Still got an hour & a half to speculate ..and it's prooving more entertaining than watching the team at present so ..

As soon as it is announced can someone let us know - for the benfit of us hard workers

WELCOME TO SALFORD CITY REDS

Mr MATT PARISH...

Indeed. i hope his organisational skills are his strong point - boy has he got some alot to sort out - but on a plus at least he has from mid July to asses what he has and what he needs.

COMON SOLLY NEW CHAPTER.

Welcome aboard

. Let's all fully get behind him now

[iKnowing my fellow Salford City Reds loyal fans I'm 100% confident they will all give our new head-coach there full backing and support.[/i

You appear to have missed this off the end of your post -

Yes lets hope the man is a great success,he is not a mate of Simms,but his agent is.I wonder was Vievers part of is
contract or does he really want him,for the people expecting a big name,It must be like getting a wined up train set,
instead of an electric one.But the law of averages say's the chairman must get it right,sometime

Coaches/ Managers under Wilkinson
1.Alan McInnes (Mar 82 - May 82)
2.Malcolm Aspey (May 82 - Oct 83)
3.Mike Coulman (Oct 83 - May 84)
4.Kevin Ashcroft (May 84 - Oct 89)
5.Kevin Tamati (Oct 89 - July 93)
6.Garry Jack (July 93 - Mar 95)
7.Andy Gregory (Mar 95 - May 99)
8.John Harvey (Jun 99 - Jul 2001)
9.Steve McCormack (July 2001 - May 2002) Steve Simms Manager
10.Karl Harrison (Jun 2002 -May 2007) Steve Simms Manager
11.Shaun McRae (Jun 2007–Apr 2011). Phil Veivers ( Acting Apr 2011-July 2011) Steve Simms Manager
12.Matthew Parish ( July 2011 - ) Steve Simms Manager ..

Depending on whether you class P.V. as an official head coach
thats 12 head coaches in 29 years , . which averages 2.5 years per coach . Parish has a contract until the end of the 2013 season ..2.5 years , so he's definately average

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Parish

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Parish

I'll settle for that, think we (and myself included) were being slightly optimisitc expecting a big name to come to Salford. We are lurching from one crisis to another and that is hardly a selling point.

For me Parish has 2 years to make a name for himself and either get a move to a bigger club or make a name for himself and turn himself into a Salford legend and see us gain success akin to Warringtons.

Whilst the Wiki-updates all day have been v amusing, the most recent incarnation suggests that Parish is looking to sign Hill from Leigh, which would be an excellent idea.

Best of luck to Mathew Parish , your gonna need it fella

Salford chairman John Wilkinson believes that Parish could be as successful as his compatriot Michael Maguire with North West neighbours at Wigan.

=#FF0000"We've got a guy who'll be very enthusiastic with a lot of activity in him to bring that through for us," said Wilkinson.

"I believe we've been a bit lacking in that area.

"We've seen what's happened with Michael Maguire.

"Two years later he's going back to Australia with more credibility to his name and I imagine Matt Parish will be in that same area."

A qoue from JW which is very telling, think that's a direct snipe at SM and his less than athletic approach and demeanour. Let's hope Parish is more hands on and as Henry and Cashmere say in the same intervfiew he is very passionate but tells the players like it is without any soft soaping them, he's in for a lot of telling it like it for me. Said it in a different thread if he is the type they say Henry and Big Ray will be telling the rest they need to buck or get bollocked, I'd also like to think JW will drop the nice man act and read the riot act to the playing staff and tell them that they are already being watched from afar and they are playing for thier futures.

Those dates add up but I swear blind we got rid of Ashcroft twice? KOTS?

Matt Parish was being touted for the Melbourne Storm role not too long ago. Let's all get behind him.

"Several impressive candidates have expressed interest in Stephen Kearney's job. Kearney and fellow Storm assistant coach Brad Arthur have signed with the Parramatta Eels for the next three seasons. One candidate for the Storm job is Matt Parish, the former Balmain forward who was Neil Henry's assistant coach at North Queensland.

Parish lost his position as part of the Cowboys' restructuring for 2011. He does have claims, however, and was assistant Country coach to Laurie Daley this year. Daley has publicly recognised Parish's coaching ability."

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He did indeed chief, his first spell was from November 1980 to March 82, when I believe he left us for Warrington and then he was reappointed in May 84 and sacked in October 89.

Although reading the thread Middleman did say coached under Wilky and Ashy's first spell was only 2 months into John's reign so he wasn't appointed under Sir John.

Spot on that man !
Ashcroft was incumbent Coach when Wilkie came in so I didnt class him as a Wilkinson signing , presumably was Keith Snapes.
Wilkinson came in Jan 1982 and Alan McInnes took over in March that year.

I remember watching Salford under Alex Murphy's coaching when they had a 16 game unbeaten league run, lets set the bar high for Mr Parish ..

Article about the new boss in todays Manchester Evening News menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... att-parish

Article about the new boss in todays Manchester Evening News menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... att-parish

Do we think he uses the turkey as a source of information gathering on how we are doing? Are u lurking Matt?

God I hope not, he'll be suicidal before he gets here!

Macclesfiield Red maybe as he seems to he knowledgable yet professes to be new

Well Veivers is staying on as assistant. Good news as I think he has done a good job under the circumstances. www.cbsport.org/2011/06/veivers- ... t-salford/

Well Veivers is staying on as assistant. Good news as I think he has done a good job under the circumstances. www.cbsport.org/2011/06/veivers- ... t-salford/