Up to now Peyroux hasn't done much wrong, seems to stay in position when defending (unlike Jones when at centre) and seems to be OK when he can get quality ball. Similar with Tasi still finding his feet in the team puts in a honest performance and has given Amor less minutes to do the donkey work and improve his metres made. Owens is a big risk at full back and offers no pivotal attributes at all, would sooner see him on the wing with Swifty at full back until the injured return.

I don't know what we are playing at with Fages, he should be an automatic bench player especially with our hooker and half back problems.............its baffling Owens and Knowles getting game time and Fages sat on his backside in the stands.

I'm as baffled as everyone else regarding Fages. You'd think he'd want to blood him into the side with the injuries. As he rubbed KC up the wrong way?

I heard theo wanted to pass the ball Wide In training but KC went mad and said he should be driving it in like a prop and told him never pass

Players moving up from the academy regularly play out of position. And no one can deny that Knowles deserves a shot based on his performances last year.

Speculation that Fages would have performed better in that position is precisely that.

I don't buy that Theo is inexperienced, he has played over 60 Super League games. I couldn't believe that Cunningham chose a back-rower at stand-off, a stand-off at hooker as well as an actual inexperienced kid as interchange hooker, all above Theo. Madness.

Welcome to KC's world.

He's played over sixty super league games ... [ifor Salford[/i.

I think Peyroux will do ok for us...from what I saw in NRL he seemed very good with ball in hand going forward but his defence in the centre could be suspect at times, although he wont be playing against the same quality centre over here so that might help us.

Fully agree on Tasi - imo he has been the worst forward we have used this season. He offers nothing going forward and is soft in defence. Like you, I was hoping his form last season was down to issues off the field and a fresh start could get him back playing well but from what he has shown so far he looks like a total waste of money. I'd say Richards offers more than him and deserves a spot in 17 before Tasi right now

KC is on a loser with respect to Fages whatever happens. If KC keeps him until he's ready and then Fages plays brilliantly, we'll all say Fages should have played earlier. If he doesn't play brilliantly we'll all say he was a poor signing. Who'd be a coach?

Nonsense. If he's not ready for Super League after 60 appearances then he never will be. He should have played from the start of the season without this messing about period.

Is this the same Salford which was a laughing stock for practically all of last season? The same Salford which threatened to redefine the meaning of the word "shambles"?

We're saying that sixty games playing under Salford's regime is EQUIVALENT to sixty games at Saints?

[iSeriously?[/i

It's 66 games at super league level and that's a fact. It's 63 games at super league level more than Knowles.

Fages also played for France 7 times.

How is 60 games for Salford different to 60 games for Saints ? they play the same teams don't they ?

It's different because since the beginning of SL the demand that players AT THE VERY LEAST are expected to finish in a playoff slot and get damned close to an Old Trafford appearance is what Saints players deal with as a matter of routine and Salford players demonstrably do not.

To be honest I'm amazed I need to illustrate this point. It's like saying 60 games playing for Manchester City or Chelsea or Barcelona or Real Madrid is equivalent to 60 games playing for AFC Bournemouth or Levante.

Some might say playing 66 games for Salford as a young kid in a side that's struggled yet he's stood out Is harder than playing 66 games for Saints with its so called best pack in super league and all its strike players