Re: Warrington : Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:57 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

In the same way we did, back in the day: good coaching and good recruitment. We have neither.

Please don't compare our approach to the salary cap to ther way you used to. You were exposed as salary cap cheats, we abide by the rules.

Re: Warrington : Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:57 pm  

TF and the wire wrote:

Please don't compare our approach to the salary cap to ther way you used to. You were exposed as salary cap cheats, we abide by the rules.

No we weren't.

Re: Warrington : Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:14 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

No we weren't.

why were Saints fined £22,000, then?

Re: Warrington : Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:18 pm  

I don't know how Warrington stay under the cap, I don't know how we did back in the good old days, however is done, then FairPlay.

Re: Warrington : Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:25 pm  

jdrocket wrote:

why were Saints fined £22,000, then?

It was an administration error made when paying out winning bonuses (£8,000 I believe). We didn't deliberately cheat like Wigan for example who were £250k over the salary cap the year they went over.

Re: Warrington : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:22 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

It was an administration error made when paying out winning bonuses (£8,000 I believe). We didn't deliberately cheat like Wigan for example who were £250k over the salary cap the year they went over.

It certainly seems an innocuous error but considering Warrington's nose is cleaner than clean, it's £8000 more than WArrington have ever gone over the cap.

Re: Warrington : Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:03 am  

jdrocket wrote:

It certainly seems an innocuous error but considering Warrington's nose is cleaner than clean, it's £8000 more than WArrington have ever gone over the cap.

I think we could do without the smug self-righteous sanctimony if you don't mind matey - the glasshouse rule applies. Warrington are obviously bending the rules and exploiting the loopholes on salary cap every bit as much now as any other team ever has in the history of SL, even Wigan. If the rules allow it to go on then more power to your elbow and by all means exploit it to the full extent you can - I hope the new stadium allows us to go doling out dozens of suspiciously highly paid clerical jobs to players' friends and family soon too. Just don't come on here with the phoney halo **** and we'll all be happy.

Re: Warrington : Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:29 am  

I like the way Warrington play and rate Tony Smith, but TBH at their best I prefer Wigan's more structured approach (if anything I think their pack is a classic case where the sum of parts is better than the individuals). The key to beating any team of course is to put them under pressure - stopping them scoring or at least building an early lead is vital. Whether anyone can do that with Warrington remains to be seen though.

Re: Warrington : Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:11 am  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

I think we could do without the smug self-righteous sanctimony if you don't mind matey - the glasshouse rule applies. Warrington are obviously bending the rules and exploiting the loopholes on salary cap every bit as much now as any other team ever has in the history of SL, even Wigan. If the rules allow it to go on then more power to your elbow and by all means exploit it to the full extent you can - I hope the new stadium allows us to go doling out dozens of suspiciously highly paid clerical jobs to players' friends and family soon too. Just don't come on here with the phoney halo **** and we'll all be happy.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and you have... love all

You ever think that people want to come to Warrington to win things? I know you probably share the same mentality of other 'below average' clubs, like London (in that you have to pay over the odds for very poor players to compensate for a drought of trophies) but don't assume Warrington do.

You'd be a fool to believe that a professional sportsman doesn't want to win something and you have way more chance of doing that at Warrington.

It's really quite simple.

Re: Warrington : Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:16 am  

It would have been a risk, but I wish we had thrown the chequebook at Chris Hill last season. One of the best props in SL and was the best prop on the field on Monday and Saturday. We're crying out for a pack leader and he would have been a perfect replacement for Jammer.