Bollox, don't need him or anyone else...









Get Dennis Moran out of retirement and we're in business

And also get David Vaealiki back.... oh wait, even the e players managed to pull off a move to union for big money

The bottom line is cash, they have it we don't.

Sure you ca say drop the salary cap. Some clubs will compete. But this will only result in wage inflation. The players will not become better because they are paid more and eventually 10 years down the line we will have clubs whose chairmen have debted them up to the eye balls left with no benefactor and debts they and the fans cannot afford.

We need to grow our market. That means clubs breaking even, that means rather than a salary cap there is a brealk even cap or minimum profit level. If benefactors want x or y player let them sign them but the club must be able to turn a profit. If the wages are too high then either the player cannot be sign or the benefactor takes on the liability not the club.

We need solvant business' as in the end when the money men get tired and leave, its the fans who have to see their team, break up , get relegated, die.

If you can bring in more money then fair enough sign who ever on what ever, but lets not go pre SL where clubs were all mortgaged to the hilt and ready to sink, because this time there will be no SKY to save us all, as they are already here.

To be fair though have union got the wrong Tomkins. Joel? really. I'd have been surprised if he was picked for england RL.

The problem is a lack of ambition and you see it in the way Warrington are criticised.

Simon Moran is a wealthy bloke who wants to invest money in the sport, he has the contacts and the influence to get people to come over, he turned us from a small time club in the early 2000s to a club who guys like Adrian Morley, Martin Gleeson, Andrew Johns, Matt King and Michael and Joel Monaghan wanted to join.

When we signed Andrew Johns we had other clubs fans bleating about how it was against the spirit of the game to sign a player on a short term deal like that.

When we signed King, Monaghan and co we had other clubs fans bleating about why are Warrington allowed to sign all these players, and pay them all this money etc.

It has to be said that whilst he may be a controversial character, the great Maurice Lindsay never lacked ambition and he would have never criticised Warrington for this. If Maurice was still around he would have argued that the salary cap should be scrapped and clubs allowed to get the best players from all over the world. As John Monie said in his book, Maurice always shopped from the top shelf (well until he started getting old and thinking that O'Neill, Ainscough, Vaealiki were top shelf).

I would like us to go back to the days of the late 1980s and early 1990s when rugby league clubs were signing the best players from all over the world....Wigan went out and got Brett Kenny, Gene Miles and Dean Bell. Leeds went out and got Cliffy Lyons and Saints got Mal Meninga. The famous All Blacks were the best RU team in the world so Wigan went and signed Frano Botica and Inga Tuigimala, Leeds signed John Gallagher and Craig Innes. Wales won the Triple Crown and so Widnes went and signed Jonathan Davies, Warrington signed Allan Bateman, Saints signed Scott Gibbs.

If we scrapped the salary cap and encouraged investment and ambition in league, this world cup could be a big shop window for Super League, it could be the greatest league and the greatest sport in the world.

But now we prefer to have the salary cap and equality and prizes for turning up and finishing 5th in the league.

I blame New Labour and their pc leftists. Rugby league was better in Mrs Thatcher's day.

Not too long ago I used to be in regular touch with Red Hall and SL in relation to ties between them and RLFANS. At the time Richard Lewis was running the show and I can honestly say I felt the game was safe in his hands. Lewis is a very sharp operator. Intelligent. Observant. Willing to accept input from others but knows that ultimately the buck stops with him. In all my dealings with Richard and [isome[/i people at Red Hall I don't think I ever felt disappointed.

Then came Nigel Wood. Here is a guy who was a laughing stock [ibefore[/i he got into Red Hall (the Bluesox fiasco). But Wood must talk a good game because no matter how silly he gets the further he rises. Now he's sat on Mount Olympus and I feel the game has never been under greater threat. I don't know anyone who has any time for him but ATEOTD he's the boss.

I saw Lee Mossop driving this car out of Widnes after the St Helens game, maybe the all swap cars with each other



Anyway it will be very interesting to hear what news comes out tomorrow in this press conference. At present I couldn't give two hoots about the new coach, I want to know what the situation is with Sam and Joel.

Joel I can come to terms with losing, even though it is still unacceptable. But losing Sam is not a question.

Sam considering Souths aswell as Union within the next few years.

Sams not good enough for Union....tell me a position he could play?

Joels a natural....hes a natural RU centre..........now if only we had kept him in the 2nd row...i doubt RU would have noticed the potential

and as for Sam's car he has a red Audi A5 and is pally with a guy who works with Infinity. He has had a convertable and a jeep style motor of them to drive around. Not jealous honest.

Good.

Give me the choice of Souths now or union in a couple of years and I'd sadly have to say thanks and good luck in Oz.

I'd help him pack his bags if it meant he was staying clear of that pathetic, talentless, middle class borefest.