Making the trip this year,really looking forward to the crack in lloret,last time i spent the week there,and loved it,also heres hoping we can make a game of it on french soil. red army.

Arrived Carcassonne this morning 2 degrees by midday in Perpignan probably about 17 deg cool again tonight can see why we're playing in the afternoon

its probably so in the summer they will be able to run the legs of their opponents in the heat in perpignan

Feeling like this is our 1st real big test hopefully we will pass it with flying colours, as long as we continue to improve in all departments ill be happy

For those of you that like a little flutter....... (prices from WH - other good bookies (& bad) also available)

Salford to win (+14) - Evens
Salford to win outright - 4/1
Salford HT & FT - 7/1
Winning margin: Salford by 6-10 - 28/1

Will be having a couple of quid on each of these. Although the bookies are rarely wrong I have a sneaky feeling we might just pull it off on Saturday

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Safe trip to all those jammy gits making the journey

19-man squads for this weekend are;

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Damien Blanch, Leon Pryce, Thomas Bosc, Scott Dureau, David Ferriol, Rémi Casty, Greg Mounis, Sébastien Raguin, Jean-Philippe Baile, Cyrille Gossard, Daryl Millard, Mickael Simon, Julian Bousquet, Jamal Fakir, Lopini Paea, Jason Baitieri, Vincent Duport, Ben Fisher, Damien Cardace

Missing: Clint Greenshields, Ian Henderson Louis Anderson, Setaimata Sa and Steve Menzies

[uSalford[/u:
Luke Patten,Joel Moon, Sean Gleeson, Adam Neal, Josh Veivers, Daniel Holdsworth, Matty Smith, Lee Jewitt, Vinnie Anderson, Jordan James, Matty Ashurst, Shannan McPherson, Stephen Wild, Chris Nero, Luke Adamson, Gareth Owen, Stuart Howarth, Iefeta Palea'aesina, Ryan Boyle

Missing: Jodie Broughton, Danny Williams, Wayne Godwin, Ashley Gibson, Ben Gledhill

Actually, scrap my last post! Having looked at the injuries to our backline I now fear the worst. How will we line up? Moon & Gleeson on the wings, with Nero & Adamson in the centres?

1. Patten
2. Gleeson
3. Wild
4. Moon
5. Nero
6. Holdsworth
7. Smith
8. Jewitt
9. Howarth
10. McPhearson
11. Adamson
12. Ashurst
13. Anderson

14. Owen
15. James
16. Boyle
17. Feka

Very weak in the backs. Missing all our wingers could be massive, I don't know whether its worth putting Josh Veivers on the bench just to cover the backs? Moon would be wasted on the wing IMO so I'd go with the same 3 quater line as finished the game against London.

Both Nero & Gleeson got a couple each last week so I don't see it as being that weak, especially not with Patten & Moon in there if they carry last weeks form with them but I do see what you mean about missing our 3 first choice wingers. They are also missing key players, in key areas ie Henderson at hooker, Greenshields FB, Sa in the centres. I actually quite fancy us getting a result after being less than confident at the beginning of the week. Come on you REDS!!!!!!!

And the old feller, Sir Steve Menzies Campbell.

I wouldn't be suprised to see Anderson playing centre with Gleeson on the wing. I'm sure he's played at centre in his Saint's days.

Were obviously missing a lot of speed outwide in Broughton & Williams but it does look a bit stronger defensively - Nero was playing second row last season!

I just hope we can play as we have been and get a few breaks of the ball to give us a chance.

On a side note though...... It's amazing how many injuries every team has suffered so far this season. I don't think anyone's escaped it so far!