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How good does that picture look

Please god let this be the one!

Wake me up Nurse - Please pass me the pills.

Salford, looks like the rise of the phoenix

There's also the option for you guys to try to grab some fringe NRL islanders that have massive potential. With the World Cup coming up, you'd think it would be a decent incentive to crack first grade over here and maybe make the World Cup squads and showcase themselves that way? Some of these guys have the potential to be absolutely sensational, though obviously they'd be more risky that signing tested players over here - plus the NRL clubs will probably be reluctant to lose them without thinking they could get them back.

There are some excellent prospects from Fiji sitting in the fringes of the NRL, Semi Radradra and Erevonu Kamikamica (400m sprinter who plays in the forwards!) at Parra, Etonia Nabuli at Penrith who was spotted randomly by Johns iirc as a physical freak (they love that word over there ).

Then of course PNG is always an underestimated hotbed, look at the way they held some of the top Aussies in the PMXIII game this year.

My expectations for the team this year are fairly conservative. I expect positive changes and a restructure with an emphasis on raising people's perceptions of the club and trying to develop a positive mental attitude within it. It’s going to take some time and I feel it’s important that the club progress in these areas before they bring in higher calibre signings. Salford need players coming to the club because they believe they can develop and win trophey's, not just for the money.

I say this because I think we have all witnessed first hand how the likes of Patten found the transition difficult after being with big NRL club and then coming to Salford. Personally I think the job starts with investment in better foundations such as better training facilities/equipment and a bigger more specialised team of backroom staff.