Saw him in the academy a few times. He is explosive. You could close your eyes and tell when he makes a tackle or takes the ball in by the sound it makes.

Think Armstrong would have debuted by now if he was fit, still might at the end of the season.

Spoke to someone connected at the club, they rate Charles that highly he could be a regular next season.

I like the look of him, looks like he’s got a bit of a spark but him being a regular next year to me comes across as a cheap option.

Defensively doesn’t look ready to me and Wigan exploited that in the friendly. Although in his defence litten was defending at centre which probably exploited it more

They wouldn't be putting him in now if they didn't think he was ready, particularly when there are more experienced options. Think we will sign a 7 to play with Trueman and Charles will be the main backup.

Sounds like an instant 4 game ban for him on debut then

Interesting conversation with Brian Carney, Tomkins & Wilkin on SKY tonight confirming what we knew already that Salford are one of the lowest spenders on the cap. Think AP would do well to offer a position at Hull to the person that sorts their recruitment and deals out.

The difference to how they operate vs how we operate is huge , neither club owns their own stadium either yet despite Hull having much bigger fanbase we still seem to be losing ground.

It's Ian Blease isn't it? He's a former agent. We've got a former radio DJ and it shows....

Also we dont know how much money Adam Pearson actually takes out the club

Good observation. Interestingly in football, with the current operational change at Man Utd, one of the first things they have done is go after the main Head of Recruitment from Newcastle (and formerly Brighton). It’s about buying smart, as opposed to buying players for the sake of it. We need to get smarter on our recruitment. Best value for money signing we made in recent times was Ratu, and that was a few years ago.

Big advantage Salford have over FC
Is geographical location..
Lancashire based players don’t have to relocate home and family etc..
One thing I would concede though is Salford do recruit overseas players exceptionally well.

Wakey will have a better squad than us next season if rumors are to be believed .

I do understand the advantage Salford have geographically as have mentioned this on another post however I do think in the case of Salford that advantage is negated somewhat with job security vs location so to speak. No disrespect meant to Salford at all but its well known they do and have struggled financially and needed to offload players to be able to continue but credit to them & Rowley for still being able to put a side together than competes like they do and achieve what they have done since Koukash pulled out and Watson left.

As someone commented you do have to wonder if a lot of our recruitment issues are down to the personnel we have in that dept. Look at what Motu achieved in players the club brought in, compared to what we have had under Clarke for example. So is it poor recruitment, lack of money offered, poor coaching appointments biting us or simply we are not an attractive option since 2018?

We are told/lead to believe we are operating and the cap but when you look at Salfords squad who are operating well under the cap limit then compare to our own something doesn't add up.

It just makes you wonder if AP invested in someone with a proven track record re player recruitment etc whether we'd fair better in this area?

https://www.totalrl.com/st-helens-pippe ... -reporter/ Geographical advantage?? Really disappointed we didn't even seem to be in the running for him, perfect replacement for McIntosh

https://www.totalrl.com/st-helens-pippe ... -reporter/ Geographical advantage?? Really disappointed we didn't even seem to be in the running for him, perfect replacement for McIntosh

So, its the middle of March. Rovers are signing Tom Davies and Warera-Hargreaves, Wakefield (a current Championship side) have signed McMeeken and Johnstone. Tom Burgess has signed for Huddersfield.

Meanwhile, in West Hull.....

For as good as Davies is, id say we have bigger priorities then wingers for 2025.