In a salary capped sport I wonder why that should be the case though. We're a sports club not a business and making profits shouldn't really be a concern. It's nice to I suppose and you certainly don't want to be losing money but the most important thing is that the club is stable and we have success on the field.





If we're going to re-invest some of the money in signings fair do's but there aren't any rumours of us looking to do that. Along with the CC money, the Hock money and Mossops fee we'll have brought in a massive wedge this year. I appreciate we do spend a lot of our coaching set up and junior development but we'd have still made good money even if we'd held Tomkins to his contract.



It's a balancing act I suppose.

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Maybe out of a BUSINESS PLAN that doesn't rely on windfalls from transfers?

Every Wigan Warrior player has a price you can not say the same for Leeds players. Its the owners that are the difference at both clubs. Both have average coaches and good sides. Difference is we are getting weaker and they are staying the same.



Its not our players that have a price its IL who has his price.

They're probably getting stronger with the emergence of lads like Sutcliffe who has the advantage of coming in to a strong and experienced side.



We produce as many and probably more young players then Leeds but with the way things are going they'll be coming in to a very inexperienced side that's getting weaker by the year. I could never criticise the job Lenagan has done and he goes down as a legend in my book but I do wonder if we'll get to a stage where he'll have taken us as far as he can.



We simply can't keep losing so many lads each year.

The lack of continuity is a big issue i agree.

Leeds have been lucky in that regard, the big NRL bucks were not around when their spine was younger, now they are older and past the time where clubs in the NRL would want them. This "Hetherington stand up to the NRL" is not entirely accurate, he does not have anything they want. Lets see how they cope as the youngsters start to come through.



Continuity is important, and i think Leeds have been freakishly lucky in that respect.

If i was a NRL club i'd certainly be looking at Hall and Watkins, possibly Hardaker too.

They are but the biggest difference is that Leeds will let a players contract run out and get the best out of them rather than sell them. Maybe it will change with time. But up to now none have gone of the 3. Hall will be the big NRL target next season especially if he plays well in the 2013 WC.

Reported in the League Express or League Weekly last Monday in a poll by the players union over 70% of players said they would consider a move to Australia od to Rugby Union.

Any idea how many players completed the poll?

Around half the players polled replied, I've seen it said.



Who wouldn't want to work for considerably more money and in a country with a better environment?

Having followed this as most of us here have, it seems to have started with Dean Bell's visit over here some months ago. If he suggested to Sam what he could earn with NZW without having made an official offer and Sam's head was turned then there's not too much IL could do about it. Either go along with it and get the maximum compensation (transfer fee) he could or, tell Sam he was going nowhere and have his most highly paid player a disgruntled player on his hands for the next three years.

I do think option 1 is the only one, which leaves us where we are now.

We all know what should be done with marquee player allowance but that had been firmly knocked on the head.

This leaves us wondering who will go next and what to do about it.