i havent read it but been told its in daily mirror that tony smith (warrington coach)as had pop at other clubs for taking our best players in our hour of need he says he will lend us players where possible,,,,if true good on him

He did say this and i must say well done to him, I have always thought him to be a decent bloke and this appers to back that theory up. I do wonder if Willie P has had a word in his ear.

It's easy to sit back and be the bigger man when you've got a squad that won't really be improved by the players that the administrators are making available...

I think all SL clubs will be happy to loan you players that aren't getting first team action. Read a rumour on the Cas board that Jordan Thompson might be heading for a short stint at Wakey.

As said, Its very easy to say, When your managing one of the top clubs. When clubs need players in certain positions, And a quality player becomes available cheap. Its hard to say no.

We ourselves have been rumoured to be looking at sending 1 or 2 players your way on loan, Short term recall clauses in them though, In case of shocking injuries.

As said above Jordan Thompson was the first name mentioned.

One of the big clubs came in first for Obst, then another for Fergie.

I think it is a tidy gesture from a decent guy, who has the game at heart.
However, it does not sit easy with me.
On a practical note, it would solve a few issues for all concerned, but on another, well, it just feels soul-less, and I don't know how
I would feel on the terraces.

You would still have a team on the pitch to watch,be grateful for small mercies during troubled times.

I still don't know how I would feel. But thanks for that.

Well, I was at the Bulls fans forum last night, and the question was asked if the panel (which consisted of the head coach, ceo and chairman and Stuart Duffy) if they felt it was right for clubs to be cherry picking Wakefield's best players and Stuart Duffy mentioned that a few years ago, when quins were still london and were in a similar positon, that bradford had been interested in rob purdham and had been warned off attempting to sign him by the RFL.

Yet more evidance of preferential treatment for the expansion clubs.

There was an interview with Tony Smith by Ray French on Radio Merseyside's rugby league show last night (Monday) and he confirmed that discussions has taken place between Warrington and Wakefield with a view to loaning players to Trinity.
He also said that nothing was confirmed at that stage but both clubs would talk again with a definate view to players going on loan.

Think you may have just kicked a Hornet's Nest.

Dog eat dog im affraid ... If there had been room on the salary cap im sure he would have bit the administrators hands off should he have wanted any players ... The loan gesture is pure and simply game time for his players - lets not think Smith cares about Wakefield ...

Exactly right. Wire have no room at all under the cap and so couldnt take any players. Moreover they want to offload some for the season. Maybe they are even in breach of the cap?

Nathan Brown has made the same offer. But then Huddersfield are evil so it will be just so we can poach more players probably.

You said it

That was what I was thinking! Smith a hero yet Brown & Hudds villains... But if they didn't buy players maybe Wakey would of been wound up? So whose worse?

Im a Hudds fan and think us signing DF is a good bit of Biz! for all concerned.

i would like to point out as well that Wires have talked about "Possibly" helping you guys out, where as Browny has spoke with JK and is activly assisting your club out, short memorys a lot of people at most RL clubs we where wipping boys for 5 years in SL and have built up a squad in time with a sound 10 year plan in place and the backers to follow through on their promises, most of your issues come from people putting their pocket first and the club second.

heres hoping you guys pull through,

This is true rugby league community at work www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=21045 Good on you guys we wont forget it.

This is true rugby league community at work www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=21045 Good on you guys we wont forget it.

brown n smith (sounds dodgy weekend away

) showing why rugby league is a class apart . we may well need the begging bowl .....Bradford are you there?? can you hear us ? just the interest will do?

So Huddersfield ` nick ` Fergy for £ 10,000.00 ( well done O`Haras great bit of dealing in order to pay your costs ) and then loan us Josh Griffin. At the same time their junior coaching staff are still trying to prize several of our junior players away. You are right we should not forget Hudds, when the aged Mr Davey is no longer available to finance the £ 85,000 per month debt we can suggest Parkin to their administator.

Many thanks Tony Smith and also to Brian Mac at leeds, Kyle Amor I believe.

Quote ="Jose Mourinho"Dog eat dog im affraid ... If there had been room on the salary cap im sure he would have bit the administrators hands off should he have wanted any players ... The loan gesture is pure and simply game time for his players - =#FF0000lets not think Smith cares about Wakefield ...'" There is a quote from Tony Smith in this article:- www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=21045 Quote “Hopefully there will still be some meat left on the bone there for Wakefield to compete. It won’t do any good if they are just a skeleton. I do feel for them. “It is going to affect us all if we have a team in the competition that is under-strength. It affects the whole competition and the national team in a big way. “We’ve all been talking about trying to improve their chances by having tough competition. The Australians have a tough game every single week. “If we have got a situation where we have got a highly weakened team in the competition, it doesn’t do our players any good to have a softer week.”'" Perfectly reasonable position to take, recognises self interest (as well as the game as a whole) whilst at the same time expressing feelings for Wakefield's plight. Sounds like you'd rather he said 'stuff Wakefield' and tried to pick up whatever is left of your squad this time next week. Perhaps if he does that you'll be happy.

Quote ="Jose Mourinho"Dog eat dog im affraid ... If there had been room on the salary cap im sure he would have bit the administrators hands off should he have wanted any players ... The loan gesture is pure and simply game time for his players - =#FF0000lets not think Smith cares about Wakefield ...'" There is a quote from Tony Smith in this article:- www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=21045 Quote “Hopefully there will still be some meat left on the bone there for Wakefield to compete. It won’t do any good if they are just a skeleton. I do feel for them. “It is going to affect us all if we have a team in the competition that is under-strength. It affects the whole competition and the national team in a big way. “We’ve all been talking about trying to improve their chances by having tough competition. The Australians have a tough game every single week. “If we have got a situation where we have got a highly weakened team in the competition, it doesn’t do our players any good to have a softer week.”'" Perfectly reasonable position to take, recognises self interest (as well as the game as a whole) whilst at the same time expressing feelings for Wakefield's plight. Sounds like you'd rather he said 'stuff Wakefield' and tried to pick up whatever is left of your squad this time next week. Perhaps if he does that you'll be happy.

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"There is a quote from Tony Smith in this article:- www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=21045 Perfectly reasonable position to take, recognises self interest (as well as the game as a whole) whilst at the same time expressing feelings for Wakefield's plight. Sounds like you'd rather he said 'stuff Wakefield' and tried to pick up whatever is left of your squad this time next week. Perhaps if he does that you'll be happy.'" I personally think TS is great for what he has said/done. Its appreciated from me.

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"There is a quote from Tony Smith in this article:- www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=21045 Perfectly reasonable position to take, recognises self interest (as well as the game as a whole) whilst at the same time expressing feelings for Wakefield's plight. Sounds like you'd rather he said 'stuff Wakefield' and tried to pick up whatever is left of your squad this time next week. Perhaps if he does that you'll be happy.'" I personally think TS is great for what he has said/done. Its appreciated from me.

Gotta wear in these new boots some how

knowing our luck at the moment - warrington will loan us Matt King, Chris Bridge and Mike Cooper!!!

but the gesture is appreciated. if all of the clubs loan us a player each, we may end up with a squad better than what we started with!!!

How have they "nicked" anybody? For all we know that £10k could have been the difference in paying a particular debt or not. Maybe that £10k was used to pay a bloke who supplies us goods or services that has his own house as security against his debts, a bloke who doesn't have the luxury of going into admin and paying off threpence in the pound like we have probably done. I reckon theres a good chance that 'ordinary people' have lost out plenty as a result of this. Also, them in glass houses and all that, didn't we sign Wilkes from Widness when in a similar situation? (I could be wrong here, appologies if I am).

Its too easy to paint outselves as victims here and blame everybody (RFL, Huddersfield, HMRC, Eric Pickles, O'Hara's etc) when we really need a good hard look at ourselves.

Get a grip.