Why did he react? Why not ask a straight question if he was in doubt? Clearly what 'nearest and dearest' posters write plays winslade so easily.....poor sap.

Whatever the argument over what constitutes 'established', I'd say quite confidently that Wire can offer more chance of success to a player than yourselves, Widnes, Hull KR, etc, can - This is neatly proven by the fact that in just under two seasons, Joel Monaghan already has a top of the table finish and now a Challenge Cup winners medal.

As Sinfield said, a player will sacrifice a few quid if it means he can be part of a successful team, whereas the only temptation that an ambitious club like Widnes can offer at the moment is big money - What they have to hope for is what happened at Wire, where after going gradually through years of paying big money to average players (Reardon, Rauhihi, Fafilli, etc), you eventually reach a point where you have a half decent squad, coupled with a good coach, who will then get you challenging for honours - At that point, attracting the so-called big names becomes a bit easier than it was in the previous years.

The true deluded are those who think you can simply walk in with a wallet load of cash and buy yourself a team and instant success - People accusing Wire of salary indiscretion seem to forget that we have been building this present side since 2003 (our first year in the play-offs and last year at Wilderspool) - With our ground move and astute use of Simon Moran's cash in the transfer market, we have reached the present point where we are a serious trophy contending side, but it has taken almost 10 years.

The bottom line is that you know about the same about individual player salaries as I do; very little.
I have nothing against the Warrington club. IMO their squad is the strongest in the league by far. Homegrown.... Tier 1..... Tier 2....Whatever. There are bigger, more established clubs in Super League that don't have the names in their squads that Warrington do. That is all.

Unless you can provide proof of that I'd say making statements along these lines is unhealthy for the future of RLFans less Brett or the club get a bit upset by the accusation.

That's the funny thing about these forums, people claiming they know all types of things, yet never able to back up these claims.

Whatever these Giants fans like to suggest with their subtle (and not so subtle) insinuations, the fact remains that until they produce evidence and hand that evidence to the Super League authorities for action to be taken, then ultimately it is they who are the true deluded and us 'thin-skinned' Wire fans who can just sit back and laugh and their whinging....

I'd like to suggest we kidnap Mr Hodgson at Wire's awards dinner and smuggle him into a Giants kit for next season !!