He's out. Was due to go for op Friday gone

Whatever Locke's salary cap value is or was at Salford, he won't be receiving anywhere near that at Wakefield, and I doubt even if we doubled his Salford wages and his salary cap value we would be in danger of breaching the salary cap.

When a player is on contract you offload by settling the remainder of his contract or by allowing him to sign for another team without a few -which players signed for another club?

I don't agree.

Leigh +6 with most Bookmakers

Locke's salary of £260,000 will still count on Wakefield's cap, that's not to say he is being paid that. Infact he is reportedly only earning £60,000 per annum at Wakefield.

Since we off-loaded Locke (£260k) and Hock (£150k) people might be surprised at what Salford's salary cap actually looks like. It's nowhere near the full £1.80m.

Stolen from another forum


This weekends likely line up to play Leigh, 13 of the 17 have been at Wakefield all season (Arundel missed the first 3 games).

3 of the other 4 are replacements for better or similar players who've left the club

Doesn't exactly fit the Paul Rowley conspiracy theory does it!

L Smith
Lyne Existing Player
Arundel Existing Player
Tupou Bought to replace Dean Collis
Riley Existing Player
Miller Existing Player
T Smith Existing Player
Anderson Existing Player
Sio Bought to replace McShane
Scruton Existing Player
Ashurst Existing Player
Molloy Existing Player
Washbrook Existing Player

Godinet Existing Player
Lauitiiti Existing Player
Simon Existing Player
Mullally Swapped with Dan Smith going the other way

Is Scutchy playing?

If I had any idea who Scutchy is I might be able to answer

I make that 8 players not in that squad that was in the team that met Leigh.
Probably says as much about the changes in coach and direction at Wakefield as much as anything else and the transformation the club has had to go through.

Must people will say Wakefield used a loop hole (whatever your view on it - be it wrong or right)to sign players that I suspect the RFL will no doubt ensure is closed for next season.

Wakefield was a SL team when we met in the cup and was hot favourites and having added significantly to that squad they are again hot favourites but equally Leigh are a very good entertaining RL team, all points towards another cracker!

Players in this weeks squad that didn't play in the Challenge Cup was mainly down to long term injuries and being unavailable.

As I've said earlier, the likely 17 on Sunday will contain 13 players who've been at Wakefield all season. Richard Owen and our Captain Danny Kirmond are both unavailable through injury but otherwise would almost certainly have been in the 17 as well!

Too much is being made of the signings Wakefield have brought in

As Mr Avenger told you, Wakey have FOUR players new to the club since we last played you.

You seem to want to count injured/non-selected players too.

In what way is releasing 7 players and signing 9 players before the transfer deadline using a "loophole"? Net 2 players.

Does Higham count for Leigh?