Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:13 am  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Hear hear! Whenever we have the great 'who's the best RL administrator this country has ever had', I always bat for Maurice.

I really wouldn't make that public knowledge if I were you!

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:41 pm  

Anybody care to answer Saddened's post or should we rename the thread?

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:46 pm  

Doogal wrote:

Anybody care to answer Saddened's post or should we rename the thread?

I thought I answered it (admittedly with a bit of sarcasm, which is most unlike me) in the second post on the page.

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:33 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

He was still the best RL administrator this country has ever had.

Maurice Lindsay was a very good RL administrator, although he still has his enemies within the world game!

Wasn't he involved in the Super League RL war that was responsible for the break up of the game down under between the Super League and the ARL?

Did he not once quote in these dealings that:"history is bunk."?

When questioned on the Ashes:
Lindsay replied: "I've never agreed with it being called The Ashes anyway. The Ashes are in cricket."


Whelan and Lindsay were also believed to be the dream team to save Wigan RL, but sadly both exited stage left after delivering nowt in their time there!

He also didnt fit in with the salary cap did he?

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:45 pm  

I'd say we prob spending at the top end of the salary cap. I think in years gone by when we've had the likes of newlove, longy, kc, tommy, joynt and scaly etc we was bending the rules somehow. ( like a few teams are now)

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:41 pm  

The Biffs Back wrote:

Maurice Lindsay was a very good RL administrator, although he still has his enemies within the world game!

Wasn't he involved in the Super League RL war that was responsible for the break up of the game down under between the Super League and the ARL?

Did he not once quote in these dealings that:"history is bunk."?

When questioned on the Ashes:
Lindsay replied: "I've never agreed with it being called The Ashes anyway. The Ashes are in cricket."


Whelan and Lindsay were also believed to be the dream team to save Wigan RL, but sadly both exited stage left after delivering nowt in their time there!

He also didnt fit in with the salary cap did he?

And who do you think brought the salary cap into British Rugby League?

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:36 pm  

I think we'll be fine.

Others i wonder about are Warrington, Hull FC, Hull KR.

Re: Saints and the cap : Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:41 pm  

I think Warrington are pretty clever so doubt anything will happen with them

Re: Saints and the cap : Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:17 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

And who do you think brought the salary cap into British Rugby League?

For everyone except Wigan in the beginning .. typical Maurice

Re: Saints and the cap : Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:49 pm  

Whelan and Mo didn't win much in their time at Wigan I agree.
The one thing they did win was the Challenge Cup in 2002.
Remind me again who Wigan beat in that game!

As for Saints being up to the cap.
I was told, rightly or wrongly, that only five clubs spent the cap in 2010.
Saints, Wigan, Leeds, Hull FC and Warrington.