: Wed May 06, 2009 3:55 pm  

Pepe wrote:

I think, given the level of the salary cap in the Championship, it would be nigh on impossible to assemble a completely full time squad anyway.

ask SL teams how they get round it

: Wed May 06, 2009 6:22 pm  

The Dors wrote:

That's what you want from a coach, honesty and the knowledge that whole club is pulling in the same direction and grafting hard.

On another note, did Fev go full time this year?

No, apparently Powell has them in for early morning training (before their regular jobs) and then in again later in the day.

This was certainly the case in pre season.

: Thu May 07, 2009 2:42 pm  

For Fax Sake wrote:

No, apparently Powell has them in for early morning training (before their regular jobs) and then in again later in the day.

This was certainly the case in pre season.

Thank you. I was under the impression they were until someone else said they weren't. What about the Frogs? In fact is anyone full time this season?

: Thu May 07, 2009 4:54 pm  

How many full time players do Widnes have? This isn't an attempt to wind anyone up, nobody may know on here.

Think we at Fax probably have 3 or 4 (watene, worrincy, black....i maybe wrong) who all work within the community department. Theres no point having say 10 fulltime players who train fulltime and then the rest come in on a evening, it'd be impossible to work on tactics etc. The best way is obviously all the players being fulltime but other than that clubs are probably better off having everybody training together part time.

As a side thought I presonally think Fev will run out of steam before the season ends.

: Thu May 07, 2009 5:53 pm  

The Dors wrote:

Thank you. I was under the impression they were until someone else said they weren't. What about the Frogs? In fact is anyone full time this season?

Toulouse overseas players are effectively full-time. Quite a few of the young lads they have don't have a job but have "apprentice" status - they go to college as well as playing rugby. So don't get paid much but don't really have a day job. They're planning to make more of the squad full-time next year.

I don't see how any squad can truly be full-time given the level of salary cap.

: Thu May 07, 2009 5:58 pm  

About 8 of the Toulouse lads are full-time according to a conversation I had with their prop Brendan Worth after their thumping against Widnes.