Fooking brilliant.

Tomkins not Tompkins ffs

JC - just a quick question related to your sig. - where is Denis Betts from then? Start worshipping your own!

Whilst the Wigan chap isn't quite right but he has a point. There is currently a world level 2nd rower at Wigan who was educated in Swinton yet Salford scouts didn't pick him up? Maybe it's our scouting policy or the people doing the scouting, rather than goes the predictable places, Wigan, Oldham, they should pop along to the likes of Folly U16, Langworthy U16 etc. Maybe if he's kids were approached they'd love to play for Salford then their mates would see a Salford lad playing it would not only give the feel of local community towards to the team but fans would give them more of a chance as they would be one of their own so to speak.


I appreciate there may be some grammar geeks out their. Feel free to pick the bones

Maybe the wages we can offer compared to Wigan may have something to do with it?

As for the last sentence, OK, for a starter it should be "out there."

Wages? What wages would of HH commanded at such an early age when pick up for scholarship? We can go further back why didn't Denis Betts play for Salford? even Adrian Morley? I know we wouldn't of kept hold of those players but Salford have a history of not picking up these local papers. Apart from Jack Spencer off the job of my head I can't think of the last Salford lad to play for us? Maybe Carlo Napo? I'm sure someone will enlighten me.

Adam Neal - but he came via Warrington's academy.

Maybe he won't have commanded high wages straight away, but if he's promised money, glitz and glamour in the event of him coming good and breaking through then of course it's going to turn his head.

I'm not saying our scouting is perfect and I realise there's other examples, but I'm just trying to look at all possible angles.

Well seeing as I said my cousin played for Wigan and thats why I grew up supporting them it really can't be too difficult to put it together and realise Denis is my cousin.

In that case then, why don't you support Widnes now?



Also that makes you Darren's cousin, who played for Salford, but presumably because he didn't hit the same heights in the professional game as his brother, the team he played for didn't warrant your attention at the time?

You, of all people should know just how difficult it is to attract kids to play RL in Manchester/Salford area and you should read the redshed's eloquent post again just in case you missed the point. Oh and finally, you might also want to ask your cousin(s) what his/their opinion(s) is/are before you come on here pontificating again.

Why would i want to ask their opinion when I have my own? Also I did used to go watch Darren play for the "A" team but I don't really have many clear moments of those games as I was very young at the time (I'm 22 now) so most memories of RL as a kid are the big games at Central Park and what seemed the annual trip down to Wembley. I went to school in Prestwich and your academy(?) is at Phillips High School and at the time your 1st team were training at Sedgley Park RU but despite being so close to them and there being 3 high schools and many primary schools within that area Salford never once came into my school or any others in the area that I know of, infact Sedgley Park RU a semi-pro/amateur team did more around the schools and community. Maybe if you'd come into those schools where I know there was alot of people interested in the game but didn't have a real understanding of it you'd be in a better position with support. And why have you only now gone back to the red devil surely that is your biggest marketable claim?? That the most famous Football team in the world took its nickname from you.

Not reading all that.