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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:06 pm  
Thats a fair point we did lose four players that were likely to be large earners this year and only brought one in. However that space could have been eaten up by existing players getting contract upgrades: we do have a few that signed new longish term contracts so this might have been on better terms.
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:38 pm  
I heard Tony Smith once on the radio before the season kicked off say that there was room in our cap for a signing.
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:42 pm  
sally cinnamon wrote:
Thats a fair point we did lose four players that were likely to be large earners this year and only brought one in. However that space could have been eaten up by existing players getting contract upgrades: we do have a few that signed new longish term contracts so this might have been on better terms.


Wouldn't surprise me to see 3 senior players brought in next year (depending on who you release) - aka you guys are are running a player under this year.

The problem is which players are options to bring in...
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:45 pm  
Out; Briers, Morley, Hodgson, Carvell, Cooper, Blythe, Tyke

We know Carvell was on £135k/yr, so those first four were probably about £600k of cap

In;
Asotasi, Russel, England, Penny

Penny was peanuts (15,k) and the other two were not established SL standard, so probably less than Cooper and Blythe.


So excluding salary upgrades, there was probably a fall of around £450-500K in our salary cap last year.
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:09 pm  
Winslade's Offload wrote:
Out; Briers, Morley, Hodgson, Carvell, Cooper, Blythe, Tyke

We know Carvell was on £135k/yr, so those first four were probably about £600k of cap

In;
Asotasi, Russel, England, Penny

Penny was peanuts (15,k) and the other two were not established SL standard, so probably less than Cooper and Blythe.


So excluding salary upgrades, there was probably a fall of around £450-500K in our salary cap last year.
out. you forgot solamona
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:19 pm  
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you forgot solamona

£385 under this year!
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:22 pm  
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£385 under this year!

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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:25 pm  
Pre season I spoke with Brian Carney about this...he reckons were 400k under cap.
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:33 pm  
There are some considered and thoughtful opinions being expressed, eventually, and it's interesting to see how varied they are.

There's no way we as fans can say with certainty what should and shouldn't have happened with regards to recruitment because we aren't in possession of the full facts. I'm surprised and disappointed by some of the ins and outs, but I fully expect there are valid reasons for each one that we don't know about.

All this talk about replacements is well and good but we are only eight games into the season and there's an awful long way to go. The focus should be how to get the best out of the current squad.

And that's my main concern!

Two of the main accusations from fans are a lack of pace and poor cohesion in attack.
So to see recent comments that training sessions don't really focus on these aspects got me wondering.
What do they do?
As a fan I'd be really interested to see a timetable of the average training week.
It can't all be weights, aerobic and wrestling (and Twitter and Nando's) can it?
If anyone reads this with first hand knowledge would be kind enough to offer a glimpse of a typical schedule I for one would be very grateful.

By the way, this isn't questioning the efforts and commitment of the coaching staff and players, I'd genuinely like to know what they are doing instead of speed work and formulating attacking structures. (There's nothing wrong with attacking structure, ask any Wigan fan!)

I thought it would be nice to finish on a positive or two.
In 2009 we were next to bottom after Round 9 with only two wins. So things can turn around quickly; form is a fickle commodity. After all, we finished that season at the heady heights of tenth place(!) - but with the Challenge Cup in our possession.
Also, Myler and Ratchford were our starting half backs in 11 league games last year and won 8 of them scoring an average of 30 points per game.

I might be wrong, but I'm still fairly confident that this season will end up OK.
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Re: Tony Smith : Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:48 pm  
Having witnessed a Captain's run at the H&J, I can confirm we do practice attacking plays.
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