As is the case with every SL team due to the salary cap.



ATEOTD we have our hands tied because of the whole Eastwood situation. Short of bringing in some of the kids, the only thing we can do is rotate them as to who starts.



I personally think the WC and the extra matches such as the WCC has caught up with them, so maybe the early knocking out of the CC is a blessing in disguise.

Possibly. They do look like thy need a good R & R session.

we have cap space spare, Gh said AFTER we signed eastwood we had room for a mid season signing. i cannot believe we never spend the full cap.it's a joke

IMO the centre position is more of an immediate problem.

No point in panic buying anyone. IF a good player is available then we will go for him im sure.

agree.i cannot see why we cannot sign two players instead of muddling through. i won't hold my breath though

Maybe its to leave some leeway in the event that certain practices get caught under the salary cap that hitherto did not?



Also worth noting that not necessarily everything a player earns from the game comes directly from the club and ranks under the cap.

There are no [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_rugby_unionrucks[/url in Rugby League.



Perhaps you've been watching the tykes?

It's quicker than typing "play the ball" and reads better than "PTB"



It's a bit of a trek for me to watch a Tykes game.

I wonder what Red hall's reaction would be if a certain large construction company were to employ say...... about 17 new part time salesmen on 100k a year ....who co-incidentally played a mean game of RL.

Assuming you are alluding to what I think you are, it would breach the cap, because Caddick Construction is connected with Leeds Rhinos in terms of the salary cap rules. The rules were tightened up a lot after the wife-works-in-club-shop-for-a-fortune scandal, I believe.



If, by way of another example, a company seemingly NOT connected happened to acquire the image rights of 17 players, whether or not as a result of that additional income the players felt they did not need such big salaries from the club as might otherwise be the case, then there is every chance that the salary cap auditor would find little to worry him.

I agree.

In every game that I've seen the opposition forwards seem to make more yards per carry from the PTB, particularly in the early stages.

Other than where we have gained ground due to a penalty, 40/20 or opposition mistake we've been kicking from deeper in our own half than our opponents which further amplifies our generally poor kicking game.

Bluey has hinted as much in his comments about our current lack of conditioning due to the short off season for most of our team.

I hope that learning from last season he's planning for us to improve gradually over the whole season.

God knows we'll need to.

We're too reliant on one or two outstanding individuals to make breaks rather than on an overall game plan a la Saints.

Despite playing poorly on Thursday they still had just enough nous & spirit to beat Wigan, by sticking to their accepted style of play.