Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:00 pm  

MidlandsWarrior2 wrote:

Why?

How many people get free meals at their job..

I do. As does my girlfriend.

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:01 pm  

MidlandsWarrior2 wrote:

Why?

How many people get free meals at their job..

True, but on the other hand how many employers control the diets of their employees?

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:01 pm  

MidlandsWarrior2 wrote:

Why?

How many people get free meals at their job..

Yeah but how many people are placed on a specific diet by a nutritionist as part of their job?

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:03 pm  

Anyone remember John Arne Riise's wage slip from a few years ago?
Meals deducted £65



Not that bad, at least his net pay is over £82k

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:07 pm  

If that's the case we should provide catering at home and at weekends for the players, a meal at training is a small part of what they eat

the players are not children, do you really think paying a few quid for a meal is such and hardship?

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:11 pm  

MidlandsWarrior2 wrote:

do you really think paying a few quid for a meal is such and hardship?

When they are getting ordered to eat 3000+ calories per day it'll cost a few bob. Much more than the average joe anyway and then you have to factor in that some of the younger lads won't be on a big wedge either

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:14 pm  

dirtbag83 wrote:

When they are getting ordered to eat 3000+ calories per day it'll cost a few bob. Much more than the average joe anyway and then you have to factor in that some of the younger lads won't be on a big wedge either

It's probably a subsidised canteen.

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:20 pm  

MattyB wrote:

It's probably a subsidised canteen.

You'd think so. When diet is as important as it is you'd think the club and coaches would want as much control over it as possible. Obviously we can't expect IL to fork out for the players grocery shopping but I think it would a bit hypocritical for the club to make specific dietary demands of the players and then expect them to stump up cash for food eaten at training

Saying that I wonder what Feka's pie bill is at Salford. I bet they'd have finished that stadium by now if they hadn't signed him

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:23 pm  

dirtbag83 wrote:

Saying that I wonder what Feka's pie bill is at Salford. I bet they'd have finished that stadium by now if they hadn't signed him

Probably the main reason for them downsizing from a 30,000 to 15,000.

Re: Food at Wigan : Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:44 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

Make sure we discount it from the SC then....

That's not as daft as it sounds, if the taxman considers it as "income" - which "benefit in kind" is - then it's salary, and would be weighed in in the calculations against the salary cap..........

Oh noes, I feel another 6-point deduction coming fron the ArseFL for Wigan trying to avoid salary cap restrictions under the "not in the spirit of the cap " interpretation

Same old Wigan....always cheatin' !

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