widdop in for Phelps, get a good player still but lose a quota player

Just seen Mathers' Twitter...



Apparently Matt King has a tattoo saying ''Melbourne Storm 2007 NRL champions''.



Oh dear!

I would think we have an advantage over other SL clubs with MM being here



Saying that were likely at the cap or very close to it, signing one or two players for next season is a possibility although it would mean cutting some players who are already at our club

Apparently, sales of shredders in Warrington have increased dramatically this morning...

hahaha

They have many other quality players as well. I would think Roberts will be our FB next year.

Got a few second hand from Uncle Mo

The worst bit from all this for me is that the Storm could well lose players to the new Union club, the Reds. This is of course now run by Waldron.

So who will be the winners and who are the losers?

The Storm or what's left of them will be the real losers along with Rugby League.

You took your time. Welcome back to the board

People need to be realistic about the exodous of players from the Storm, the cap would prevent us signing a handful of stars, as it would any club.



RU will almost certainly benefit from this.



What is shows is the cap isn't working, the NRL has been cr@pped on by the Storm and i suspect it isnt just them. The RFL will never pay more than lip service to it over here, as the clubs hold the power and the game isnt big, strong or brave enough to hand out a punishement such as we have seen today.



A simple look at the squads in SL will tell you that everyone is not spending the £1.8 million, if some are they are financial guru's who should be in charge of the economy, and if others are, frankly, they deserve to go bust.



The only bit of the cap that ever made sense to me was the 50% limit, leaving the over 50% free for ground improvements, player development etc. In its current form, i see no advantage to it, whatsoever.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFxDRPI1 ... re=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYzngIyX ... re=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVjY98lhgSs Number 10 and number 6 please Madge As for first team players, we cannot afford the best players from the NRL.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFxDRPI1 ... re=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYzngIyX ... re=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVjY98lhgSs Number 10 and number 6 please Madge As for first team players, we cannot afford the best players from the NRL.

It'll be interesting to see whether any Storm players do move on, certain individuals such as Inglis and Slater are unobtainable by SL clubs because of there want to play SOO, but other such as as Blair and Sika Manu because of there NZ background would come over for the right deal I'm sure.



I feel sorry for Melbourne players and coaching staff who probably didn't have a clue what was going on.



I'd always wondered when looking at the Storm team how they could afford under the cap so many quality players compared to other clubs around them, very similar to Saints a few years back, although it seems the only difference between Melbourne and Saints is, Melbourne got caught and Saints didn't.