Ever heard the saying we are only here for the beer???.........well swap the word beer for money your players who
put that salford shirt on week in week out are on really good money they probably couldn't get anywhere else so
when the going gets tough your lot are not interested they couldn't give a stuff about salford just there bank balances.

Been looking at the stats www.superleague.co.uk/report/10071 and one of the players I felt had not tacked well, actually did well in the stats. One area that the stats do not state is the common practice, we have, of two players holding the opponent up and a third comes in late onto the legs to bring the opponent down. I am sure there has been a change against this coming in next season. nyone know more?

Been looking at the stats www.superleague.co.uk/report/10071 and one of the players I felt had not tacked well, actually did well in the stats. One area that the stats do not state is the common practice, we have, of two players holding the opponent up and a third comes in late onto the legs to bring the opponent down. I am sure there has been a change against this coming in next season. nyone know more?

There must surely be an underlying problem(s) within this underperforming team. I can’t think of another club who have performed as poorly as us this year considering the strength of squads and the level of investment. It did appear the tide was turning recently but the heavy defeats to Wigan and Wakefield shows we are way off where we should be when our opponents fancy it.

Take Wakefield as an example to compare us to, a club that were in financial crisis over the winter with several forced departures and many new faces to plug the holes in what appeared a sinking ship. By contrast the Doc pushed the boat out on several high profile internationals and we were tipped by the bookies for a top 7 finish. Like Salford, Wakey have also had a change of head coach so we can’t use this as an excuse for our troubles on the field. And to rub further salt into the wounds Tim Smith a player that was so disappointing in a Salford shirt had a blinder yesterday and he’s been a totally different player since he rejoined them, why? What is the problem at Salford? As a supporter that expected to see a reasonable improvement this year, I’m totally pi$$ed off watching this dross. I'd actually go as far as saying that this year has been much more disappointing than last year when we finished bottom.

And it pains me to say that Garry Schofield's prediction of a poor year for Salford was absolutely spot on.

Shouldn't read too much into Schofields predictions, he said we were certainties for relegation.

I think people are reading too much into what the problem is/was. Yesterday, we started poorly and gave Wakefield a 16-0 head start. In doing that, you’ve given your opposition a huge amount of confidence and that reflected in the way Wakefield played after this. We got ourselves back in the game at 16-6 and had Theo finished off his break (looked a certain penalty for a high shot from Sykes btw) then who knows (same thing at Wigan – had Junior scored his breakaway we’d have been back in the game).

It seems we struggle to get ourselves back into games where we help the opposition make a healthy early lead. We noticeable appear to start feeling sorry for ourselves and continue to give away penalties and make errors, whilst giving up in defence. Character problem? Maybe it’s something that will improve next season, after a year playing together.

Yeah it was disappointing, but that's sport sometimes. We're not the only team to get thoroughly outplayed on more than one occasion this season. Every team has suffered some kind of catastrophic mindfart at some point. It's highlighted for us because it was such a key game and we'd been playing well. Sometimes teams that lose momentum like we have with a couple of null weekends find it hard to maintain. We can still have a strong finish with a bit of luck which will lift morale before the start of pre-season.

It's not the end of the world!

Not the end of the world, admittedly. But it is the end of another disappointing season as a Salford fan. I'm running out of time in my desire to see Salford just once perform well enough to reach a cup final or at least manage more than an abject performance in a play off game...

We avoided relegation, which for me was my main concern. Apart from that it has been disappointing in some areas with a sprinkling of what might be. I'm with you on the fact that it would be nice to see Salford succeed in my lifetime. So far the first half of my life has seen me watch Salford decline for all of it. Fingers crossed the second half goes better, and indeed I actually finish the other half.

I can guarantee you will have both halves of your life ... promise.

We were thoroughly outplayed yesterday, which (through gritted teeth) I can accept - it happens to the best of teams.

But when the other team is simply more up for it than our lot, in what was basically our cup final, well I find that hard to take.

We drove over with 4 young fans yesterday, none of which were older than 12. They must wonder what the hell they have done to deserve us dragging them there to watch that. Let's hope social services don't find out...

I was just being optimistic that I'm at the halfway point!

Wakefield have recently beaten Leeds, Wigan , Warrington & Widnes, the last two away.

Salford haven't managed a win against those teams home or away all season.

We have proven we can roll over teams who aren't playing to their best , but have no answer to Teams playing with confidence, as was proven yesterday.
rlhttps://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/9451907/super-league-marwan-koukash-to-implement-new-regime-at-salford-red-devilsrl now we have this reaction ...
I'd say good odds now on next weeks London game being a banana skin

That is why I love the Doc, other owners might think that but he is honest and open enough to admit it.

I can see a couple of the players on the books waving their goodbyes at the Widnes game.

I think coach and owner need to have a discussion. The team had 4 days off, including the weekend, and were trained very hard on the other days. Wakefield had 10 days off and turned up refreshed, bright eyed and bushy tailed, as opposed to running onto the field already tired.

Perhaps we should stop questioning the players' loyalty commitment and passion and, instead, question if they are being properly prepared?

Surely now is the time to blood some of the fringe players and see what they have to offer? What are the chances?