The Daily Star (I know, I know) is reporting that Wigan are going to get Smith within days. Are we really so hard up that we need to agree to this and disrupt our slim chance of a top 8 finish?

We must be getting something out of this if we're letting him go early, wouldn't mind a sniff at the young full back on a years loan or maybe any of the others good youngsters who are struggling to get into the first team because of the form the rest of the team are in.

For starters you've more chance of seeing the Pope's ass than us getting a top 8.
What will we get out of it? We'll save his wage for the remainder of the season and allow young Sneyd to get some serious game time and work on his partnership with DJ.

Plus Why loan out a young fb when we've signed Tower's? Surely he should be given game time if he needs it instead of some wigan kid.

Best kicker of a 40/20 I've seen.

Keep getting told by those who have seen him play plenty that Towers is nothing but pace and would get found out very quickly at full back. Like him or loathe him as a full back Patten this term has been one of our most potent attacking players and we'll miss him next year.

Signing for Wigan today according to this poster on twitter https://twitter.com/PhilWilkWIG/status/ ... 5035386880 Deja vu from back in 1998(?) when McAvoy played for Emerging England at Widnes as a Salford player and within a week had signed for Bradford.

Signing for Wigan today according to this poster on twitter https://twitter.com/PhilWilkWIG/status/ ... 5035386880 Deja vu from back in 1998(?) when McAvoy played for Emerging England at Widnes as a Salford player and within a week had signed for Bradford.

Signing for Wigan in time to play the rest of this season for them if you believe twitter, which would mean we get a transfer fee out of it.

Not if we've agreed to release him early.

That twitter poster says a fee has been paid.

Ah right.

Good luck to them if that performance for England is anything to go by.

If Wigan have paid a transfer fee, Salford would be stupid to say no, as he would go for free at the end of the season. Good luck to him and thanks for always putting in 100% in a Salford shirt. Time for Sneyd to step up and stake his claim for the 7 shirt for next season.

Would make sense as during and after the Warrington game he seemed to more vocal and appreciative of the Salford fans.

Good deal for us and for him, hope we got a decent fee.

Can't see the fee being much for half a season. Probably a year supply of pies first the private boxes in the west stand.

I know there's plenty on here that don't rate him but I'm sorry to see him go, think he's been really good for us and we'll miss his link up and support play. Don't blame him going to Wigan, more money, more chance of cups/titles. We did what we could to keep him and hopefully the transfer fee will help us build for next year. Makes sense for wigan with leuleuai out for the rest of the season.

Good luck Matty and thanks for all your efforts For the Reds

Not happy about this at all,but what can we do??? Its the same old story--whenever we get/bring through a good player , they get poached from one of the bigger teams. So who plays scrum half now? Hopefully not DJ.He`s far better at stand off. Dont think Sneyd is up to the job yet.Weve still got a half decent chance of making the playoffs so if Bradford players do come up for grabs, I would go for Sammut. Think he would go well with DJ.

maybe whatever fee it is could be used to purchase a replacement /other player from bradford for next year. In which case, good business!

Being described as a 'substantial offer'. I hope that they approached us due to the injury to Leuluai, rather than vice versa in an attempt to free up some cash - can only add fuel to the fire of the various rumours about administration otherwise.

substantial...cant see it being more than 10/20k. he was leaving anyway! I wouldnt have thought a fee like that would make much difference IF we are going in admin.

Just hope it doesnt put off players from signing /resigning for us as they make think we have no ambition!

Spot on, what does this say about us if we sell our scrum half in the middle of a season I know young Sneyd is highly rated amongst some people but he isn't ready for SL yet imo, so what the hell are we supposed to do for the remainder of the season. This club baffles me at times.

BBC reporting it as a done deal now.

From last Friday's high to this one week later. The life of a Salford fan eh!

Sean Long to come out of retirement for rest of the season???

That's not a terrible shout. Although I'd definitely prefer Sneyd or Fages to be given some game time (It may well be too early for Theo though) I think it would be a good move for Longy to register himself with the RFL. Still plays a bit of RU so should be in shape and practically designed our attacking structures, so no excuses not to know the plays.

Got to hold a unique place now as a player who will twice play in the playoffs for teams he didn't play most of the season for, hasn't he? And 2 different teams at that.

Given our position in the league, only a relatively few games left, then to me this says the club has made a very good commercial decision

Smith was going for nothing in 8 games - now he's gone for something