Fantastic win for the Reds today, and I didn't expect much as Hudds have been playing really well. I was out cleaning the car ( have been working today in The Highlands) when my other half came and told me the final score. To say we were "chuffed" is a real understatement: so I phoned our eldest (The Butcher) and we had a good old natter about it.

I went on the SL website to read the report and I was amazed. Talk about give our lads no credit: I couldn't believe it. They go on about players that were not "risked" for Knocks and used the word "shock" and "snatched" (quote). They also go on to mention players that have not or hardly figured in the Hudds team at all this season.

I don't for one minute begrudge Hudds success as I can equate with them more than the likes of The Pies etc. but this is absolute nonsense. You would have thought we were on the back foot from the "off" but then you read that they scored THREE tries in the closing minutes.

What a pathetic bunch of A'holes the press can be.

P.S. sorry about the rant guys but the facts just don't add up.

P.P.S. My other half and I were talking the other night and we don't see how the Pies can possibly meet the salary cap.
All the best. BD.

Please please wash the car very very thoroughly next Sunday.

Pies or Wire for that matter, but the RL don't care.

It ws similar the other week after the Hull defeat on the Super League Show. They focused more on FC than Salford.

I would imagine the match report was written by someone who wasn't even at the game.

I agree the Rugby league media spin it that the reason salford win is because the other team dont perform,

its always "stugging salford win ONLY their 3 game of the season as team X fail to turn up" then when they talk about Wilky is "salt of the earth, Mr Wilkinson deserves success 20 odd years of hard graft and the amount of money and effort he has put in over the years"

Its like they are talking about two different salfords at times, make a choice praise us, big us up and give us some on the spot light to shine or keep slapping us down as a club.

Dont do both, like any wounded animal we have and hopefully will continue to come out fighting until we get some respect from the rugby league media.

its hard enough for salford to generate an interest in the area in rugby league if the rugby league media dont play the game.

The only player we've signed close season was Paul Deacon, the majority of our team now have come through junior development etc. Interesting you don't place the same argument on both Leeds & StHelens who have both invested considerably off season, infact Leeds used Lee Smiths wages on Eastwood or Delaney yet they still managed to sign him back again and.....get him under the salary cap!!!!!

Behave yourself.

We only signed Deacon !

And we got done the other year for 'breaking the spirit of the cap' i.e WE DIDNT EVEN BREAK IT and still got done.

Yeah the RFL loves us

you did spend more than the cap when you had points deducted, and don't you think it strange that when a salary cap was proposed for the lower divisions in football a few years back the club chairman were contacting Uncle Maurice to see how to get round it.
High paid female consultants just happened to be married to low paid players etc.

Your comments are laughable, we did(allegedly) spend more than the cap allowed and got points deducted true, but thats over and done with. Why the hell did you think we had a new chairman put in place? Who basically sorted our finances out, take a look at how many players we have let go over the last few seasons compared to what we signed.

Seems like a touchy subject...

Looks like I hit a nerve

It's amazing, mention 'Wigan' and 'Salary Cap' in the same sentence and you get flooded with Pies who come out with all kinds of different stories.

Most entertaining. Always worth a throw when the forums are quiet.

I really do doubt we are under the cap. The players we signed when ML and DW were in charge, have indeed been given new contracts. no doubt some have taken wage cuts etc. Since IL took over we've signed players on very little, recovering from the "ML and DW era".

If you going to question the salary cap? surely warrington are favourites to be over? They've signed so many players in the past two years, and still look to sign every other player that comes available. Tell me straight how you could possible have:

King, Solomona, Hicks, Monaghan, Morley, Briers, Atkins.. the list goes on. Top class players who cant be cheap? you could even count Mathers, Westwood, Carvell, the anderson brothers, hell i bet micky higham isnt on peanuts.

Its ridiculous.

what about Myler?

The truth is no-one but Red Hall knows if anyone is over the cap.

Its a live cap, so therefore Wigan cant be over it.

Now toddle off back to your little old ground and get over it.

at least it is our ground not rented from a Bloke who owns a football team



as for the "live" cap what happens if towards the last quarter of the season 3 or 4 clubs find they have spent all their money for that year and can not pay the players anymore?
Do they :-
A) play for nothing
B) play the kids
C) ignore the cap and say the players have deferred their salaries until next year
D) continue paying the relatives for admin jobs.

you can always tell when we(that is wigan) are winning again you get all these moaninig morons like you bringing up the past,how come you didnt moan about leeds and saints for winning all the trophy`s since,and while were on the subject of salary caps what about smith returning to leeds

He's on YTS.

A) We tried that already, hence we got done for thinking about it. Some Wigan players were asked to defer pay until the next year. Of course that means that Wigan would have to take that pay into account on that years cap. So therefore they would not breach it.
B) We tried that already, we bring more through than pretty much anyone.
C) See A above.
D) That allegation is totally unfounded. Before you spout such rubbish, lets see your source.

Where top of the league so we must be over the cap, shame no club has praised us on our performance being better than the opposistion

Imo, Wigan thoroughly deserve to be in the position they're in... Better late than never 'ey!

I love Wigan fans. They're funny.