big problem with Peel Holdings, they don't need the council anymore, they have just got the nod on the Barton power station despite Trafford Council saying no and a massive public against campaign, Big Government says yes.

The Parish appointment was never going to work due to the fact we didn't even do any homework on Parish he wasn't even on our short list , Gentle was our Man and all we needed to do was forward him the contract ,But in true Salford style we stuffed that up when a certain football director told blatant lies and our beloved board instead were on a sightseeing tour of Sydney.this was followed by a gentle mans agreement to return Gentles call ASAP, and once more Salford weren't professional enough to do this so Gentle told them where to stick it.
Parish was the emergency signing as somebody put his name in the frame and before you know it he's signed under the impression Salford were due major financial input and we were one of SuperLeagues model clubs.

Parish as a person was volatile and off the wall, challenging players and allegedly drinking every night and trying to socialise with players as a mate ,then turning on them when they didn't take up the offer to go on a booze crawl.

I do respect parish for telling Wilky and a simms to keep their nose out, and he did infact order that Wilky,Simms and Clague be locked out of the changing rooms. You can guess that this was the beginning of the end for Matt.

For too long Our club has been mismanaged and quite frankly been a PR disaster , Only saying what it wants and dismissing the supporters as unimportant ,even more so with The move to the "Iconic" stadium that we knew we couldn't afford but took a gamble that could ultimately signal the death of Salford RLFC as we know it.

Maybe he was trying to insert disapline to make the team more professional is that a crime. And would love to here how you know who was on short list are you there when they interviewed are club as always lacked disapline and just look over years we are never fully fit can't play for 80 mins and can't defend a disapline on players that I felt personally needed even the club. Or we will never challenge for anything. Matt parish was treated disgracefully in my eyes as he wanted the players to be more professional and for me we need someone like that if you want to be successful in sport. Problem is they did not like what he wanted to do. If its right that the club told him one thing and he saw what they said was wrong as a coach you ain't going to be happy if you took a job based on what club sells. They players a always here for a free ride there here to perform. So for me shows club had no ambition for change. And selling Marty smith when we still had a good chance of play off place shows the lack of ambition by the whole club.

Mate I liked Parish and his no sh*t approach but Respectable players were shocked at his unprofessional approach, Getting P*sses up on a nightly basis. That doesn't exactly command respect does it? He treated players with disrespect giving them the silent treatment . That to me isn't a sign of a good man manager. The supporters saw Parish as a breath of fresh air because he didn't pussy foot around the Chairman and Team performances but he wasn't the Saviour we were led to believe he was. The man that would if turned the whole attitude if the club around would of been John Kear, now he is a Fantastic coach and Man manager. The Sale of Smith was a clear indicator of impending Financial melt down, As was the premature termination if Pattens contract.
Some on here have accused DJ Holdsworth And Patten of being stirrers but it was as simple as them both venting their frustration with how we are run as a club.

Parrish also was shocked at how different Rugby league was here to what he was used to in Oz, the whole system and the lack of people and clubs in the area playing rugby league, so that opened his eyes quite a bit, he didn't have a 100 mile area to work in just a few square miles around Salford and parts of Manchester. His drinking was a problem, but the board should have seen that out in Oz as they met him in a bar, when we met him he also offered to have a chat over a drink any night of the week, he was like a pre-superleague coach, but he did open up our eyes to what was happening at the club, infact at the FR meeting he attended with Simms, it was quite funny watching Simms twitch as Parrish revealed more and more, and that I thing was the beginning of the end for Parrish.

Bigpey I personally agree with you regarding John kear where ever he as gone he as proved you don't have to be a good team to get a performance. I did not understand the choice to go to Australia and that was my preferred choice. Matt Parrish was a bit of a idiot at at times but in respect to that as a supporter we know the club as been like that for years. No will know the total truth with the decision why they got rid of Parrish but you can't say he did and was not afraid to tell it as it was. And for me that's what needs to change at this club or we won't challange for anything