Sorry Jack Reed not Jake !!!

Fat fingers !!!!

Ropati has been injured for about 3 years. Was cracking at one point though. I read last week that Elliot wanted to keep him and Ropati wanted to stay.

He was the first name that popped into my head when I saw those initials. Perhaps our ties with Matty Elliot could add fuel to the fire?

And I seriously doubt we will be signing Jack Reed.

By my reckoning we have quite a few options available to us with the squad as it is.

For me the weakest area is centres so really hoping we get some reinforcements there. If we can also get a prop in (someone like Ben Evans would be ideal) I think we'd be covered their too.

Biggest plus for me is that we seem to have some really good youngsterscoming through the system. Naughton really impressed me on Saturday and I'd like to see him get another chance rather putting Foster or even Gaskill in there. I'd also like to see Sam Wood and Nathen Conroy given more chances. Conroy looks a better option than O'Brien for me going from Saturdays performance. Plenty of good movement and options, something I think O'Brien lacks.

FB - Kearney/Naughton/Foster/Gaskill
W - Foster/Kear/George/Wood
C - Purtell/Blythe/Wood/Gaskill
SO - Gaskill/Sammut/Addy
SH - Gale/Sammut/Gaskill
P - Carvell/Manuokafoa/Scruton/Sidlow
H - Diskin/L'Estrange/O'Brien/Conroy
SR - Bateman/Ferguson/Olbison/Walker/Blythe/Addy/Donaldson/Mellor/Roberts
LF - Addy/Donaldson/Walker/Bateman

Think we have a lot to look forward to next year!!!

Agree about Conroy as a better prospect than Obrien. He seemed to have better vision and better distribution. Probably going to need 18 months physical development before he edges in from of O'Brien. By the to.e the two old boys have gone, he should be ready.

Just to ramble a bit about what others have posted;

It took me a few minutes to realise Conroy had replaced O'Brien, they're almost identical! I'm pretty sure Ferguson can play prop at a push, certainly more than Walker or Mellor can this last season and probably not as stretching it as Blythe in the second row. I really worry about the idea of Gaskell at centre, him and a half-back defending one flank doesn't appeal at all.

I also reckon at least another one, perhaps two, academy lads will join up full time with no intention to play a la Naughton, Wood and Roberts.

Possibly, although they have all played. Not sure who should be next to step up, Probably would have been Conroy and Mellor but they moved up mid season didn't they.

Steve Copeland was Sam Wood's choice for player of year and Jarod Ward won an award also, maybe these two could be next off the production line.

Anybody heard anything about any new signings to be announced this week or next bored of waiting my patience
has always been terrible

I've heard there might be some....

Though, if it were me working out when to drip some more info into the public domain, I'd wait until the season ticket sales tailed off and then use it to give some impetus...of course, you're then at the mercy of others ruining your big news with spoilers.

I kept reading the Salford forum when the Gaskell rumours were rife, and they were extremely critical of his defence, and particularly his desire to get involved, so him in the centres is a worry.

It all depends who we are signing, if we are getting a big strong centre to replace lulia then our centres with be Blythe and another, with Kear/Foster/George on wings.

If we can keep on adding i can see a top 8 team, we just need to have cover for the inevitable, but we really could do with another prop Nas/Scruton/Sidlow/Carvell/Evans and and extra would do be great, i would be tempted to look at a large youngster instead of a seasoned vet, would still like the look of Busquets and he will at the bite to our pack, just he is french not sure if we have any problems with the language barrier.

Is there a list somewhere with our 2014 squad as it stands?

Edit found it



Just wonder to our best 17 looking at the squad? Gaskell has got a few tries from centre dont forget, and Gale played extremely we vs Hudds he may just need to be on the dominant side.

wasnt gaskell mainly playing at fullback for salford though?.Fullbacks always seem to come in for unfair criticism IMO re their defense as if they make a mistake a try usually results and quite often their in two on one situations.

dont forget theres Purtell to include in that mix too and would imagine Sam Wood will get more games next year too.

In the future, I think Kear and wood could make an excellent pairing. For their size they both look strong, they're both fast and have time on their side.

Think Sam Wood could do with some serious physical development before he stakes a claim for regular game time.

Me too. By future I mean in a couple of years time, but I think it's good to have a hungry young lad in the backs waiting.

Think Naughton is going to develop into one of our most exciting talents in a long time. Hopefully he'll get tied down to a long deal soon.

Hope we can hold on to these young lads, they certainly seem to have the right attitude.

I agree, it's the most excited I have felt about out club in a ling time. We have got some genuinely talented youngsters and pushing, and the young ones already in the first team squad are starting to come of age. Particular Addy, I see him as a potential future captain personally. I wasn't knocking on wood by the way, lad seems to have plenty of pace and skill and he probably years through the lads his age. He just seems. Bit slight for the first team at the moment. Probably good to go on dual Fev to Dewsbury and get some experience playing against fellas if he's not quite ready for super league. Granny will know siTs best for him though. I genuinely believe Francis has got what it takes to rebuild this club, and playing and coaching staff.

Like the one Whitehead was on you mean....

and the one that the Burgess lads were onicon_smile.gif))

Has anyone signed Dixon from London yet????

I hope its us that get him.although there was talk of NRL interest.

Why would anyone be signing Dixon at all? He's not ooc and it looks likely that London will still have a side in SL next season.

Thought London were packing it in?

Obviously if they are still in SL then Dixon may not be for sale.

Seems to be up in the air at the moment, but I hope they're OK for next year personally. It's a little like Wakey, you hear bits of this and bits of that, but never enough to work out what the devil is going on.

Agree with all that. There can't be many backrowers addys age with the vision and awareness to play in the halves. He's getting better all the time and I'm really excited for him to kick on in the back row next season. There's a really good mix of talents in our young backrow and with Ferguson coming in we look strong. Elliott who

Hope Addy is at club for many years, he could be a superstar