GAME ON : Salford Reds Devils v Widnes Vikings - 19:45:00

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAME, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

Can't wait for this, should be a belter.

Widnes are atrocious.

Difficult to hold your interest if your a neutral but as it turns out it wasn't a bad game.

A fair effort from both sides but Salford just a bit better

Robert Lui was superb, apart from his goalkicking.

We are shocking. No other words.

Houston deserves a red for his reaction, absolute idiot. How the original call was a yellow though is beyond me. Burke slips and is nearly at Houston’s waist before Chris makes minimal contact.

Tasi twice with the head shot, a lot worse than Houston’s, only the second given as a penalty with no yellow. I don’t get it.

the crowd figure will most likely make grim reading, never saw more than a handful of people in the ground unless the nearside stand was packed. Shame Salford couldn't have been relocated in a more central spot near public transport hubs

Yellow card was very harsh, Ref giving a penalty was bad enough.

Toronto already has twice as many fans as Salford. Toulouse, if promoted to Super League, will attract thousands more fans than Salford can.

The sooner that Salford and Widnes are replaced by Toronto and Toulouse, the sooner the British media, corporate sponsors, and the British public will start to take Super League seriously.

Staying off topic. Salford don't play in Salford, they play their home games in Eccles (Trafford), 6 miles away. If Toronto do get into SL, the fans will soon drop off, as they will lose a lot more than they win. Have you seen any of their games ? Most of them stroll around like it's a theme park, they're not even watching he game. And when have Toulouse ever had a crowd of over 2K...What drugs are you on Chorley Boy, local magic mushrooms, washed down with some cider ?

Bet you St Helens, Warrington and Wigan can’t wait to play in front of empty stands of 0 supporters, 3 times a season.

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One can also note that Catalans, before they entered Super League, never had more than 1500 fans at their games. Now they can get over 9,000 even against witless Widnes.

Expect Toulouse's fan base to emulate Catalans' fan base and rise exponentially once the team is admitted into Super League.

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There were about 650 people at the Toulouse fev game last month. With a healthy contingent from Fev. Neither myself or my uncle paid to get in either as they were dishing out freebies in the queue.

Let me get this right, people were queuing up to pay to get in, when someone comes along offering free tickets?

Anyhow, regarding the match, I love watching Widnes when Houston plays, the gift that keeps on giving.

Correct. Officials of Toulouse.

The mind boggles.

You two must have been at a different stadium.

They were dishing out free beer too, did the same at the Batley game (and others ) too

Quote ="Budgiezilla"Staying off topic. Salford don't play in Salford, they play their home games in Eccles (Trafford), 6 miles away. '" Good to see the educational system is still strong in Leigh.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Salford

Quote ="Budgiezilla"Staying off topic. Salford don't play in Salford, they play their home games in Eccles (Trafford), 6 miles away. '" Good to see the educational system is still strong in Leigh.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Salford

Yeah, 'way off the mark' wasn't I !!!





Address: 1 Stadium Way, Eccles, Manchester M30 7EY

AJ Bell Stadium
1 Stadium Way
Eccles
Salford
M30 7EY

Don't make yourself look silly especially to people who come from the City, or alternatively I suggest you inform the people of Eccles that have been paying there council tax to Salford City Council for, well forever, when in your world they should have been paying Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.

Excuse me, I was trying to give a reason for your pathetic home attendances, as I have a good mate who is a Salford fan. Why did I bother ? I really couldn't give a **** where exactly that rubbish ground is that you rent. It's 'across the motorway' from the Trafford Centre.

Shame the locals dont know where it is

Regardless of whether you "give a "Leigh"" (see what I've done there to avoid the swear filters?

) the fact is you were wrong.



Why your hubby RoyBoy then needs to chirp up is beyond me but he's obviously a sandwich short of a picnic like you BudgieSmuggler.



Must still be hurting that sh*tty old Salford, with their cr*p ground, cr*p attendances etc etc are still playing in Super Duper League while the mighty Leigh, with the best ground in Rugby League, biggest fan base etc are slumming it in the championship.