Tough start

Warrington at home good Friday

Catalan dragons last home game at the willows

Ill give it 2 months before people are booing after that tough start we have.

Catalan last game sh1ite

Kr & Fc away back to back s1ite

Would of liked Wire away good Friday again, and Hudds on the Monday & not the Tuesday apart from that im happy.



Cant wait now.

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A tough start. I can only see us winning nine of our first ten.

I don't mind having a tough start, but KR and FC away one after the other? Catalans at home last game? Easter Tuesday??? Crusaders (home), Bradford (home) and Harlequins (away) on Sky? They were some of the worst games last season.

Very tough start, 4 of last year's top 8 in the first 5 matches (2 of which contested the Grand Final). I see we've got the cream of the Sky games yet again....Crusaders Home, Bradford Home, Quins Away.

As for Catalans as the last game at the Willows (Unless a miracle happens and we reach the playoff and get a home tie!!) I understand the connections between us and France but it's more than a tad disappointing. I think even with the connotations of it being our last game at the old girl, we’ll struggle to fill the place, we have a home average against Catalans of just 3,806, now we need to almost treble that to fill the place!

However if they have another season like the last, we could well finish with a win and I suppose it could be vital for any playoff aspirations.

In fact the more I look at these I think we've been shafted!

Tough start coupled with poor Sky games, as someone has just pointed out to me a Tuesday night in Huddersfield when just 4 days later we're playing down in the Capital. Once again we play in Perpignan before the direct flights start, Hull FC & Hull KR away in consecutive weeks and Catalans to say goodbye to our 110 year home!

It could have been a lot better for me.

catalan away my birthday weekend cant wait.... i think catalan last game is a bad thing just hope we get to the play-offs to see a better crowd at the willows if we play at home

Not sure what you're all complaining about, we'll be top after 3 games

Fixtures ,
It's time to ' walk the walk ' I guess.
the pre-season should be no problem for the coaching staff to motivate the squad !
kick -off in Cardiff , followed by Saints Wigan & Leeds . Fantastic !

It's Franchise year and we have a point to proove so lets proove it.

I'd rather play them early on before they've hit their straps


As for last home game ,
It should be rammed full no matter who , it can be Henshaws for all I care!

Quite a tough start. Looks like Mcrae could be in line for an OBE.

That's the dream.

Out
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I agree.

Maybe they've given us Les Cats on purpose, knowing they won't bring many, to leave plenty of space for all the Reds fans (taxi drive et al) who have supported Salford down the years and would inevitably want to attend the last match at The Willows?

For the team I agree with KOTS as it looks like we've been stitched up, makes me wonder if the RFL want to see us maybe struggle early season in the hopes the wheels come off and therefore it gives them ammunition if we are one of the unlucky ones come franchise time.

On a personal note Leeds, Wakey and Cas away early in the season is brilliant as with moving to Sunderland they are the 3 nearest games for me.

Not seen us on that many times on SKY so early in the season too, maybe they think were goign to be good value for money next season.

For me though the biggest joke is last league the Cats, sorry it should have been Wigan or Warrington to gaurantee a bumper crowd, would have been a chance that it would have been a sell out but doubt it against Les Cats.

struggle ,very much doubt it ,if you want to be the best ,then you have to beat them all ,bring it on cannot wait ,


keep the faith

Ye we maybe have been shafted early on but would rather play them then together rather than at the end if we are pushing for a playoff place. Very dissapointed with Catalan last game ye we may get the two points which long run would be better but I think a full willows with a fair few away support against a Wigan or Warrington with the shed cheering on for one last time we could give anybody a run for the two points and possibly a game that everyone will remember for a long time rather than a full shed and nobody in the away end that you will forget about a few years after

Agreed the last home game should be a big crowd no matter who have we got. I expect clubs such as Saints,Warrington, Wigan and Leeds to bring big followings this year as it will be their last visit to a traditional rugby league venue. Say what they like about isolated incidents in the vicinity of the ground but most visitors enjoy the atmosphere of what is one of the last of the old style venues. That leaves us to fill the ground and we if cannot get 7,000 as an absolute minimum then we may as well give up.

KOTS The RFL/Superleague hierarchies appear to be an absolute shambles when it comes to the fixtures and the planning.

The two successive away matches at HFC and HKR are an indication that once again they appear to be using an old Sinclair computer with some ASBO people doing the programming.

The Catalan home matches should be shared out over the three year franchise to give as many clubs fans the chance to fly direct to Perpignan as possible.

The last match at the Willows being Catalans I don't have a problem with as its up to the club/supporters etc to sell this game to everybody

Shall we all just stop moaning about the fixtures and concentrate on getting behind the lads and having a real good go this year? I get what people are saying about having both Hull clubs back to back, but so have crusaders. The Catalan fixture is usually around that time of year for us so I expected no different. We're going to have to play all clubs twice this season (with the exception of Crusaders of course) I know the players might disagree with some of the travel arrangements , but like us they're just going to have to accept it. So I couldn't give a monkeys when we play or who we play to be honest because I'll still be there. Although I will admitt the Huddersfield game on easter Tuesday is a bit of a bummer!!

More bad news, Iain has just informed that the Royal Wedding is taking place on the 29th April which the day before we play Quins at the Stoop, so I'd expect some disruption and higher than usual Hotel Prices in the Capital!!

Now that is gutting, can hardly blame the men at Red Hall for that though. Or can we?

Oh, shït the bed!!!

Will the fixture (Harlequins and Salford, not that other one) now be rearranged?

Jesus, talk about glass half empty....

I agree with hull kr/fc games away, dull games last season and a fair trek in such a short time but as per us playing the cream of last year so early on, i personally would want to play them early on before they get into there stride and pre them getting any roll on for the play offs etc.

I think all who are moaning re: top team fixture's need to remember we have possibly one of our best looking squads for a good few years and like i said, I would rather get them out the way early on before they get into there stride particularly Saints.

As stated earlier we need to support our lads and get behind them as much as possible. And I personally expect to be pleasantly surprised come our standings after the first 10

I think if they gel early enough we will be a major powerhouse up the middle and a confident bunch come play off ambitions.