Gareth Ellis, Keith Senior, Willie Poching, Joel Moon and Andrew Dunneman can be added to the list of those bought from other clubs.

There are also a host of overseas players as well and it's worth remembering that quality overseas players weren't really available to Wigan during their era of dominance because the seasons ran at different times and the best Ausies stayed in Australia.

Scott Donald, Brent Webb, Clinton Toopi, Ali Lauitiiti, Kylie Leuleuai, Danny Buderus, Brett Delaney and Mitch Garbutt to name a few.

Leeds didn't break the transfer record though did they.

As you say it's unfair to compare overseas player signings as the timings of seasons allowed Wigan to get the very best.

Before the salary cap Leeds spent big and won nothing and it almost saw them go bust.

I see parallels with Salford now.

Not quite, Leeds were always a "big" club with a decent following.
Salford have, at least in my time watching RL, have never had a decent following.

Their problem is total lack of patience and only being able to attract players looking for a big pay day, prior to hanging up their boots.

Having said that, Sheens is a superb coach and if he stays there, Salford will improve but, the Dr. will need to give it time.

Your sarcasm is so stealthy there Him.

2.5m wouldn't suit all clubs obviously, some could, some couldn't, it would however go some way towards maybe keeping hold of RL players & curbing defections to RU.

The amount of cap could be £2m or £2.25m or £2.5m, this would have to be agreed upon by the SL member clubs.



A nanoseconds thought must have been wasted on that witty retort ...

well done you.

but it WAS funny

It isn't so much a lack of cojones as a lack of mandate that stops them leading. Every big decision they make needs approval from a group of chairmen with their own disparate agendas.

Making rules to be ignored and more or less ignoring breaches - I don't even know what that is.

I know some of the rules are popular initially, in certain quarters at least. But when, [ialmost inevitably[/i, it is all revealed as p*** and wind, it just eats away at their reputation. See also Tony Larvin.

RFL MO -

1. Identify problem
2. Identify potential solutions
3. Realize none are feasible
4. Misrepresent nature of problem
5. Present do-able but ineffectual action to be taken

tbf, it could be more (if we credit them with more integrity, but less intelligence) -

1. Misunderstand nature of the problem
2. Present do-able but ineffectual action to be taken

Not that I could do any better - but I hope I wouldn't fill my time trying. Do what you can, and if people expect more than that, then that has to be their problem.

It's not an easy job and I don't envy them, but they seem to go out of their way to make it tougher.

Regarding the Big Story
How does the saying go "Where there's smoke,There's fire"
Even IF there's any truth whatsoever in this story,Now't will be done by our governing body from Red Hall and it will all be kept quiet and swept under the carpet
There's one rule for certain clubs with some clout and another set of rules for the "Have Not's"

Just seen a bloke with one of those electronic cigs lots of smoke no fire

Technically that might be steam rather than smoke.....
Yours, A. Pedant.

Suggest you Google what steam is - its invisible you know

Yours A N Other Pedant

Technically it's water vapour not steam or smoke

What was the big story to break mid week in RL Express? salary cap problem @ Salford? is this correct?