Could the good Doctor be waiting until the playoffs are completed? If not then the Red Devils have a better squad and coach than this year

Whoa hang on i weren't trolling, sorry if it came across that way....maybe i worded it wrong. Point i was making was i was under the impression there was going to be big names yes Morley is but he's at the wrong end of his career.

Tommy Lee, Greg Johnson etc i would presume would be squad members rather than integral parts of your squad. Rangi and Tim are class signings but the others dont really seem like massive signings of the calibre i was expecting from the Dr's comments in the past.
Obviously they are a massive improvement on what you have now but i was expecting maybe 3 or 4 big marquee names.

Sorry if i came across wrong and caused any offence.

Some opposition fans claiming our signings are poor. Others in outrage that we are supposedly flouting the salary cap with all our big names. Make your minds up folks.

It's unbelievable isn't it? The second worst club in the competition have only announced nearly a team worth of new signings. One that includes a half back pairing that most (all?) teams in the league would give their right arms for, playing behind a pack that includes Morley, Hock, Puletua, etc.

Throw in the shining lights from this season - Gleeson, Fages, Sneyd, Dixon, Griffin, the Walnes - and we have a very decent looking squad. As I don't follow the NRL closely I don't know how good the new imports are. But they sound plenty better than we have had in the past, and in Sa'u and Mullaney, mouth-watering prospects.

I'll trust the judgement of Nobby, too. I think he probably knows what he's talking about...

He has a contract with Wire for 2014 but he hasnt signed an extension unlike the other 11 wire players who recently did.So my guess is you will see Steff back at the club he loves in 2015

Not taken .
Bearing in mind our thrown together side of Kids & Loanees under Alan Hunte beat your table topping side this season , the additions named today + any others that may ' limbo in under the Salary Cap ' before next season , we're pretty happy . 9 months ago we almost didn't have a club .

you know, with all these comments, I'm wondering if I support Wigan or Leeds not Salford

welcome to the big time fellow Reds!

ah well you almost sound like you know what your talking about....... Ratters is contracted till 2016.

extension signed mid season with little fanfare.....

It depends how you define a 'big signing'. If you think of a big signing as being an international, say, then if the entire Huddersfield first team squad were transferred elsewhere, how many would be considered 'big signings'? Brough probably, maybe Ferres, maybe Crabtree. Not too many others though. It would be the same with any other club, even Wigan.

Of the players Salford announced yesterday, two will likely be in the England squad for the World Cup this year, and probably in the 17. I doubt any other members of that squad will be moving to other British clubs any time soon. That sounds pretty 'big signing' to me.

I'm not trolling and I actually would love my club to be announcing a string of signings like these (instead of selling them) however I will reserve judgement on the half-back pairing you have signed. Individually both are fabulous players, my concern would be how they will gel together. Having watched Tim Smith for the last 2 seasons he plays much better when he has a steady influence alongside him (Sykes) which allows him to play his game. Chase might be a bit too maverick a partner for him. TBH I hope I'm wrong because if they can play together it will be a very exciting combination but I'll wait and see.

Hock was contracted to Wigan until 2014
Chase % Tim Smith was Contracted to 2015.
Brett Hodgson is contracted until 2014 but expected to move or retire ..
whats a contract ?

name the last time we signed two possibly three current regular GB/ England internationals?

I think the last time we signed a current England-GB half back was 1975 with a ' world record ' domestic transfer fee of £15,000 for Featherstone's Steve Nash ?

Hock was basically kicked out of Wigan, Chase and Smith have been bought from two clubs who are too skint to hold onto them, while Hodgson's departure will be because we don't need him anymore, rather than him being seduced by any other offer.

However, if we decide that Ratchford is our player then there is very little you can do about it - that's what a contract is.

I don't think Salford were gonna be changed into 'world beaters' overnight.
2 (obvious) Top signings, Tim Smith is quality also, Meli Morley etc.
One step at a time, Salford won't finish 'next to bottom of SL' next season, that's for sure. Top coach in Brian Noble, top 8 finish ???

Contracts go both ways though, so just because you don't need Hodgson, doesn't mean he has to go, why should he if he can't get an equal/better deal elsewhere? He's entered into that contract as much as Warrington so there is no reason why either party should not stick to the terms of it.

Contracts are only worth what somebody is prepared to pay to get the other party out of it, be it Salford (signing Ratchford) or Warrington (releasing Hodgson early)