At least Salford haven’t done what Toronto did and threw in the towel.

Think Oliver Roberts played with broken ribs against Saints as well before he went off. While I've got some sympathy with the powers that be I'm not sure they've always covered themselves in glory.

ATEOTD player welfare must be #1 priority. I'm proud of our lads for their commitment to the cause during these crazy times and you won't hear 1 Salford fan criticising the club for putting the players wellbeing first. As for the numpty who posted about getting players in on loan from the Championship....

To be fair I don't think that Warrington have asked for a rest, or the points, it's our opponents that have recently called games and a 16 day break isn't always a blessing.

I'm not sure why Salford's fixture list is so congested over and above the 'burden' of a Challenge Cup Final, which in any event generally interrupts the regular season and the agreed rescheduling to try to ensure that fans might spectate

I'm having more of a go with the RFL rather than Wire, just using the comparative. Some clubs appear to be cannon fodder at the moment with no consideration for player welfare, it's a shambles.

I think Rico's feeling a bit tetchy based on what I've just read on the Wire forum.

Poor guy should enjoy the moment.... it's been a while since they've taken points off little old Salford.

Who on the Wakefield forum ha suggested it’s everyone but Salford’s fault. Just some of us have sympathy for them.

Apologies for the unintended 'misdirection', the other "forum" is Salford's alternative independent fans forum, not the Wakefield board on here

Some championship players are full time, and most train everyday anyway, even if only might be at a local gym (if possible) or at home.
Olly Ashall Bott & Tom Gilmore were signed up by Ottawa, but just 'keeping fit' till pre-season started, and they have done okay whilst playing for Salford.

Agreed, it's not ideal but I'd imagine the majority will have been keeping fit enough to do a job off the bench. It's not like the gyms are shut anymore.

I believe Ottawa are to be a full time club - in League 1.

I don't think any players of the 2 previously mentioned clubs are full time - nor have those clubs started training yet.

If Super League can now accommodate players who have 'trained ' in isolation,then assimilate into a team of players they have not played with before,it probably explains why some think the standard is dropping.

Ideally Super league clubs should have a reserve team and their own academy team, then they could play two games a week, and players would mostly only need to play once a week.

Unfortunately the state of the game in this country means a lot of teams don't do this.

It was inevitable this would happen, Salford shouldn't face punishment, but those in charge of the game should concentrate on producing more players at all levels of the game, and ensure clubs and community all work towards this goal.

It was only an alternative that was suggested, not something that should be implemented. A few clubs (like Salford) don't have an academy, and only have a small squad of players.
But they forfeited the game, and obviously you would prefer that to happen, rather than have 4 extremely unfit part time RL players (who all eat too many pies) on the subs bench.

Leeds are a big club. Warrington aren’t