Well said cruncher I think the salary cap needs lifting we are paying these guys pittance compared to other sports Rooney earns in a week what a good superleague player earns in a year which is disgusting I think £2million isn't alot to have our cap at . The salary cap has been the same for a good few years now so think it's time for a change and for all the clubs who can't keep up they will have to push the clubs harder to get extra funds.

I wouldn't go as far as to say the cap needs lifting. I don't think that will ever happen until we suffer a genuine calamity because of it (like losing several marquee players in one go). But it needs to be moderated in some imaginative and constructive way.



It's no good people keeping saying "there's been no exodus". There doesn't need to be an exodus for us to be damaged, and the loss of Inglis would be a truly massive blow, especially as he wasn't one - like Gasnier or SBW - who deliberately went looking for more money in Union.



I've said it before, and I'll say it again: doing nothing is not an option.

Football is a much bigger sport, has access to incomparable sums of money and it's STILL on it's .



Let's just keep the League clubs afloat before we start worrying about signing Inglis.

The reason people are saying which quality players have been nicked at the minute is because RU is starting to scout the players at a much earlier age, i.e. Farrell, Ashton, Thornley etc.



Thornley doesn't seem a massive loss atm as he's not had chance to develop into a first team player yet.



The more I see Ashton now the more a loss I think it is (although I'm not having a go at Wigan for not caving into his demands - if true). He's big, strong and very quick and would have walked into the England side ahead of any of our backs.



My main gripe with the current cap is that it doesn't change with inflation, how many years is it now since the level was raised? This effectively means RL players are having to be paid less to do the same job.

Very much so - and don't forget you can add Karmichael Hunt to that list.

Quite happy with Carmont and Gleeson thank you very much, wouldn't swap them for any 2 centres in the world after last season.

In a non salary cap world I'd agree entirely. But in this day and age I'd rather not see big fortunes spent on 1 player. Squad depth is more vital, as last year proved. I mean you could sign an Inglis but what if he went bust like Amos did last year. Rather than decent back up we'd probably be left in our old situation at Wigan of chucking a kid in too soon.

Really?

Look how balanced our squad has become over the last 12 months, even more so now Fielden's excessive contract expired. No coincidence we have started to become competitive/even win things.



Now go back to the days when we had the 'Andy Farrells / Trent Barrett's'..etc, where 50% of your cap was spent on 1-2 high earning stars then you can understand why we were struggling.



No way, I'm loving it like it is now!!

Yes, really. Look at how many tries both our wingers scored last season playing outside those 2. Gleeson should have won MOM in the grand final, he was outstanding and has been all season, and id go as far as saying Carmont has been one one the greatest SL signings of all time in terms of value for money.

Both were far from perfect during the whole of last season - wasnt Gleeson dropped for a game or two because of turning up for training half baked?



Carmont was also less than perfect in defence at times although in terms of value for money he has been a terrific signing.



Don't get me wrong - they are both good players but are they really in the same class as a Gasnier? Inglis?

They would not score as many outside Inglis as he would not need to use them, in fact, to fit him under the cap just play with 1 winger and leave Inglis in the centre on his own.



Obviously he is not going to sign for Wigan, but I dare dream it. Outstanding player and is one of the few players to ever play the game that there is very very little the opposition can do to stop him.



Would be a travesty if he was lost to our code regardless of where he ended up, in union or AFL.