Agreed, it's not ideal but I'd imagine the majority will have been keeping fit enough to do a job off the bench. It's not like the gyms are shut anymore.

I believe Ottawa are to be a full time club - in League 1.

I don't think any players of the 2 previously mentioned clubs are full time - nor have those clubs started training yet.

If Super League can now accommodate players who have 'trained ' in isolation,then assimilate into a team of players they have not played with before,it probably explains why some think the standard is dropping.

Ideally Super league clubs should have a reserve team and their own academy team, then they could play two games a week, and players would mostly only need to play once a week.

Unfortunately the state of the game in this country means a lot of teams don't do this.

It was inevitable this would happen, Salford shouldn't face punishment, but those in charge of the game should concentrate on producing more players at all levels of the game, and ensure clubs and community all work towards this goal.

It was only an alternative that was suggested, not something that should be implemented. A few clubs (like Salford) don't have an academy, and only have a small squad of players.
But they forfeited the game, and obviously you would prefer that to happen, rather than have 4 extremely unfit part time RL players (who all eat too many pies) on the subs bench.

Leeds are a big club. Warrington aren’t

Quote ="Hopie" Salford shouldn't face punishment, but those in charge of the game should concentrate on producing more players at all levels of the game, and ensure clubs and community all work towards this goal.'" No they shouldn't face punishment I agree, as for producing players I don't think they could afford to run in the academy this last couple of years but they stil did what they could... https://www.salfordreddevils.net/more/srd-foundation/

Quote ="Hopie" Salford shouldn't face punishment, but those in charge of the game should concentrate on producing more players at all levels of the game, and ensure clubs and community all work towards this goal.'" No they shouldn't face punishment I agree, as for producing players I don't think they could afford to run in the academy this last couple of years but they stil did what they could... https://www.salfordreddevils.net/more/srd-foundation/

Quote ="Donnyman"No they shouldn't face punishment I agree, as for producing players I don't think they could afford to run in the academy this last couple of years but they stil did what they could... https://www.salfordreddevils.net/more/srd-foundation/'" Talk about hypocrisy! So, Toronto should face no punishment then?

Quote ="Donnyman"No they shouldn't face punishment I agree, as for producing players I don't think they could afford to run in the academy this last couple of years but they stil did what they could... https://www.salfordreddevils.net/more/srd-foundation/'" Talk about hypocrisy! So, Toronto should face no punishment then?

Yeah but, Leeds aren't very good - fancy getting turned over by Trinity

Quote ="Donnyman"No they shouldn't face punishment I agree, as for producing players I don't think they could afford to run in the academy this last couple of years but they stil did what they could... https://www.salfordreddevils.net/more/srd-foundation/'" Leigh scrapped their academy 5 years ago because it was costing 90k a season to run, and I was told that by the reserve team manager at the time Don Boyle.

Quote ="Donnyman"No they shouldn't face punishment I agree, as for producing players I don't think they could afford to run in the academy this last couple of years but they stil did what they could... https://www.salfordreddevils.net/more/srd-foundation/'" Leigh scrapped their academy 5 years ago because it was costing 90k a season to run, and I was told that by the reserve team manager at the time Don Boyle.

I believe as we had no players left and Huddersfield were available we asked if we could postpone our game and re-arrange it, but they wouldn't have it. Wire I believe hadn't played for 17 days (not their fault) and I believe once we play Catalan on the 2nd they won't have played for 23 days.

And people complain about TWO games at Easter.

11 games in 37 days.

Salford should be heavily fined here. This is top level professional sport. Absolute disgrace:

Majority of other clubs would have dipped into the academy and give some young lads some debuts. This pathetic club doesn’t have one. What do they offer the game?

Great few years with Watson, getting the best out of players other clubs don’t want but they offer the sport nothing long term. Don’t get me wrong I like and respect the team (coach and players) but the club is a joke.

That tweet mocking Warrington for finally beating them is embarrassing. This is professional sport, and you are laughing at another team because you forfeited a game.

You’d think they’d be ashamed.

Should be fined a % of their sky money.

I have to agree ... very poor judgement.

Although I had to smile at the response from Warrington.

They should be relegated.

And fined a bag of sweets.

Well that’s a more severe penalty that Toronto appear to be getting

Vote tomorrow, Col.

LiVolsi says that he'll only show his hand (net worth) if/after he gets a positive show of hands from SL+RFL.

Surely everyone will spot a "Boycey"? Mind you RFL didn't with Perez (or at least, for whatever reason, chose to "see no ships"!)

Not a Salford fan but this party doesn't advocate any punishment.

The Challenge Cup should have been ditched this year - it was a joke as it stood and is now making SL laughable as well.

Ignoring the sweets, FW (though hopefully both parts were flippant), with no promotion this year, (and assuming that Toronto are written off) that would lead to a ten team SL - 18 games apiece.

• Scenario A) EASTER KO, limited (or no) crowd admitted, possibility of another Covid-19 affected season, no guarantees anywhere soon. Yeah, sure the traditional SL clubs would like to have a resultantly bigger slice of the pie from The SKY – if it is still bigger than a mini Melton Mowbray.
• Scenario B) Vaccine(s) prove effective, full season ahead and SKY promise the full, Party 12, Victoria Sponge, errm, pie.

Which clubs would be in a position, after most of a season missed, to step into the breach? As we’re now working on win percentages, Toulouse, Leigh & Fev (100% apiece) headed the Championship before its cessation.
Featherstone are said to have opportunistically offered to replace Toronto but were told that the reply was being sent by snail-mail to P Off Road. Extrapolating the points difference at the short season’s end would still see them third after Leigh & Toulouse – in that order.

LEIGH: Others may know more, but the players that Leigh has thus far announced for next (maybe) season don’t make a matchday 17.

TOULOUSE: Their French counterparts, Catalans, are struggling to reach the required fifteen games, Tools have pulled out of competitions as have Cats. Ah, expansionism....for yet another thread.

Don’t kick Salford when most teams are down!

Wow do you need any help getting your toys back in your pram ? the fact you think it's ok for us to play a game every 3.8 days says more about you, you should be ashamed.

Bore off you tool. Every other club is getting maximum support off the RFL during COVID and have been allowed to reschedule games despite multiple outbreaks at certain clubs. Salford haveu been penalised for keeping (pretty much all) their players COVID free by having to play a stupid amount of games in a short time. As a result they've picked up injuries and player welfare must come first.

As for the tweet.... weren't Wire the instigators of the #bantz a while back (can't remember the specifics but they defo rubbed a number of people up the wrong way)? If you can't take it, don't dish it out, simples.

You're talking out of your "Down Under" Bruce.

Saints refusing to travel to Catalans. Dock em a win or two.

Two walk-overs for Catalans (Saints & HKR) would see them to the requisite 15 games, a win %age of 67 and a probable play-off place!

There should be

Indeed

Thats not correct.

But still dock em a win or 2. Divvy their sky money up next season between warrington and Wigan, and send their club account a strongly worded tweet

Ian Watson has quit Salford.