: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:09 pm  

The 50K thing is interesting.

If a club sign a RU player then his salary less 50K to count on the cap would be a better system than just saying he is worth 50K a year.

What I think would happen is that someone would throw a fantastic amount of money at SBW for example just because it would get around the cap.

Got to be strict conditions if this was to be even considered.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:24 pm  

THELAST3YARDS wrote:

although back row is probably Wigans strongest area of the pitch.

This is true but it could be so much stronger if Noble got the selection right.

I think it would be at its strongest if we had

Hansen
Lockers
Tomkins

with Hock off the bench

Instead of

Hock
Bailey
Lockers

with Hansen and Tomkins off the bench (no need for both but he hasn't got the balls to drop one of them)

Re: Noble on Super League Show : Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:31 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

yes he did.
But what he said that Grayshon missed the point of was that only a £50K of their salary should count on the salary cap.

Maybe RL could then find another Boston, Offiah, Davies, Gibbs etc.

What about that forward pass for Hulls second try.

Both second half tries were from forward passes.

rl : Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:39 pm  

I like Noble's idea. He says that only one ex Union player per club would get the SC concession. That would not affect anything concerning youth development.
Also agree with Jonh that we go below six nations level for players.
After all Boston never played for Wales and Offiah didn't play for England.
A wingman of their calibre would do very nicely thank you.
Before he brings a number of youth players through he needs to bolster the front row by at least one of not two experienced props.
When he's done that lets have a look at Tomkins, Mossop and Farrell.
Given the injury to Phelps it is time he brought Ainscough in.

[DaveO]

Re: rl : Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:47 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

I like Noble's idea. He says that only one ex Union player per club would get the SC concession.

A salary cap concession just means the union player would get paid more. The players agent would inflate the salary demanded to take account of the fact they know clubs can spend some more money on wages.

Why can't anyone see this would be divisive? It basically says RU players are worth more than established RL players.

It is a ridiculous idea.

Dave

Re: rl : Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:53 pm  

DaveO wrote:

n wages.
Why can't anyone see this would be divisive? It basically says RU players are worth more than established RL players.

Like you say Dave it would do nothing for team unity in the slightest.

How could you justify having someone just walk into an RL team and get paid far more than players who are better than them.

I know in the past RU has provided some great players to RL, but that was before RU went professional. Any decent RU player would surely want to stay in that code and earn the money that only RU has at the moment.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:56 pm  

Noble out?

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:36 pm  

What would happen if the ball was on the other foot, like if the RU came n radied one player for our SL clubs for example burrow,wello,lockers,r horne,burgess,westerman,j rooney,r myler.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:37 pm  

If RL exempt £50k for a union player, RU will exempt £200k for a league lad.

Getting into a bun fight with union would be madness and Noble has further cemented his position as a moron in my mind. The man seems to have completely lost the plot.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:57 pm  

The guy is stuck in a time warp.

Is he the new Maurice Bamford...?