I said franchises wouldn't work,Well they would have if the clubs followed what the principles off them were and what they were supposed to do,The clubs stil carried on going bust,Being greedy,foreigners at all costs to win things and the youth never came through,The same will happen with this idea,Mark is right in everything he says.Short term gain for long term losses.

How many 'foreigners' have you guys this year4/5?

Only 23 out of 22 but then we like to win! That's why the club spends so much time developing the kids of sheffield - pity some of the super league clubs don't match us.

Is this turning into a "Johnny Foreigner's taking our poor British lads' jobs ?" thread ?

These players have a legal right to work here - they're not illegal immigrants.

If you don't like it, get on to the RFL about their development policy.

Just one, I believe. Loto Tagola, although he hasn't arrived yet.

Thanks for your enquiry.

I wasn't slagging off foreigners (even if there is too many) I was making the point the clubs had the chance to blood young British players at the highest level with the franchise system and make the GB team stronger but they didn't do it and just carried on as normal,The franchise system was good in principle but the teams didn't execute it,The RFL could have helped by making prize money smaller with larger chunks going to development and clubs rewarded with money by the amount off homegrown/British players in the team etc,It's all about money and sum clubs will chase it regardless off thought and long term implications off the effect it will have on the club,I mention no names.

Not questioning that Griff but if you live in a glass house don't throw stones would be my suggestion to the poster on about foreigners in SL
It's also pretty poor you need that many foreigners in your team considering you are approaching 30years and tend to pick off the Cas wakey Fev area for players anyway - how much money have the RFL wasted on you over the years with 5 years of SL money and development grants etc it's no wonder tubbs is so anti the new structures. Hell they even paid you a fortune to merge with Huddersfield as well

How many foreigners is it? have you seen how many young players we have coming through our system? I guess not

Looking at your back line there seems to be 4 of the 7 and the other 3 you got from Dewsbury, which is almost foreign
Knowles and Henderson are Aussie and is garside??
So my uneducated guess is that about half your starting 13 are overseas, that is shocking for a pt club imo

Knoza's as Yorkshire as a flat cap. Hendo's from Torquay. Garside's English as well.

Uneducated indeed.

What about Menzie ?

Nothing. Money well spent, pal. And it was four years.

So is this how the season is going to go slagging off the best team in the championship - well tell you what - we don't give a stuff what you think or say we are the back to back champions and imo that's terrific!

They paid us the same as you. £0.00.

Damn got there before me

Sorry I was responding to a question, and was that Torquay NSW or Devon and Yorkshire Nth Territories or devils side o't hill??

It is Torquay in Devon

Knoza's from Cas, you fool. Just be told.

Oh two more players for 2014 - both British - or are they??????

I am Guessing we have a smaller wage bill than our championship rivals presumably our players cant afford to live on their Sheffield Eagles wages so will need to get at least a part time job as well so if they are prepared to do that I am very grateful and could not care less if they are british or not

Michael Knowles an Aussie. I've heard it all. What a dipstick.

He's is but he's obviously just on a windup obviously supports a club who have nothing to brag about and at the end of the season they will either be broke or relegated.

Cmon ESO ,lets not revert to name calling , you are a Mod

be proud , im sure it was a guess by Nossy about Mr Knowles .

An uneducated one at that.