I heard from a very reliable source the other day that Salford are in a bit of trouble financially... Apparently only a top four finish is good enough to make any money as otherwise you don't get as many sky appearances which pay out about 50k per showing!

bit off the mark there was myler not a product of widnes? and if you look through ours ranks now we have quite a bit of quality in the team and coming through ie Ben Harrison,Rhys Williams,Rhys Evans to name but a few cue Walter Wizard

I think the whole Salford ground thing has been discussed several times already, the consensus being that its a bit of a white elephant stuck in the middle of nowhere, which will probably only see a small increase in attendance, with those being visiting fans who would normally avoid the Willows like the plague.

That opinion could easily be proved wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Salford will remain a relative small fry in Super League, simply because they don't have the local interest to sustain a top level side....Most local kids are more attracted to Man Utd or cricket clubs, seeing as their local population is so Asian based, a community with zero interest in Rugby League.

from a rugby league fan i really hope it works out for them like you say being a bit "out of the way" could be the spanner in the works but lets hope not

You taking the Swear filter is there for a reason

HY

I agree, hence the 'could'.

Salford will be the biggest club in world rugby when there 25k stadium is built, just think of all that money they will make from there casino.

i must admit i heard him say it and i was like what like were always sniffing for their players we have signed one how many wire players have salford signed

Plenty more as well Stevo

Ryan Shaw, Ben Evans, James Laithwaite are all full time and will no doubt get their chances soon and Gareth O'Brien already has!!!

Anybody who can stay behind on Saturday after the first team game and watch the Under 20s will be able to see for themselves the talent that we have. Also the Under 18s are at home to Harlequins on Sunday, 2.30pm at Widerspool, and there is some exciting youngsters there as well.

Sounds like a frustrated man. Personally i dont think we need ratchford, what with O'Brien, Briers and Myler, with Bridge etc.

Not saying he's a bad player, but i think we'll be fine without him, anyone agree?

we really should stop taking all their players.

its just not fair.

100% Dean
I just can't see how he'll improve us THAT much, and I imagine he'll cost us a hefty transfer fee, too.

In 2 years time (or whenever the fatefull day is, when Briers retires), if Smith doesn't fancy an O'Brien Myler partnership, he'll have got someone better than Ratchford