Cheers Bet, one law for one as the saying goes. I wasn`t even winding them up either, I was getting there though.

I agree, Wing is a 'luxury' position, the finishing touches to a team that already has strong halves, hooker, full back and pack.

Tom's a great player, but we can't throw stupid money in to keeping him when we still don't have a quality no7 after all these years.

I totally agree with this, you make some very valid points mate, good post.

I was thinking last night, and I can't recall having a real quality 7 at any point we've played at the KC, am I forgetting someone?

It's a shame that another quality player is going to give the NRL a go.
We don't really have enough quality players in the SL but unfortunatly I saw this coming a mile away as it was obvious what would happen as soon as it became clear just how much cash the NRL clubs were going to have.

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You can`t blame the kid for grabbing his big chance in the NRL. He has been outstanding for us and he can only get better over there. He has been loyal to us over the years, he could have gone before but decided to wait a while. We obviously need to look at our salary cap if we are going to hang onto our talented youngsters in future.

The problem is, you can't put a value in £/$'s of the opportunity for someone early-mid 20's with no huge family comittments to move to Australia, to do exactly what they're doing now, but where the weather is better, the game is bigger etc. etc.

To sort the salary cap out we need to drop to 12 sustainable teams, we need a governing body that can secure meaningful and valuable sponsorship, and we need Sky to give us something better than Eddie and Stevo commentating, we also need better officials and better run clubs.

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no you were just been a boring

I'm sure he was only 'arvin a laugh....

Raynor for me

If it was a money decision I'd let O'Meley, Galea, Seymour, McDonnell, Holdsworth and Heremaia go to keep him.

and play whom in their positions?

Briscoe

In Tom`s shoes I would be off as well, as you say the whole Aussie environment can`t be bettered.
By dropping to 12 teams means realistically that London and Catalan have to go?
London cannot be sustained, surely, on their pitiful home attendances and their away following, although both kids are ok, bring nothing to other clubs.
Catalan, whilst boasting fantastic conditions both weather wise and culturaly are expensive and also bring nothing to the away games either.
The time has come to get more ruthless and make some important decisions regarding these clubs. Or are the RFL now looking even further afield at expanding our heartland game into the nether regions?

You'd seriously drop one of the competitions best teams?

and that would achieve? don't talk b*llocks he is quality but wingers are an easy fix and if u give them the ball in space they usually finish we have to focus on having the team to put these wingers in the position to score and that comes from the quality in the halves and the pack. and using a big chunk of salary on a winger although he is quality would be criminal imo
sorry for talking sense

I would. And the savings that the RFL make from not funding the Catalans away expenses will go to help the clubs that do bring more to the table.
As far as funding the London team to any extent then I have no knowledge of such but wager that they funded by the RFL.

BIG MONEY WASTED ON WINGERS FOR US SHOULD BE A THING OF THE PAST...BEN COCKAYNE DID REALLY WELL FOR WAKEY LAST YEAR AND I BET HE'S ON PEANUTS COMPARED TO BRISCOE.....
LINEHAM IN, BRISCOE OUT...AND SAVE A SHED LOD OF CASH IN THE PROCESS

I think your missing my point, I'd try and keep young talented British players than sign overseas players.

If all clubs had have made the same commitment we'd still have Ashton, Tomkins, Eastmond in our game rather than some of the weak overseas players we have now.

Broughton back to Hull?

yep sorry pal missed your point i see were your coming from but its hard to get a good team without signing Aussies and kiwis. young English talent is coming through at only a few teams at the moment if everyone had the spine of the team like Leeds then i see were your coming from. but that will take years for every team to build there team to that level and until that time comes this is how it will be. money talks nowadays and we would never compete with the nrl or union when it comes down to cash unfortunately so if we do lose players there's not much the clubs can do.

Thank feck you have no input then. Utterly bonkers idea.


How much would it save, exactly? Or even roughly?

How many clubs bring 'more to the table' than one of the best sides in the competition. And don't start the pointless whining about away fans, either. If cubs can't attract enough home fans to survive then missing out on some away fans for one game a season won't make any difference.


Then you'd be wrong, like the vast majority of flat-cappers.

And presumably these "away" fans from France and London we dont get would bring in more income than what Sky gives us because its not just an M62 competition?