If this is a transition year then I can accept that, we have just come through a relatively successful period where whe have been in or around the trophys for a good few years. A year around mid table is no great shame as long as there are plans in place to get us back up to the front in the years to come.

What worries me is keeping hearing the likes of Rads stating that we are spending up to the cap, its feels an awful lot like a cop out to hide the fact that we are cutting back on our wage bill. Looking at the talent in our squad I'm finding it difficult to see where that money is being spent. We are either paying some players more than they are worth, which for me is poor management or we are hiding behind the cap to excuse the lack of recruitment.

There you go mate as your memory is clearly not what it used to be...

Hey, dont take your anger out on me because we are in a dire situation.

You seem to be unable to read.

In my second line i point out why we should of pulled out and it is directly related to the need for us to concentrate on the season ahead if you expand your thinking, all of what i said is related to a bigger picture.

[iWith us losing our two best players, a new coach thats only supposed to be keeping the seat warm for a year and a formidable team waiting for us, i think we should of pulled out of the game. [/i

not sure why people think it's such a bad idea , you've lost a hefty part of the team and a coach , if you want Edwards then you pretty much had to have an interim coach , Lam is a good choice , who else would you have for a short period ? unless you rule Edwards out you aren't going to entice a big name coach , besides its a squad that need rebuilding , you can't win every year . I can't see things being much different if Wane would have stayed.

Only thing that confuses me is how on earth did Wgan break the cap ? There squad doesn't look like a cap breaking one , for me though the cap needs to go , its killing the game .

The cap breach was in 2017 when we still had Sam Tomkins on marquee money, Joel Tomkins, McIlorum, Nuausala etc.