Quote Whitbread="Whitbread"The thing is with the new TV deal every Super League club will now be spending up to the cap too. A £70,000 a year player at Wigan will be able to go to Salford, Hull KR, Hull FC etc and be one of their marquee players and get £100,000+. This will certainly have more of an impact on us than just what we have seen in previous years and will mean we wont just be losing our top stars but players across the board.'"

WhitbreadFather Ted:

We probably don't have any cap space. So many players have had their contracts renewed it's bound to affect the salary cap.


Trouble is our two highest paid players and them being two of our three marquee players haven't played for months. French has been out for a couple of months and Thompson since the Catalans game when we also lost Walters.  Although Walters has returned he was out for around 10-11 weeks Thompson still hasn't played.  That is just too much talent missing from the squad  not to have an adverse effect on performance..


If there was a shake up needed then Forber to be bench 9 instead of Leeming.  Walters right 2nd row and Junior off the bench. Maybe also Eckersley to replace Wardle for a couple of weeks so get Jake rested and fit again.


IMO our first 17-20 is the best in SL and by some distance. For that to be reflected in performance they all have to play especially our best players which they plainly have not.