Quote: LoyalFan "This is a huge bugbear of mine... Salford's scouting system is awful. I have been involved at an amateur team in Salford (Cadishead Rhinos) for over 10 years... and have yet to see a Salford scout down there. The club now have a number of teams competing at different age groups and the potential at the club is huge... yet nothing. We do have players trialling for the town teams... but it's up to the club to send who they see fit and hope that they meet the grade. I'd sooner see a scout looking at a real game and picking out players. I've seen a number of players at the club who I would love to see given a chance to prove themselves... but they have no chance if the Salford club aren't interested.'"
Yes your spot on,i know of 3 lads who actually played their rugby away from Salford,warrington and leigh to be precise,two off these lads turned pro,the third was just unfortunate yet played on and was voted the second best ever player to wear their badge,the other two lads ended up playing for Salford,what i`m trying to get at L.F is that our amateur clubs do their best,other than Eccles,most of the clubs don`t have a club house or are run from pubs,its not attractive enough for our kids to get involved,and as you know,we have the lads out there.Please don`t get me wrong,you yourself and the people who give up their time to coach or help out in anyway at these amateur clubs have my utmost respect,i myself gave 3yrs coaching the under 15s and playing second fiddle to the open age lads,i loved every minute,this i feel is where Salford go wrong,yeah i know they are in schools but its these amateur clubs they should be helping.
