i lost count of the number of fans that said they'd never watch oldham again.....


its a complete joke

Where Oldham may benefit is if there are some ticket offer for fans of the two clubs. I'd certainly be more likely to use a ticket offer to watch Oldham at Whitebank than Sale at Salford.

Andy Wilson Labelled the Salford - Oldham Link up as significant and good for both clubs.
some of the other 'partnerships ' ( Wolves - Swinton / Saints - Hornets )amount to virtual takeovers.
the Salford - Oldham agreement seems on reflection more symbiotic .
It seems the knee jerk reaction on the Oldham forum has been hugely negative, maybe with rememberance of the Pre superleague moves to force us the merge in the Mid 90's .
a few of the criticisms levelled wereOh so Salford Get the pick of Oldham Area Talent - Oldham based Players have been poached for decades- Harris- Sculthorpe - Sinfield- McDermott. At least this way there may be a route that promotes Oldham based players via their home town club if even for a short period.
Salford are Crap why bother?- Even though we are a 'minnow' SL outfit , there are still lots of players in the championship who came through salfords academy teams , competent Pro Ruby players not SL but available to play NL1 or Championship , there are currently no RL development managers covering the Oldham Area, it may actually raise the profile of the club rather than shadow it .
Because we aren't cash rich there will be less chance of Oldham being pushed into decisions they aren't happy with .
With Reds Academy Players turning out for the Roughyeds, and possibly the Willows Main Stand North/South wings rising Pheonix-like at Whitebank there will be Reds Supporters who may venture down for the odd game , and th probability that the two clubs will encourage this.

in my humble opinion of course!

I totally understand and supoort the opposition to things like this but don't you think this will be another rugby league idea that fizzles out into nothing and the impact on both clubs will be close to minimal, if anything?

Andy Wilson said in the comments thread underneath the Gleeson article in The Guardian.....



Not sure i entirely understand it. Interesting that he talks of peel being a done deal. But sounds like it might be more hope than anything concrete

Link rlhttps://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/22/martin-gleeson-salford-drug-banrl

he's basically saying the RFL needs a stronger presence around manchester

its no good having big events in manchester when the teams in the towns surrounding manchester are !


i think thats what he means? lol

Oh so Salford Get the pick of Oldham Area Talent - Oldham based Players have been poached for decades- Harris- Sculthorpe - Sinfield- McDermott. At least this way there may be a route that promotes Oldham based players via their home town club if even for a short period.

Salford first team squad members 2012/13 LEE JEWITT, MARC SNEYD & GARETH OWEN, all Oldham lads form the Waterhead Club !! Oh yes lets not forget PAUL HIGHTON (Oldham/Waterhead)

Lee Jewitt - we signed him from Wigan
Paul Highton - we signed him from Halifax
they'd already been to oldham and had their pick

Marc Sneyd - signed onto Salford's Academy at 14 yrs old , his Brother Carl Plays for Rochdale not Oldham ,Gareth Owen sign as a 15 yr old. Is there a system to develop 14-18 yr olds to SL Level in Oldham ?
rlYoung star Sneyd ready to step up for Salfordrl

More to the point,is there any system to develop 14-18yr old in Salford,ther seems to be a serious amount of our own kids not being considered.