Thought Mauro looked very good going forward on Saturday, sure there are better props around but Christ if you think about some of the lightweight performances by the front rowers last season he is a world beater. Think the one player we all seem to over look who left in the off season is Sidlow and think he would have fitted into the Noble grand plan wonderfully.

As for Foran think he is a natural leader who despite joining the squad part way into the season is the main person talking when he on the field. There were times on Saturday where Wild was annonymous when words were needed and Foran was doing his job for him.

Sorry on that topic think we might have to look at dropping Wild as he offered very little on Saturday, pretty sure we must have a more effective #13 (I'd like to see Foran tried personally) as he is becoming more and more nothing but a blocker rather than the modern #13 who brings a bit creativity and guile to a team.

I would hope, when McPherson and Jewitt are fit again, Wild takes a back seat like Nero is. Nothing against Wild I still think he'd run his blood to water for us, but he just isn't competitive in SL anymore. Never in a month of Sundays does Foran have the physique or fitness for Loose Forward.

A Loose Forward needs the size to take in hit ups (sorry for the terminology, been watching the NRL) and good enough hands to perform as the extra pivot. Now we have Sneyd at FB there is no real need for another pivot, thinking too many chiefs and not enough Indians type scenario. Although he is overweight, he doesn't have the stature to play in the pack. So if he can't take hit ups and we don't need another pivot, he shouldn't be playing Loose Forward. Infact, I'm of the opinion for an elusive runner or the Paul Gallen style extra prop, but to find someone who can effectively do the latter is very difficult.

Of course it is. Your quota players must be among the best players in your team. Otherwise they are a waste of a spot.

Personally I'd be play Dixon at 13.

Fair point, I still don't believes he's as bad as people suggest. I wouldn't use a quota spot on him though.

Totally agree. Foran can barely move as it is, moving him to the pack would be a disaster.

Were Mauro and Foran sanctioned by the the Doctor and his team ?
If so a very bad selection.
Overweight unfit and lacking in skill or ideas.
Looks more like a Simms selection


Foran will never be a SO as long as I have a hole in my @rse
Mauro has a physique the same as Junior Langi's and about as much skill.
This is a new era for Salford and we should expect to get better players than these two.

It has been noted that had Simms signed either of these two, people would rightly be up in arms.

To me Foran seems to be another in the long line of we got the brother, to think just how fantastic the one at Manly is . Hope I'm wrong but.....

Foran has been released by every club he has been at, how long has he signed for ?

Cas have put an official complaint in about this.

Salford were redressing the balance asTansey should have been sent off

https://twitter.com/shenny71/status/329 ... 56/photo/1 14 in red + Alibert. Pretty frustrating because we got NOTHING all night, then at the end we were piling the pressure on, Dixon was interfered with & the french plonker dreamt up a knock on, plus we were competing against a team with 1 more on the field.

https://twitter.com/shenny71/status/329 ... 56/photo/1 14 in red + Alibert. Pretty frustrating because we got NOTHING all night, then at the end we were piling the pressure on, Dixon was interfered with & the french plonker dreamt up a knock on, plus we were competing against a team with 1 more on the field.

Quote ="Towns88".https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg 14 in red + Alibert. Pretty frustrating because we got NOTHING all night, then at the end we were piling the pressure on, Dixon was interfered with & the french plonker dreamt up a knock on, plus we were competing against a team with 1 more on the field. '" It gets worse mate. You've just revealed whose Facebook pictures you've been perving at - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg

Quote ="Towns88".https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg 14 in red + Alibert. Pretty frustrating because we got NOTHING all night, then at the end we were piling the pressure on, Dixon was interfered with & the french plonker dreamt up a knock on, plus we were competing against a team with 1 more on the field. '" It gets worse mate. You've just revealed whose Facebook pictures you've been perving at - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg

Quote ="stouffer"It gets worse mate. You've just revealed whose Facebook pictures you've been perving at - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg'" To be fair she's well worth perving at. How on earth can something like this happen? Surely its a fine rather than a reversal of the result?

Quote ="stouffer"It gets worse mate. You've just revealed whose Facebook pictures you've been perving at - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg'" To be fair she's well worth perving at. How on earth can something like this happen? Surely its a fine rather than a reversal of the result?

Quote ="stouffer"It gets worse mate. You've just revealed whose Facebook pictures you've been perving at - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg'"

Quote ="stouffer"It gets worse mate. You've just revealed whose Facebook pictures you've been perving at - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9478_n.jpg'"

Hahaha sorry! That young lady was Neil Sullivan's (Doncaster rovers goal keeper) guest of honour on Saturday night, just the 27 years younger!

Here we go again, https://twitter.com/shenny71/status/329 ... 56/photo/1

Here we go again, https://twitter.com/shenny71/status/329 ... 56/photo/1

Hopefully only a fine but who knows. Would be a right kick in the teeth if we lost the two points, especially considering we should have had one more player on the field than Castleford at that point anyway.

I think it's happened a couple of times in the past, can't seem to remember what the punishment was though. Think Saints might have done it a few years ago and they didn't lose points but I don't think any tackles were made while they had the man advantage.

Saints got a £100 fine.

It looks like Griffin should have come off.Longy was at the back trying to sort it.But---------------surely it is up to the official on the sidelines to control the number of players on the field at any one time? At any rate, Tansey should have been off long before then.

I thought I'd already posted this, but never mind...



Give over. Forward passes, a ball stripped and given as a knock on, the red card that never was... Don't be so bloody soft.

That lass is worth one, mind.

Twice in 5 minutes!!

Don't forgot the drop out with a couple of minutes left where Cas still had two players on the 10 meter line making their way back when the drop out was taken!!!

I hope you mean two knock ons and not that lass being worth one