Yawnion tried to play Farrell in the the centres and look what happened to him.

We would pay that for Hill-Billy Senior if it meant we could have Middle Hill-Billy for £400k a year later, no doubt.

Did Welsh RU capitulate when Davies, Bateman, Quinell, etc. took the RL money?

We can't cry foul about RU taking talent when we had been doing the exact same thing, pre-1995.

is it fair to assume you are one of the 'increase the salary cap' brigade? It tickles me no-end how people make such a glib statement, whilst wilfully ignoring how, even the most sucessful of clubs struggle to break even.

No its not fair to assume that. Previous posts state that I cant see how clubs could afford to. Wigan would have made a small profit just because we got to Wembley. Warrington are backed largely by 1 individual so its a wrong assumption. However as a sport we need to do something. International RL will be dead (er) if top players switch codes whilst all of the work done in the SL era to increase crowds will be for nothing when the quality of the product falls. Some people will watch their team no matter what but quality and/or success leads to bigger crowds. You only have to look at average crowds of some clubs e.g Wire and Bulls to see how attandances are affected. As the standard drops so will Sky's interest, attendances and therefore income. Its a downward spiral.

Yes the period 1989-1993 was the worst in Welsh (recent) history. They didn't make it out of the group stage in the 1991 World Cup, and had to play the qualifying tournament to get into the 1995 World Cup.

In 1994 they had a revival and won the Five Nations but then lost Scott Quinnell and Scott Gibbs.

I think we should be using this to lobby for the removal of the salary cap, we always have Wigan fans bitching about what we are paying players and is it over the cap, well why not just scrap the cap, if Warrington have bigger financial muscle behind them then so be it. If guys like Sam Tomkins get lost to the game then there's a danger that some Wigan fans will just get disillusioned and turn their backs on rugby league but if Warrington were free to pay him what Wigan couldn't afford then that might keep those Wigan fans interested in rugby league because at least they could watch him when they played us.

Worst in performace terms, not financial.

As for your last paragraph, I will let others froth at the mouth!