Langston

I said the salary cap in the NFL, I wasn't talking about rugby..

But rugby league doesn't have the commercial revenue streams the NFL does????

American football comparison is not quite right when the salary cap plays such a massive part in the profitability of the clubs to the point it'd be more difficult to make a loss. European football (soccer) is a completely different kettle of fish..

Briggs goal for Northampton!!!

Crap

Martin v popular with players and staff and mood in training great.. Atmosphere isnt completely rosy though.. Alot of internal anger at the club hierarchy.. Have said previous but I know of at least 2 staff leaving before there pushed and I think there'll be more. It is not a fun place to work and RM is doing a very good job at keeping spirits up...... It cannot be underlined enough just how unpopular Rudkin and Top are.. Cullen and this Bosnian striker is spending money we do not have.. + Chaplin's wage.. If I was a betting man I would put money on a lot of people being out of work quite soon unless we are sold.. We are going to go into admin..

Won't name names not coaching staff and unfortunately not high up.. One been at LCFC for 10+ years.. Leaving for Prem jobs..

Couldn't find a general staffing thread but a couple leaving in the not too distant future..

Not just Rudkin 👍🏻

Vardy burnt a few bridges and rubbed a few up the wrong way inc. v recently.. No chance of him coming back..

Yep.. I play five a side with a member of first team staff and he can't speak highly enough of RM, staff all love him apparently.. huge mood shift day to day..

I'm not defending them at all, I'm a staunch KP Outer.. But this just isn't remotely the same as last year.. Ricardo will probably get applause from that end for an hour and a half, but I think if anything you're overestimating his impact if you're comparing this scenario to Vardy leaving.. it absolutely will not take the heat off the ownership in a grander sense, it can't disract in the same way because it carries so much less weight..

Thanks for being patronising, sorry I "missed your sarcasm" which is what people tend to say when they're called out for chatting shit.. The club have let fans know hat a reasonable servant of of 8 years is leaving, there isn't anything wrong with that, I don't think it's deflective or a PR exercise, nor do I think it carries the same emotional heft as Vardy leaving..

It isn't exactly the same at all??? I doubt most people will even be bothered it's Ricardo's last game..

A lot you can throw at the club but not this.. Ricardo is out of contract and been knackered for ages, he's been awful this season.. they aren't "forcing him to retire" to save face ffs.. would you rather they extended his contract???