What quality young Salford players????? Did you even have a proper academy to appoint from? Didn’t the Red Devil get rid of that.
I agree with much of what you have said but not about the youngsters. There have been plenty coming through, and Watson has continued there. The main issue is many of what would have been out third year academy quit last year. So choice is limited. Club didn’t have an income so couldn’t give bigger contracts so many were lost.
I do agree about the rest though. Sezer hasn’t been able to do what Hastings did for salford.
There’s something not right- edwards has already had a dig and it just seems like some of the players haven’t bought into what’s being asked. Robbo is the invisible man. Injuries have killed us so browny isn’t waving his magic wand this time around.
Some odd decisions made at the end of last season letting turner and taai go but keeping gavet seemed bonkers to me. Starting the season with only two proven hookers then sending new youngster on a year long non recall loan? What?

You are seriously claiming Salford produced those five players ?

Evalds and Turner definitely were, not sure about griffin.

going back to hookers, what's happened to George Roby, the RL press were ting all over Warrington for Letting him go when you guys picked him up

this is hilarious - only two of those players you listed began at your academy - and both were about 10 years ago. THATS the reason you weren't awarded an elite academy.
Griffin came through Wakey. O' brien Wire.
we can all name players who used to play for our club.........

We've had a few young lads from our academy that could have broken through under Watson. Yes we didn't have an elite academy but we have always run an academy...

For example, here is our current crop...rlhttps://www.salfordreddevils.net/team/academy/rl

I don't know why you have always been confrontational, jools. I haven't said anything that warrants defcon 3. Watson will not promote your youth. He'll promote an obvious talent that can't be ignored, but how many of them does each club have? Not many. When he joined your club he highlighted the 'wealth of talent' available in the academy as a big factor as to why he joined, yet us Salford fans knew the smell that came from that statement the day he made it.

I wish you all the luck in the world, as we need more than four teams dominating the competition, I was just saying you may need to be patient.

Evalds and Turner were Salford academy products. Fages and Ratchford were also in that same academy team, which isn't bad for a club that doesn't produce talent.

Chris Hill is the litmus test, he is the stereo typical signing of a bottom 4 team that gets leftovers of players way past their best. I was expecting nuggets of unexploited talent the likes of which salford kept finding, not fillers like Hill, who is garbage and getting worse and has been for a while. Talk about a negative signing, that would be one of the worst for a long time (although cunningham will take some beating)

I know for a fact that Ian Blease is the one at Salford that identified and captured specific talent, rather than Watson. He's an ex-player and ex-players agent turned CEO so he knows his stuff when it comes to spotting talent or hungry players.

Chris hill has been our best prop this year, just to throw that out there.

Don't embaress yerself.

Are you his agent? I know what i see with my own eyes, penalty machine that is way past it. thnx

no, i'm an optician, you need to make an appointment to come see me

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Got sent back from west Wales and played about 54mins for the academy all year

Plenty of youngsters have made their debuts under Watson- plenty of youngsters getting game time. Ever thought that the reason Watson didn’t play your academy players is that they just were not good enough?
We’ve had a few make their debuts under Watson he’s playing plenty of youngsters....

had a good laugh reading some of the old comments on this thread.......