And the odd player's too.

How much did we actually pay for him?

£250k, hence disclosed fee. Don't want to look like we have had our pants pulled down. Which, for that fee, for a player who is good, but wont play a full season,we clearly have!!

We offered £400k for Williams by all accounts.....

I'd be surprised if we paid that much for Brown. We'll probably see in the accounts released in July 2018 if you can wait that long!

I'm not normally one for spreading unsubstantiated 'facts' but I was told £175k for Brown which I thought was a bit dear.

....and nothing but a nod and a wink for Williams.

What is extremely coincidental, is that when we've raided these middle to struggling clubs for their special one....
That team then ends up being financially sound and off the back if that, have a very good following season...more often bettering ourselves!?

Go on then, I'm not saying you are mistaken but please give an example or three

Hull last year? They won the Challenge Cup, although we won the LLS and got to the Grand Final.

I could be tongue in cheek and say St Helens when we signed Martin Gleeson

Well, Wakey certainly wasn't one of them

Cas after we paid for Clark, yes Hull.

Hull's not a bad shout COYW but I'd say a draw. Sure they had a better season than their previous but was theirs better than ours without getting into the semantics of how does two final spots plus the LLS equate to the CC win.

You can't have Gleeson ha ha

My example of RD's theory not working in recent years would be Salford and we went there twice for Myler and Ratchford and still they didn't improve.

Sorry RD Cas may have improved after we signed Clark it was the often bettering us that I'd dispute and like Hull I don't think that is clear cut

Cox from Hull KR

If Warrington want to spend that much on an aging, injury prone half back, that's their issue. Brown is a good halfback on his day, and i hope he does well for us, irrespective of the fee. However, where i got the info from is a pretty good source.

I know, theres not too many, Saints was in jest. Despite Hull getting the CC, i would probably still prefer the LLS and GF appearance as well as CC Final. Hull did however improve massively after they sold Westerman and Lineham to us!

If RD is correct then watch out for a resurgent Bradford now we've snaffled Blythe!!

We also improved massively after offloading Richard Agar!

they're possibly getting liquidated tomorrow

I think I said along the lines of raided the best player and the hosts benefit from Moranavic.
I'm not so sure Matty fits that criteria.

They finished above us and got into the play-offs which we didn't

Fair comment but our fortunes subsequently reversed

Oh indeed. They were only better that very next season

Could it be that our payments to the lower clubs is the only proven example of the capitalist theory of wealth trickling down from the top?

I didn't say that it didn't happen it was the "more often" part of RD's theory that I needed to be convinced of and I'm sorry but I haven't spotted a trend