With him being club trained we could offer him a better deal than anyone else - unless they wanted him as their marquee player.

And he isn't marquee player material, IMHO.

Theo's best attributes are his enthusiasm and never say die attitude, make of that what you will.

I don't thinks he's ' Dieu '

but he's a pretty good , tenacious and he's racked up 55 SL appearances for Salford & he's still only 20 .
Halves hit their prime in their mid to late twenties.

Losing Tasi is one thing ,but if we cannot hold onto Fages , who speaks ' salfordian with a French accent' and bleeds Turkey red in the cause , it will not bode well for our owners new faith in Youth policy .

And it will only serve to make that compelling utterance 'the days that other clubs come to Salford to take their best talent...are gone!' seem very hollow indeed.

As much as that's what fans want to here, it just cannot be stopped unfortunately! Well it can, but you cant stop a certain player from wanting to leave!

Lets be honest If I was a player and I was good enough I would be wanting to play at a club like Leeds, Wigan, Saints - playing in front of big crowds at home games and winning silverware, Not Wakefield. And that is no disrespect, that's just fact.

Yes in time, if the right foundations are put in place, there is nothing to say a so called `smaller club` couldn't consistently compete with the named clubs in most aspects but this takes time and a RL player has a short career! So when these opportunities come up 99% of the time they will want to take it.

Ellis going to Leeds springs to mind, as a fan Wakefield fan I was completely gutted at the time when it was announced but look at what a great career he has had. I very much doubt West Tigers would have shown any sort of interested him been one of the best in the WT team at the time, playing for Leeds and playing in the big games (Grand finals, CC finals, WC challenges) are what got him noticed.

The best way to look at it is as a fan why would you want a player playing for your team that doesn't even want to be here? No matter how talented they are.

Can't see Saints going for Fages. They will have a bucket load of half backs waiting in the wings from their top class academy system. Shouldn't need to be feeding off the scraps from clubs which apparently have no youth policy.

The commentators on BBC Manchester last night kept harping on about Cunningham being Theos biggest fan and that he has openly said that he would love to see him in a Saints shirt.

For me a good indication that Salford need to tie him down to a long term deal and make him one of the cornerstones of the squad for many years.

I like Fages. He's come on leaps and bounds and looks quality. Id love him at saints but can't see it.

Where will he play when Dobson returns? How long is he contracted for?


How good was Rangi last night. Been out for 7 weeks or so and looked dangerous every time he got the ball. He's the most skillful player in super league Imo and love watching him play.

as someone said on twitter, we created more in the first 12 minutes than the previous 6 weeks.

When he's on form he's pure quality. I love watching him play. I'm surprised salford didn't score more points tbh with Rangi and Fages playing.

Imo that was a strong salford side on paper and certainly should be fighting for top 4 spot.

to be truthful, we had chances that we wasted, and missed tackles and we even 'won the second half' but the difference in class was clear to see, and it looked like you decided to take it easy after half time, ready for next week.

For large periods of the game the wasnt much in it really. We had cpl individual brilliance like the run by McDonall etc that tipped it our way. You dominated 2nd half and we hardly got up your end.

I'm not a great fan of salford (just don't like or trust the Dr) but I think with a fully fit 17 your very strong but can't believe your 2nd bottom!

Very patronising comments from someone who does nothing but slag Salford off.

Really ?

I don't slag salford off as a team or city abs I don't call any if your players. I actully like some of your players.

I don't like the Dr at all. Imo he's no respect for the game as a whole and is all about himself. The outrages and idiotic ideas he's come up with and embarrassing. His broken promises are laughable. The way he slags his team in public is unprofessional.

I just think he's a clown when it comes to rugby but notning against your team or town.

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