Contracted to Leigh for next year unfortunately!

Ah right. Oooooooooooh, what can it be ?

Andy Hobson?

Can't be any worse than Shirley and Said now?

Touche

I liked Ned Kelly as Widnes boss but I don't know what he was thinking when he signed Hobbo.I recall Neil's final game in charge of Widnes when Wigan thrashed us at the Halton stadium.Hobson picked a fight with Gareth Hock and the two of them went toe to toe.Hock must have conceded around five stones in weight to his opponenent but guess who came second best.

Hobbo came with a high reputation as one of Halifax's only decent SL quality players in that squad, as a hard worker and a grafter. I swear, I remember going on their site and asking them and they were really positive about him!

Then he showed his true face. Ill disciplined, average, lightweight. He seemed to give away three or four penalties a match on his own, and he certainly didn't justify that with levelled aggression or good skill.

So it was you lot that ruined him ! We nurtured him, trained him, nay turned him into a lean mean athletic machine. Look what you did. Shame on you

You sold us a pup and we want our money back!

Caveat Emptor.

Yeah...caviar emporer!

Kelly came back and signed him for Leigh too!!

Id welcome back Duffy with openarms!

I also here Mr Smith might me coming with him?

Ive heard Duffy and Varks are nailed on for Leigh..............Smith in talks also.

Not the Varks rumour again im suprised you havnt rolled the Penky one out with it too..............Oh you already did that.

whats the Cap in championship 1?

400K Now likley to be 300k next season.

This includes youth teams (though only Widnes seem to care about that!).

I don't think that is accurate.. even u21's don't count on the first team salary cap. You can pump as much money into academy sides as you like.




or if you are Fax... as little as you like.........



or nothing!!

Steve O'Connor said @ POTM that our cap was covering the 2 sides hence why we can't free spend as much on 1st team as others are doing!

Are you sure he wasn't simply implying that because we currently finance two academy sides we don't have the money to stretch to spend more on the first team?? As I said... even U21 players within the first team are not currently included in the cap calculations as a way of promoting youth development?

If we have to squeeze all three... or even two sides under a reduced cap then we will have an incredibly limited budget next year indeed.

Pretty sure it's only 50% of their cap that doesn't count, not the whole thing (though not 100%).

From what I heard / read sounded like he was on about the cap not finance and that contracts may be reduced due to cap reasons not the fact we can' afford them!

It's not right but tbf, with an under 21's we technically double are playing pool so they will ceratinly cap that somehow!

I was asking about championship one or is it the same cap as championship

Sorry! lol. Erm no clue would expect it to be lower, but saying that for past few seasons Oldham have outbid quite a few NL1 sides for players so don't know!

You worrying for the leythers?

varks has been offered less money to stay. why would he stay !!

1 - can't get more elsewhere
2 - lives with wife in WIDNES
3 - Already won 1 trophy why not more
4 - better chance than with any other side of reaching SL
5 - play in front of more than 12 fans

Or do you want me too expand on that?

lol just covering all possibilities

he doesn't even live in widnes shows how much you know !!!

and would u do your job but for less money ?? i know i wouldn't !!