Quote ="pie.warrior"so players can't "earn" money outside the game as it counts against their salary cap...What if some cash rich owner bunged the player a brown envelope and the then said player said he won it at the races /casino etc etc......cant count against the cap as it was not earnings........???????'"
HMRC might still have something to say about it though (although with their track record.......)
Re the CC, I suppose a friendly (if not rigged) draw might favour them, but they'll have to step up & improve some distance first (I am curious as to why Long hasn't made more of a difference though, I'd 've thought he'd be top cheer-leader & be banging heads together if nowt else).
Although if the good doctor continues in this vein:
Quote The culture of the whole club stinks right now and I have to change that. All departments need revamping.'"
I'd say all bets are off as to who's going to be there next week, let alone next year (from today's MEN btw).
(car-crash telly if there ever was)