If the rumours are to be believed, I'm not fussed at all that Andy Ellis has signed for Fev because some of the figures being bandied around will surely have the RFL questioning how so many players can fit within a £300K cap ( see what i did there ? ). Maybe mr probiz has had the nod of approval like mr stobart got at Widnes a few year ago, who knows ? Any single player is just one injury away from a disastrous season's planning by his team's backroom staff anyway as most of us have witnessed over the years.
I don't see how the prize money available at this second-tier of RL parallels with some clubs' spending, I really am at a loss at it all somehow I just don't get it.
In the case of Sheffield Eagles by contrast, I'm gonna have to bite the bullet & applaud them for reaching the GF for the second season in succession, this year playing all their games away from home, Leigh on a thursday especially a massive effort, yet they produce very little in the way of gate receipts season after season yet their coach can manage to get his lads up for the contest at the vital stage of the season on what we are lead to believe a much inferior budget.
So, I ask the question: Is it really all about money, or is desire & determination a bigger influence on players & staff around them ?
Some people might not like my views & I never accept that players don't go out there to win every contact, every tackle, every match, but why are some teams much better at it than others ?
Unless a team, or maybe more than one can get promoted to the SL by whatever means then I feel it's simply a weekend hobby for us all below SL nowadays. Powell yet again has been making the right noises about Fev & Eagles in yesterday's trade papers about those two clubs' merits with regards to SL in the future, I'm beginning to believe Fev have been given the nod.
