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.

Hope that Big Dave get to him and gives him a bit of biff like he did to Sezer...

Agree it hasn’t been a normal season, for from it, but, if they had stuck with their youth system the same as every other SL club has financed theirs, not including Toronto of course, then they would have players available even Wakefield has proved that, so again no excuses there for me I’m afraid.

We are equally down on numbers with Pitts, Koppy, Ashurst, still isolating but we never seem to get the rub of the green with empathy. On top of that we've several injuries.
I'm sure if we win there'll be a big deal about their 4 players been stood down!
They're still potent with some very good players including Gale who you mention. He needs plenty of kick pressure and a good cuddle by Kelepi and teraferma.

Can’t agree they should be punished i’m afraid, not this year. Yes youth development should be sacrosanct but they had taken steps to rectify this, what they couldn’t foresee was covid causing the chaos it has. Koucash cocked up that club, the current incumbents are righting quite a few wrongs of that era. Sound familiar? They players may not be missing directly due to covid but it’s a situation very much caused by it. 11 games in less than 40 days is obscene and far from normal. Slap on the wrists and put plans in place to prevent it moving forward.

We’ll have to agree to disagree then, anyway there’s a game on.

What is it with Leeds and elbows?

Cracking try, Lyne, Senior and Try for Jowitt.

Come on Trin

(Hampshire has his boots on the wrong feet

Great run from Johnston and try no 2 for Jowitt

Come on !!!

Wow another brilliant team try