Re: Rumours thread. : Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:27 am  

Frosties. wrote:

havent looked through the pages to see if this has been mentioned, but Gary Wheeler to Wigan?

i hope not, he's all class and has to at some point be able to put a run of games together

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:44 pm  

All is not well in the pies camp.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:46 pm  

St pete wrote:

All is not well in the pies camp.

i'm not really surprised, there's an ape in charge and all the money they got from Joel has gone on already the highest paid player at the club. I'm sure the other players are made up that their contributions to the clubs recent sucess have been put down to just one player

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:52 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

i'm not really surprised, there's an ape in charge and all the money they got from Joel has gone on already the highest paid player at the club. I'm sure the other players are made up that their contributions to the clubs recent sucess have been put down to just one player

I'd like to take the credit for wanes nickname of ape. I was watching planet of the apes one night and one was the spit of him!

I think the trouble is the fact one player earns a great deal more than the others. In one example one certain player earns a massive £280,000 more than a current first team player!

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:09 am  

St pete wrote:

I think the trouble is the fact one player earns a great deal more than the others. In one example one certain player earns a massive £280,000 more than a current first team player!

Here's my reply on the Wigan board. To which first team player do you refer?

Do you think Makinson is on anywhere the same as Roby?

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Exactly. I'm afraid the communist all people are equal doesn't work. Before I retired I worked for a big multi facet, multi national company. The engineers, sales, admin personnel etc were not on the same money in their respective groups. Some were better at their jobs, generated more revenue, were better qualified etc than their colleagues. It was up to those who were less paid to make their way up the ladder, and quite a few myself included did that. One of the engineers, who was below me went into management, got an MBA and is now in a prominent European position.

Talent and application needs to be rewarded.

It's up to the players to play, and it's management decision what they are worth. Keep improving and the pay will follow.
Sam is probably the only X factor player in our game at the moment, you only had to hear the crowds reaction everytime he touched the ball on Saturday. I don't know what they are paying him but to me he is worth every penny.

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:13 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Do you think Makinson is on anywhere the same as Roby?

To equate the two scenarios Makinson would need to be on more than Roby.

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:23 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

To equate the two scenarios Makinson would need to be on more than Roby.

Same principal.
And where are these "rumoured salaries" coming from?

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:37 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Same principal.

It's principle and no it's not.

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:48 am  

I thing its a workable stragety to allow one star per team, I actually posted before sam signed that it would be an idea to allow 1 british player on each squad to only count 33% of their salary towards the cap.
That way, taking into account some clubs not spending up to the cap, there would be about 10 spots available in Superleague where star players could be protected from the clutches of Union and NRL, (hopefully) without allowing clubs to blow a crippling amount of money on multiple high wages.
Now, if Sean O'Loughlin was upset that Sam had/has said spot at Wigan and was earning a lot more than him, then it is his choice to try negotiate a similar contract at another club.

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:07 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

I thing its a workable stragety to allow one star per team, I actually posted before sam signed that it would be an idea to allow 1 british player on each squad to only count 33% of their salary towards the cap.
That way, taking into account some clubs not spending up to the cap, there would be about 10 spots available in Superleague where star players could be protected from the clutches of Union and NRL, (hopefully) without allowing clubs to blow a crippling amount of money on multiple high wages.
Now, if Sean O'Loughlin was upset that Sam had/has said spot at Wigan and was earning a lot more than him, then it is his choice to try negotiate a similar contract at another club.

But, in theory, whilst protecting ten players, it could then force two times that amount out of the game.

Super League cannot compete with the NRL, Union in the UK or Union in France in terms of salaries, so protecting a few individuals isn't going to help much.