roby won't leave saints. I was told the deal depends on warrington finding a suitable replacement

Quite correct, I have been told from more than one source that Roby is the highest paid player in super league.
The previous highest paid supposedly was Tompkins before he left Wigan.
I have no idea what our highest paid player is on, or how much he earns.

I would suggest not enough ,salary cap is holding RL back

No it's not.

The generally appalling ability of RL's clubs to generate income and market themselves is holding RL back.

Of course many clubs ability to do that would be made an awful lot easier if they hadn't all sold the family silver back in the "good old days".

It's funny though whenever Leeds promote new items to sell on FB/Twitter, you always get some fans bitching about the club bleeding the fans of money. Yes, let's make sure the club doesn't try and explore every avenue of profit it can you dumbasses.

How this isn't the no1 sport in the world is beyond me. The game itself is perfect. Best sport in the world.

It's late, a bit drunk and a bit sick of all the union pricks at the pub tonight. Feck their World Cup. LEAGUE TILL I DIE!! Posh plebs
This sport deserves so much more recognition but this has been the case for years now.

Probably the wrong thread for the rant but bugger it.

Best game. Run by idiots

I wont be watching a single minute of the RU World Cup. Rather watch paint dry or grass grow.

1) heisenberg Great post pub rant

I hope the head isn't too sore this morning

2) RL is the best and most watchable team game IMO. Yet it's national coverage is still "limited" What do we as a sport have to do to build the supporter base?

3) I will be watching the RU World cup. I like watching RU, it's not as easy or exciting to watch as a good RL game, but it is IMO still a great game.

4) What I won't be doing is watching it in the grounds, the price of tickets for any England game is huge! Yet demand has been strong. They have taken a lot of learning (and personel) from RL, I would love RL to take the manual for commercial success out of the RU playbook. Commercially they have done a fabulous job over the last 25 years.

I agree with all 4 points.

Were you told by his dad?

Being told we can't sign the best players because of salary cap is a joke ,not being able to compete with RU is a joke

The salary cap isn't what stops RL clubs "signing the best players".

Their inability to generate income streams outside the TV revenue is what stops more than two or three clubs signing the best players.

You could have set the SL salary cap at £10m. Sam Burgess would still have gone to Union. Chris Ashton would still have gone to Union. SBW would still have gone to Union. It wouldn't have made the blindest bit of difference.

Union has spent 120 years being a bigger sport than its offspring. Not likely to change in mine or your lifetime. Deal with it and lose the chip.

Spot on we get em at wire. ..We launch a membership scheme on Monday ...

For a small fee become a member of your club get a few benefits discounts etc. ..The club gets the opportunity to expand its profile and gain some income and the same people come out with" its a rip off....haven't they had enough money off us be releasing three replica shirts this season...."


Quite sad. ..

Clubs need to get money or of their fans or the fans won't have a club

Slightly off topic but for those that remember us being linked with Will Carling in the late 80's / early 90's, he's just confirmed on Twitter that we did put an offer in for him

Head not too bad pal

Whilst totally true the idea is that you expand your fan base and therefore are not relying on a couple of thousand die hards buying every bit of toot you produce. Problem is, the fan base is so small even for the bigger SL clubs.

You also need to have strong and varied commercial support. Again, something SL struggles with.

So from the Wire board Cutherson (whoever he is) and cash for Clark? Farah coming in to replace Clark.

There is so something very special in the water over there.

That would be the worst trade ever

Not that it would have made much difference (given we won f*ck all and ran out of money) but glad he turned us down.

He'd never have made a league player, I don't even know what position you'd play him in. One of the most over-rated players I've ever seen. I'm not even sure he'd make the England RU team in the pro era.

100% it would. Getting shut of our new pack leader at the same time our old pack leader leaves sounds just like the actions of our methodical, calculated CEO.

It's just a bizarre one. You'd think cuthbertson would be happy given his form and how well his first season is going.
But to give him and cash for Clarke so they can get Farah ...where does that rumour originate from ? Or just wishlist ?

God knows! And if we Clarke in the deal there maybe a few people scratching theirs heads at the first day of training.

To be fair only one person has said it and another has said its nonsense.

Cuthbo's family are from Warrington so probably wishful thinking on their part