Re: Smith Out : Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:45 pm  

I'm not trolling... I've had it up to my neck with them this season. Gutted I'd forked out a season ticket for four of us to watch players seemingly throwing games to get the coach sacked... That's been and gone now. We have the two new signings who should freshen the place up, an owner who loves the club with money to spend and a great stadium. We're not going down full stop. Like I've mentioned, let's just get over the finish line and regroup. We're still in a very good position as a club as a whole... In my opinion anyway.

Re: Smith Out : Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:12 pm  

CharlieWong wrote:

I'm not trolling... I've had it up to my neck with them this season. Gutted I'd forked out a season ticket for four of us to watch players seemingly throwing games to get the coach sacked... That's been and gone now. We have the two new signings who should freshen the place up, an owner who loves the club with money to spend and a great stadium. We're not going down full stop. Like I've mentioned, let's just get over the finish line and regroup. We're still in a very good position as a club as a whole... In my opinion anyway.

Are you a big player in the Clubs set up? In fact that's it!!! OMG you're the bloke in charge of recruitment! Now it all makes sense...

Pomeroy is a 33 year old who's been playing part time for the last year and then we've signed a winger! We can't get the ball out to the wingers we already have!

Re: Smith Out : Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:59 pm  

Apparently it's all the fault of the salary cap... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40430299 "I think that has to do with the levelling of the salary cap. I don't think there is a huge difference in the playing talent at the top or the bottom. "If you can keep your best people on the park then you have a chance. If not, then it is a great leveller."

Apparently it's all the fault of the salary cap... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40430299 "I think that has to do with the levelling of the salary cap. I don't think there is a huge difference in the playing talent at the top or the bottom. "If you can keep your best people on the park then you have a chance. If not, then it is a great leveller."

Re: Smith Out : Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:13 pm  

Well he's got a point in that regard hasn't he? It's a race to the bottom. Wigan in the 80s early 90s encouraged teams to lift their game - and most of them did. I'm not chunnering about the salary cap because I'm a Wire fan - i've seen us in worst positions in the league many a time but turned up to watch as I'd be entertained by quality players on both sides. The current standard is dreadful and that's not a pop at Salford, Cas etc as it was dreadful last season when we nearly won the lot.

Evening out of the league might be for some but i found Wigan's dominance far more enthralling than 12 below average sides scrapping about.

Re: Smith Out : Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:18 pm  

These days it is more important than ever to keep key players fit for key games even if that means playing with a weakened team for other games.
From its resurgent days when Wigan won everything with being the only professional team in Britain with all the best players money could buy, Rugby League is in dire straits once more & what is affecting our game is lack of talent to compete as a big sport. Rugby Union turning pro put the boot in our game because,instead of having a ready made pool of talent in amateur RU , we suddenly ran out of available players & started losing ours because Union was paying more money. Add to this the lack of talent coming over from Oz & it is obvious that our game is slowly dying with the powers that be lurching from one desperate measure to the next.

Re: Smith Out : Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:40 pm  

ninearches wrote:

These days it is more important than ever to keep key players fit for key games even if that means playing with a weakened team for other games.
From its resurgent days when Wigan won everything with being the only professional team in Britain with all the best players money could buy, Rugby League is in dire straits once more & what is affecting our game is lack of talent to compete as a big sport. Rugby Union turning pro put the boot in our game because,instead of having a ready made pool of talent in amateur RU , we suddenly ran out of available players & started losing ours because Union was paying more money. Add to this the lack of talent coming over from Oz & it is obvious that our game is slowly dying with the powers that be lurching from one desperate measure to the next.

If we had kept the cap in line with the cost of living it would help massively the marquee signing helps a little but has its draw backs and clubs are seemingly reluctant unable or don't want to say they aware using it to avoid potential disharmony in the squad ??

I would also like to see more rugby league on free to air tv, preferably a new cup to be won
I don't know how it would work but we had more silverware abailable previously even a sevens tournament in the off season with a mix of the youngsters n a few first teamers idk Just throwing ideas out there as the current ideas n thinking of appeasing sky at whatever cost is just not working !!

Re: Smith Out : Fri Jun 30, 2017 12:37 am  

You know Dezzie, why not put some lower division games on free to air tv ? Raw Rugby League & let the people of Britain see our game.
It amazes me how we struggle to get viewing time for RL but we have saturation coverage of snooker,football,golf & tennis on free to air tv.

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Re: Smith Out : Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:53 am  

ninearches wrote:

These days it is more important than ever to keep key players fit for key games even if that means playing with a weakened team for other games.
From its resurgent days when Wigan won everything with being the only professional team in Britain with all the best players money could buy, Rugby League is in dire straits once more & what is affecting our game is lack of talent to compete as a big sport. Rugby Union turning pro put the boot in our game because,instead of having a ready made pool of talent in amateur RU , we suddenly ran out of available players & started losing ours because Union was paying more money. Add to this the lack of talent coming over from Oz & it is obvious that our game is slowly dying with the powers that be lurching from one desperate measure to the next.

I think you have hit the nail on the head. And the constant changes to the competition format look like the death throw as the RFL take desperate methods to try and keep it looking fresh.

Re: Smith Out : Sat Jul 01, 2017 3:14 pm  

Good luck to Tony, Richard and the boys today at Wakefield. I have a feeling that the cavalry charge has begun! Let's be having you Wire!

Re: Smith Out : Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:20 pm  

CharlieWong wrote:

Good luck to Tony, Richard and the boys today at Wakefield. I have a feeling that the cavalry charge has begun! Let's be having you Wire!

Must have been the ice cream van that you felt on the way. No cavalry sightings anywhere in the north of England.