Warrington Wolves • 2023 Squad
We have to be a bit smarter with the salary cap and I think Powell is trying to do that.
We cant have 70 or 80% of the salary cap tied up with 10 or 11 players.
It need to be spread about more evenly for a number of reasons.
A) In the past when the big earners are not on the field we have then had a compromise. We have seen front rowers like Hill and Sims or Hill and Cooper leave the field and with all due respect to Akoala, Mulhern, Davis etc there is not the same standard.
B) It all then makes us more reliant on the big earners, meaning they have to do more minutes. So is it any wonder that we can get to the odd challenge cup final and even win some but cannot maintain that over a season or back to back knock out games in the play offs. Then because we are so reliant when contract negotiations time comes round we have to pay more because we feel like we cannot do without them.
C) In any environment when there is a big disparity in earnings then there will always be grumblings. Why are they paid more etc.
It feels wrong to label some players as "compromises" because they have been good professionals (insert names here) and I have enjoyed watching them but there is a big list of them. So this process has started in the pack with hopefully less reliance on the few.
We cant have 70 or 80% of the salary cap tied up with 10 or 11 players.
It need to be spread about more evenly for a number of reasons.
A) In the past when the big earners are not on the field we have then had a compromise. We have seen front rowers like Hill and Sims or Hill and Cooper leave the field and with all due respect to Akoala, Mulhern, Davis etc there is not the same standard.
B) It all then makes us more reliant on the big earners, meaning they have to do more minutes. So is it any wonder that we can get to the odd challenge cup final and even win some but cannot maintain that over a season or back to back knock out games in the play offs. Then because we are so reliant when contract negotiations time comes round we have to pay more because we feel like we cannot do without them.
C) In any environment when there is a big disparity in earnings then there will always be grumblings. Why are they paid more etc.
It feels wrong to label some players as "compromises" because they have been good professionals (insert names here) and I have enjoyed watching them but there is a big list of them. So this process has started in the pack with hopefully less reliance on the few.
Statistics: Posted by Deus Dat Incrementum — Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:01 pm — Replies 268 — Views 34687