McPHERSON out for 3 weeks with medial ligament damage.

my revised team would be

1 PATTERN 2 BOUGHTON 3 MOON 4 GLEESON 5 WILLIAMS 6 HOLDSWORTH 7 SMITH 8 JEWITT
9 GODWIN 10 NEAL 11 ASHURST 12 ADAMSON 13 WILD

SUBS 14 PALEA'SESINA 15 HOWARTH 16 SIDLOW 17 NERO 18 OWEN

Swap Sidlow with Neal and Owen with Howarth (his defence has been shocking in the last few weeks) and I'd agree with that. James has been poor so I wouldn't have him in.

Has Adam not had enough "chances" already to prove himself and always been found wanting. Don't get me wrong he's a great lad. You look at him and think " yeah he has the makings of a great prop" , but for whatever reason he just doesn't seem to have that oompf! Now if Sidlow had Jewitts agression I think he could be awesome!

Agree but prop HAS to be his position surely.

ON THE OUT COME

SALFORD CITY REDS ... 9/2



LEEDS RHINOS ... 2/9

DRAW: ... 25/1

Does anyone know if season ticket holders get a ticket for this game?

No no and no.

Is that a no then?

Salford (from): Patten, Broughton, Gleeson, Moon, Williams, Holdsworth, Smith, Jewitt, Godwin, Neal, Ashurst, Adamson, Wild, Sidlow, Paleaaesina, Nero, Howarth, Gibson, James.

Leeds (from): Webb, Jones-Bishop, Hardaker, Hall, McGuire, Leuluai, McShane, Peacock, Ablett, Sinfield, L. Smith, Delaney, Bailey, Kirke, Clarkson, Griffin, Moore, Singleton, Lunt.

Leeds have sold 1600 tickets according to the stadium employee I spoke to today.
Could`nt get an East Stand ticket due to them trying to fill the West Stand first.

Would imagine, as Singleton has just signed Dual Registration with Dewsbury and I think McShane is still injured, that we'll go with:

1. Webb
2. Jones-Bishop
3. Ablett
4. Hardaker
5. Hall
6. Sinfield
7. McGuire
8. Griffin
9. Lunt
10. Peacock
11. Delaney
12. Clarkson
13. Bailey

14. Smith
15. Kirke
16. Leuluai
17. Moore

So I think we know where Ryan Boyle fits into the plans (unless he's injured) I don't think we've got any another forwards in the squad who are fit to put in ahead of him!

What an effort from Fev that was.It's got my challenge cup juices flowing for sure, now only if we could show some of that same effort and sheer grit against Leeds we may have a chance........ Well we can all dream can't we, it is the cup after all.

C'mon Saaallllfffoorrrd

Taken from the Southstander.com

[iTravel safe, enjoy the game, and if you have any sense at all, avoid parking in the official car park unless you want to still be in Salford into the early hours of the morning.[/i

Interesting 'pre match' write up worth a read...

hi, coming over tomorrow and got a ticket for the west stand for myself but the gf has now decided she wants to come and i was just wondering if there were going to be tickets available on the gate? i know its not gonna be a sell out like but was just wondering as i think a few people had problems on the gate last time we were there.

should be no problem, most likely be about 4000 there max so plenty of tickets.

Cash turnstiles tomorrow or do you have to queue at the ticket office first?

Danny Williams is left out today and is 18th man. Not sure I agree with that, think I'd have him over Gibbo but he did score 2 last week so I guess that is fair enough.

I would have played both(as ex Leeds) in the 17 myself but conditions no doubt a concern for backs.

No Watkins or Burrow so a gleam of a chance but we are a dry ground team so fingers crossed.

This pleases me greatly following the last time we played Leeds. Best Rugby League playing ballboy I've ever seen!

Think the rain will even the teams out a little just need a lot of luck and leeds team who come in underprepared / think they will win and not try

Leeds will be anything but unprepared , so a Sallford victory will be the result of the best Reds performance of the season rather than a poor Leeds effort
With the weather the way it is a cup upset may be on the cards.
Reds 96 Leeds 0

Leeds are... in my opinion... way too professional to be under prepared... I don't think for one Kevin Sinfield would allow it.

As for the rain evening things out... We have trouble catching the ball in the dry, never mind in the soaking wet. I feel all it will do is allow Leeds more ball time.

You only have to look back a few weeks to our games against Saints and Bradford to see that sometimes we just don't turn up - not through lack of trying, mind.

Come on Salford!!!