Richard Agar has confirmed to the press that four players who played against Castleford on Monday have been stood down for 14 days because of the contact trace protocol and will miss the next 4 games, so far none have shown symptoms

I wonder if the 4 are pivotal players who will also miss the following Wakefield game. We. are Due a bit of luck v Leeds. Fortunately, the 4 suspects are not showing symptoms at this time.

Wire get a walkover against salford and a 24 0 win given to them maybe when we were struggling we should have done the same and saved more injuries and a bigger defeat from occuring

I know it's not Warrington's fault, but maybe it might have been fairer to just deduct Salford 2pts without giving wire a leg up they don't really deserve.

I personally don’t think Salford should be punished at all and I definitely don’t think Warrington should be given the game like that. Unlike Toronto, Salford have tried their best to keep the game going. Yes they went with a smallish squad but they weren’t exactly planning for a worldwide pandemic - who was?

Where exactly has Salford tried to keep the game going, I'm sure you've noticed but I'll remind you just in case, Wakefield has suffered as much as anybody and more in most cases than other clubs regarding having players unavailable, this has resulted in the club having to bring in players they would not necessarily have needed,[u that is trying to keep the game going[/u and also bringing youngsters into the team which because of Salford's lack of a youth policy they cannot do, but there is a loan system available with plenty of championship players available, they've simply taken the easy option which I doubt would have been the case had relegation been on the table.

Well it’s hardly practical to bring in players who haven’t trained or played for months. I know we did with Battye but we had other players who could help get him up to speed. Not to mention the difficulty of maintaining “bubbles” and tier restrictions.

Why they went in with a small squad I don’t know. I’m not putting down Wakefield or anyone’s efforts to help the game ticking. These are exceptional times and I believe “traditional” punishments shouldn’t really be applied.

Unless a club does what Toronto does and just packs it in all together. I don’t think Salford want to do that.

Salford brought in two players from the championship in Gilmore and Ashall-Bott, plus recalled guys who were out on season long loans and not budgeted for like Chamberlain. They only restarted their academy this year, so most lads are nowhere near ready, they just haven’t played. Despite that a couple have appeared in the first team. When the loan window shut they had plenty of players but a major run of injuries and covid has left them short of a team. They played on Monday with two players going into the game with broken ribs and one suffering with a bad sickness bug and picked up two or three more injuries. They now have 19 players unavailable.

I’d say they’ve done their best to keep the game going.

Strong 17 today with miller wasterman back although bjb is out

That’s the chance you take when you get rid of your youth set up, it should be a requirement in SL and if you can’t fulfill your games due to lack of available players teams my opinion is they should be punished.

We have a good chance especially with Leeds being down on numbers. We need to control Gale though.
This is the kind of game where he steps up and makes everyone look stupid.

I would agree if it was a normal season but it’s not a normal season.

He’s been making us look stupid for a few years now.