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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 3004340, member: 2221"] Sorry [USER=8770]@Wolfie[/USER] , but you cannot say the salary cap doesn't matter. The reason clubs like Man U, Bayern, Real, Barcelona, Juventus, or even Porto have such high standards, is because of the lack of a salary cap. They compete with a few (or often just one) other clubs for the domestic titles, while the overwhelming majority of the clubs in their competition, are pretty much fighting over the scraps... like a position high enough up the ladder that will allow them to enter the Europa League, or with a bit of luck, the Champions League. Without a salary cap, those clubs must do with the leftovers of the top teams who are financially so much more powerful, they not only buy the best players in their country, they buy the best players from all the countries which cannot compete financially against these behemoths. Even the Champions League has become a farce in that aspect. It takes something really special for a team outside of the cream from England, Germany, Italy or Spain to intrude in the business end of that competition, much less win it. The last and only team to do this in the last 25 years was Porto in 2003 (UEFA Cup Winner) and 2004 (Champions League). They were consequently "raped" by the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man Utd, Bayern, etc... who offered obscene contracts and salaries, gutting the team of 2/3 of its players and the coach. When Porto threatened to repeat the feat in 2011 by winning the Europa League with a very promising team, they didn't even get the chance to have a go in the Champions League, because those same clubs raided them again. As much as your comparison is valid in terms of the Broncos being the elite of the NRL like those clubs are the elite of their respective comps, we don't have the advantages they have to be able to consistently demand titles, because the salary cap artificially "cuts our legs" and props others up. If the NRL was like the EPL or any soccer league really, the Cowboys would have never won the competition, because they wouldn't have had Thurston, Scott, Morgan and Taumalolo in their team. In fact, we'd probably see a Broncos - chooks GF every second or third year, with one of those two teams taking the trophy home every single season. We're still the cream of the NRL, we still have the best stadium, culture, charisma and financial health. Yes, we're in the city that is the beating heart of rugby league, we have the regular pick of one of the richest Rugby League catchment areas, and yes, we probably have the pick of the best coaches in the NRL (which are rare). That is why we should demand to at least be in the finals every season, but outside of that, all we can really demand from a coach, is to perform at the level commensurate with the roster under his command, and more importantly, show continuous improvement (herein, you have also the reasons for Bennett's sacking). ****, didn't intend to turn this into a text wall. TL/DR: The Salary Cap cripples the Broncos too much to allow for comparisons with the top soccer teams, which don't have such a restriction. [/QUOTE]

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