Young Jack kicked 81 goals and scored 17 tries in his 19 games for the under 20's last year

J Murphy

J Broughton
A Gibson
C Nero
D Williams

R McGoldrick
T Fages

L Jewitt
L Godwin
S McPherson
M Ashurst
A Dixon

S Wild

Replacements :-
B Gledhill
G Owen
R Boyle or James
R Williams

J James- A Neal

That's how I think it will end up , had to name the squad today , so this is it , McGoldrick has kicked for Cas , Fages & as mentioned Murphy aswell ,
Bit of a kick the nuptuals for Evalds & Sneyd though.
Can't see Veivers bringing in Williams R , with 3+ years SL experience and not throwing him in , big enough to play Centre, but think Nero will start inside Williams D

I'll be disappointed if Sneyd or Evalds miss out because of McGoldrick.

Disappointed?
How about we just allow the coach to pick a team that he feels will compete with Wigan

I don't care if he can kick goals Mark Sneyd is not good enough to play at 6 or 7 in Super League. Is Howarth injured? I prefer Wagga & Owen anyway just asking.

On what basis is Sneyd not enough? His 10 (rough guess) appearances over 3 seasons?

He was woeful after Smith left alongside Holdsworth last season, what will he be like next to Fages? Would you be happy playing him there all season? Its only my opinion I can be proved wrong!

Anyways I sounded really negative already when we should all be buzzing so I apologise!

All about opinions mate! Would like to see him have a run of 5 or 6 games before making a judgement personally.

He got two and a half games after Smith left until he got injured at Hull. In those games we beat HKR away, and everyone was awful against Widnes. Not really enough to make fair judgement.

Murphy is a very good place kicker.

Sneyd was absolutely woeful against a very poor Castleford at Weldon Road - but then if Smith could have found touch with a simple grubber we'd still have won

. I agree he is worth a decent run out and shouldn't be judged on the sporadic appearances he has been offered so far. His goal kicking alone looks exceptional.

Athe moment Sneyd and Fages are both not the answer for Salford in Super league. Both are good prospects but definately not SL standard at the moment. We need an experienced 6 and 7 for the next 12 months and build as we go along, our two youthfull half backs will get buried this season if left in the two most crucial positions on the park and this will do more harm than good in the long run.
I dont think Howarth could fit in either after watching his performances at half back last season, he isnt going to guide us up the table!

Trouble is, if you don't give youngsters the chance at SL how do they become SL standard?

Personally, it's the perfect time to blood young players. We the fans have no expectations for the season, there's no relegation, I say let them build their confidence. Let them gel. Let them get some experience under their belts.

They may thrive and surprise a few, or they may not. Sticking a couple of has-beens in there will do little for our season if the young lads sit on the bench getting frustrated.

Totally agree - now is the time to blood the lads as we have nothing to lose in doing so.

Blood them by all means, giving them occaisional game time, but dont ruin them, breaking there confidence when they are getting humiliated by experienced SL halves.
Sneyd and Fages as a starting partnership would be crazy. Bring them off the bench as we have done with the likes of Owen, and give them a chance to acclimatise to the rigors of SL, then hopefully they will both flourish into class SL half backs.

If they are good enough they will flourish just like Ritchie Myler did.

Yep fair enough.... after all it was Myler and Ratchford together in 2008 ....lets go for it.

It has to be done. There'll be some who adapt easily, others that take longer and some that fail. Hopefully with your long term prospects more stable than for a long time you'll be able to bring through players of the first category, get them embedded into the first team while developing players in the second category by loaning them out to teams without the means to develop their production lines.

Just been reading the Sporting Life. It says the Dr was asked if he would be happy if we finished in the top eight ?

His reply was " yes , as long as we finish top of the eight " !!!


I like this guy !!!!!!!

Congratulations on a fantastic outcome - I'm really pleased for the club and supporters.

Onwards and upwards!

Congratulations from a Broncos fan, fantastic news for Salford and RL.

Congratulations to everyone from a Wire fan and RL devotee - great news for the game in general but especially your speccies - you really deserve it.

I just hope this is the catalyst for RL gaining wider exposure in the Manchester area and for the Salford club (and especially their fans) to enjoy some success ............... except against Wires of course!

Get stuck into them pie-eaters!

...And people say the franchise system isn't working.

Has anyone maybe thought that the game was in so much debt in the first place because of the pressure on clubs to spend the salary cap to not become relegated? Clubs do seem to be at their brink of financial stress, but it seems like these kinds of takeovers will be aided by the franchise system. They will eventually lift the sport and give it some much needed momentum.

Great news for you lot, dead pleased for you!