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| Hope they play some Canadians alongside these experienced signings.
How's that for a flat cap comment?
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6731_1299024498.jpg [quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: Channel Islander "Hope they play some Canadians alongside these experienced signings.
How's that for a flat cap comment?'" I bet all those Championship standard Canadian RL players are really ed off at this moment in time.
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| Perhaps they can let us (Leigh) have some of ours back, now we are in the Championship?
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| Quote: Channel Islander "Ok didn't know that
No problem here!'"
Fair enough!
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| Money talks.
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| Quote: Channel Islander "Hope they play some Canadians alongside these experienced signings.
How's that for a flat cap comment?'"
Think there only 3 or 4 Canadians out of the 29 team squad at the moment, doesn't look as though there will be an increase as they have signed up another 8 overseas players. So that could be around 36 players in the squad with a salary average of 52k with rent, transport and food for free.
I,m a multi millionaire and thinking of buying up Barrow Raiders could I buy 30 overseas players on the basis that my club would be a hundred miles from the M62 heartlands.
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6731_1299024498.jpg [quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: Judder Man "I,m a multi millionaire and thinking of buying up Barrow Raiders could I buy 30 overseas players on the basis that my club would be a hundred miles from the M62 heartlands.'" No, that would be breaking the overseas quota HTH.
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| Quote: Judder Man "Think there only 3 or 4 Canadians out of the 29 team squad at the moment, doesn't look as though there will be an increase as they have signed up another 8 overseas players. So that could be around 36 players in the squad with a salary average of 52k with rent, transport and food for free.
I,m a multi millionaire and thinking of buying up Barrow Raiders could I buy 30 overseas players on the basis that my club would be a hundred miles from the M62 heartlands.'"
It was always going to be thus. You can't compare them to Catalans, where there was a thriving league scene, just at a lower level. As for Cumbria, you've had over a hundred years to establish a big club and still not managed it.
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| Quote: Judder Man "Think there only 3 or 4 Canadians out of the 29 team squad at the moment, doesn't look as though there will be an increase as they have signed up another 8 overseas players. So that could be around 36 players in the squad with a salary average of 52k with rent, transport and food for free.
I,m a multi millionaire and thinking of buying up Barrow Raiders could I buy 30 overseas players on the basis that my club would be a hundred miles from the M62 heartlands.'"
Interesting, squad numbers I mean. I saw an article the other week where they were moaning slightly about having only used 22 players this year. I thought that sounded incorrect especially since they signed a couple mid season
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| Quote: Judder Man "I,m a multi millionaire and thinking of buying up Barrow Raiders could I buy 30 overseas players on the basis that my club would be a hundred miles from the M62 heartlands.'"
As long as you pay for their flights over Morecambe Bay and the stay in Barrow.
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| £130,000 !!! What on earth !
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| Quote: Parkside Freddie "Toronto clearly mean business. This can only be good for rugby league.
They've started off at the bottom and not taken a shortcut, so nobody should have any qualms about what the Wolfpack are doing.'"
I reckon its the other way around, they have started at the top by signing players one division above the current standard, hence the big 50, 60, 70 point scorelines. Next season they will have a decent squad in the championship that could compete in super league albeit at the lower end.
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Its what happens in about 3 years time will grass roots grow or will they be digging more deeply into the shallow UK player pool, or even worse sign up some of the best players in Superleague from the top clubs, if they can pay out £130k for Westerrman I reckon they could be offering quite a few players £300k to £400k for the 2019 season on an expansion style dispensation salary cap.
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| Is Westerman the most expensive player in SL history, I make that nearly 400k in transfer fees for him.
Good solid player, but not sure he is worth this much, must have a good agent.
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| Quote: Dave K. "Is Westerman the most expensive player in SL history, I make that nearly 400k in transfer fees for him.
Good solid player, but not sure he is worth this much, must have a good agent.'"
Well Fielden's transfer was £450k in 2006 which is nearly £600k today. Tomkins (albeit transferred to the NRL) was £700k.
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| Quote: Dave K. "Is Westerman the most expensive player in SL history, I make that nearly 400k in transfer fees for him.'"
Stuart Fielden was 450k IIRC?
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