Talking of pulling stunts I'd pay good money to see Gus fired out of a cannon.

The simple truth (in my mind) is that since Lenagan scarpered we have not resembled anything near a professionally run club.

There has been a catalogue of failures by the current management, and the RFL is a convenient straw man. From cancelling player sponsor dinners, to the damp squib of a re-brand, to appointing Powell, to giving underperforming antipodeans long-term contracts, to the decision to leave The Stoop. It's been a complete shambles for the past five years.

I'll re-iterate what I've said in a previous thread - I'm not entirely sure, short of stepping in and taking control of the club from David Hughes, what we could have reasonably expected the RFL to do.

The RFL & SL clubs could have realised that London can't be run on the same budget as a North of England club.
The SKY funding should be at least 50% higher as should the salary cap.
If London are to be competitive then they have to bring in the quality of player and numbers of quality players to do that.
The quota of Federation players is nonsense as there aren't any Federation clubs near to London.
That fed quota number should be added to the non federation trained players.
If the London expansion idea is to continue then it has to be successful on a long term basis. That depends on quality players and quality coaching.
To try and continue with the current level of funding and player access will only mean continuing failure.
Improvements are needed and changes have to be made to acheive that, whether the RFL & SL clubs have the where with all to do it is rather doubtful but we shall have to wait and see..

I think this is a red herring. The club have the benefit of a very large catchment areas for young players and have done reasonably well in player development. We have often wasted the salary cap on extending contracts for under performing or past it players. We have also failed to get the best out of players who should actually have been decent signings.

Why? There aren't many clubs near to Catalan either.

As for the SC London have an allowance to account for greater living expenses, which is irrelevant if the club can't afford to pay it. Arguing for a further increase is also pointless as London can't afford that either. On the same grounds Catalan should have a reduced salary cap to account for the lower income tax rate

The current extra SC allowance has been stated as 10%. That is nowhere near enough to attract the quality players we need to come to London. If I were a potential investor and knew that we could get a competitive team on the park by spending the extra money then it could be seen as a worthwile investment as we will never get decent crowds fielding a team getting flogged each week.

I absolutely agree we need a competitive team to stand any chance of attracting a crowd. However, I don't think the salary cap is the main issue. We have under performed for several seasons indicating more fundamental problems with the management and culture of the club.

Yes Dan Sarginson has had quite shock having to do hard training at Wigan.

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Doesn't that say it all.

You forget he's still only 20. Bags of potential at far more likely to realise it there than with us.

Sloppy journalism. Doesn't even begin to apportion any blame to the real culprit, Nigel Wood.

I'm not sure what's worse. The attempted moustache or the 80s Oldham stylee shirt

Indeed. Craig Gower had it right.

Assuming we survive what will we be like as a team next year in regards to fitness? What sargie states was on show last year after 5 minutes some of the players were knackered. No wonder Gower was cheesed off