sight cheaper too.

Mind you, Saints don't do that either!

Warrington last year and I think it was Huddersfield this year.

Do you not watch Corrie?

On Granada when they advertise for the 'Big One' One game a year is called the big one and they give special offers to fill the ground. etc.

Wakefield have TV adverts as well, it's nothing to shout about. It's cheaper for Wigan though as they don't have TVs there.

Wakefield are so high rolling they do their adverts for away games that they get very little revenue from.