Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:15 pm  

Norman Stanley Fletcher wrote:

Jim Fallon?

Beau falloon.
didnt realise hetherington was at leeds then!

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:17 pm  

Norman Stanley Fletcher wrote:

taxi4stevesmith wrote:

who came in for fallon then?

Jim Fallon?

Sateki Tuipulotu, sort of.

And fans nowadays think they have it tough.

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:29 pm  

Could it be, with the ground redevelopment work and the consequential reduction in capacity for next season, that keeping the wage bill down looks attractive to GH? Maybe a decision has been taken to ride our luck again next season and build for 2018 and beyond. Keep the cash as a contingency fund for the ground redevelopment / war chest to pick up playing staff for 2018. Or is that just a touch too cynical?

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:38 pm  

If you were cynical you could add that he can hide the drop in crowds due to ground re-development and not the fact people are displeased with the product.

If you were cynical....

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:15 pm  

TOMCAT wrote:

Could it be, with the ground redevelopment work and the consequential reduction in capacity for next season, that keeping the wage bill down looks attractive to GH? Maybe a decision has been taken to ride our luck again next season and build for 2018 and beyond. Keep the cash as a contingency fund for the ground redevelopment / war chest to pick up playing staff for 2018. Or is that just a touch too cynical?

It's too cynical and also not how Hetherington works - he is as well aware as anyone else that the key to being profitable is for the team to be competitive and the playing budget is not even close to being on the list of things they'd cut if they needed to save money (which they don't really).

A better question is whether the way Hetherington manages the cap is still the best way.

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:48 pm  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

As I said elsewhere, the loss of Zak and Achurch this year should leave us well under the cap. Not spending that and hoping we get lucky and the other top teams get unlucky is bonkers.

With McGuire becoming injury prone, Lilley being young and Sutty at FB we could be in for another year of directionless rugby.

While you would think we should have some brass left Segyaro and ferres will be eating into some of the salary left by these players.

I imagine when we shift hardaker a signing will be brought in. Hopefully not some project or squad player but who knows, there has been a fair bit of activity in the transfer market with the top teams strengthening while we appear to be doing very little at this time.

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:22 pm  

Norman Stanley Fletcher wrote:

Jim Fallon?

Fear not, I'm still here in a cupboard under the north stand.

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:08 pm  

Fallon wrote:

Fear not, I'm still here in a cupboard under the north stand.

You are probably safe from the builders for a few years yet.

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:19 pm  

Baldwinson's not getting a game is he. Delaney and his Zimmer frame by plenty.

Re: Today's YEP : Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:26 pm  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

It's too cynical and also not how Hetherington works - he is as well aware as anyone else that the key to being profitable is for the team to be competitive and the playing budget is not even close to being on the list of things they'd cut if they needed to save money (which they don't really).

A better question is whether the way Hetherington manages the cap is still the best way.

I think he's worked out that he can get away with another 2-3 seasons of rubbish before crowds start to drop significantly. I think he's also looked at how poor the rest of SL is and fancies us getting at least top 6 next year to generate playoff revenue and with a bit of luck in the CC draw semi's are not out of the question.