How on earth are we going to attract talent into our game with a £1.6m Communist Cap?

£1.6m for the ENTIRE team.

Any standout player if he has any sense at all will move to RU. We will be left with the dross.


As I have said before, the real issue is that any talented player won't even bother with RL in the first place, or "switch" at 11, 12 or 13 (or 17 as in the cases of Owen Farrell and George Ford).

I have watched the game again and it's dross. No creativity, lot's of effort yes, but little class.


What's worse is to listen to that plastic scouser babble on about it being "great" that the games are close.

Talk about missing the point. Does he actually know ANYTHING about the game?

Is that because the teams are fitter, defend better and maybe prevent opportunities? Skill just hasn't disappeared.

I think it was Clarky who said the average wage in SL is £60 K that is only 3K less than an MP- a reasonable wage I suspect-yes inferior to the worlds biggest game-football

I cant think of that many players that have flipped to RU. In fact some have failed and return to the game they prefer.

Im not going to throw in provocative statements such as its difficult for Wigan fans to accept they have deteriorated but as Clarky once again said teams have ups and downs. Maybe you are suffering from poor management under Lindsey and its taking time to turn around.

...and no I'm not a fan of Clarky as he is as biased as they come

Much like Eddie, Barrie etc then.

If that is all you can offer should I take it you accept the points above!!

Lets blame everything other than what goes on in Wigan. To make it worse you've now got a chairman who thinks he is a font of RL knowledge and to make it worse is a spend thrift.

Happy days

This thread is embarrasing. Talk about sour grapes.

Wigan averaging 20,000 fans Wigan have never come close and no SL club, barring possibly Leeds which I still cant see, will ever average 20,000 fans and you can quote me on that.

Also what is your definition of a big club. Pre Super League Bradford had awful attendances and couldnt be described as being any bigger than the likes of Salford. You could say the same for Hull KR too before they had their recent revival. Many of these so called smaller clubs, that you are being so disparaging about, have much more potential to grow than Wigan who I believe are about as close to maximising their potential as any club can be. They cant get really get much bigger than they already are.

personally i think a better way would be similar to how they gave out the licenses. A rating can spend up to x amount B rating a lower amount C rating even lower.
That way it incentiveses clubs to improve every aspect of their club. From stadium to youth development. A better prospect for all concerned