I've not got into the tactics yet. I'm still messing around with all the teams trying to see how all the players are etc.

What about the training then?

I've got 2 Fitness coaches - 5 star ratings, a 5 star Fitness and Conditioner and 1 5 star sports massage, but the players fitness are still low?

After every game make sure you give the players a recovery session with your club masseur (sp).

When a player gets injured or promoted to your main squad etc, they get taken off the training regime so you have to put them back on it when they recover/join up.

That's basically all I do and the players start off every game with more or less 90% fitness

Players fitness are all high now.

Got beat 24-10 off Catalans, then lost 36-0 to Wire lol.

Still very hard.

At least you now know that it isn't down to the fitness and that you can concentrate on where the team is going wrong on the pitch


Oh bugger, I've actually started fully now. I've got all my coaches in place with Saints on Hard mode, but now my wage bill is making me lose money. Wage bill is 52k and the income is 30k Already 100k+ in debt, edging that much closer to the 2m balance withdrawl.

I've invested in a youth player that took me over the withdrawl costing 700k+ and he isn't ready yet

Yeah me. Have you managed to get round this yet? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Nope, have you tried updating your DirectX with the link on the download page? I t never worked for me but may be helpful to you.

I always go 12-0 up and then the other team beats me 30-12 or something with Leeds. Could have been an easier difficulty.

It's all the same difficulty, just the Easy, Medium, Hard is the financial part of the game.

Have you got good fitness trainers and make your players have the recovery thing after a game?

Has anyone been offered another job so early in the season? After my first game with Wigan, I got offered the Huddersfield job for the next season, they must be desperate!

Also, has anyone accidently forgot to renew a contract, I lost Trent Barrett to Doncaster after my second game because I forgot to look at the contracts screen!

Yeah also I have tried updating it from another site but no joy...

The game is so buggy but it's so fun. I took over Wigan who were already over the salary cap for some reason, got rid of a load of useless coaches and Micky Higham, signed Cunningham and got my salary under £1.8m. Went into the first game against Quins losing 12-0 to which I came back and lead 13-12 until they scored in the last minute - 13-18, then I scored again and won 19-18, but nobody got a drop goal according to the match stats lol (3 point try maybe).

Then I got into a load of debt so put Fielden on the transfer list. Doncaster bought him for about £2m. Then went on to get hammered by Castleford, Hull and Bradford.

Oh yeah, I promoted someone called Morgan Worgan aswell. Quality name.