Hanbury signed an extension at Widnes.

I'm quite happy about this, didn't think he was the type of player we wanted to take us to the next level.

Good he is a avenage player at best he ain't going to get bums on seats we should be looking at better quality players

Don't agree with the above, would definitely have liked to have had him playing for us.

Don't know why the OP has to come straight on here to tell us about it though. Just seems like a veiled attempt at saying 'in your face'...

We are sitting at the bottom of SL and people are coming out with pretentious crap like that ^.

He would definitely have improved us.

Good player Hanbury. Probably used Salfords supposed interest to get a higher wage out of his current club.

I'm with Red League on this one, don't rate him much apart from when he plays against us. If we are going to be serious contenders, players like Hanbury aren't going to set the place on fire. Predictably, Widnes fans who were saying, they weren't too fussed as they can get someone for better money, will now be gloating, saying he was never going anyway etc. Just hope we have learned our lessons from playing Widnes on the last two occasions and letting him run riot. Seems everyone has a stormer when they play us or on the other hand just shows how poor we are.

Having seen how easily he went round our defence at our place last year, and at Halton a few weeks ago, I really hope some of the above comments don't come back to bite us on the wide open spaces on Sunday...

His scoring ratio speaks volumes and super strike player.

Come on mate just because the team we support are bottom of the super league table doesn't mean we haven't got eyes! Hanbury is an average-good player if we're to move on to the next level challenging Leeds Wigan and wire we need a class above him.

So 22 tries in 36 games is average for a halfback and fullback?So I guess Salford are signing Cronk or Billy Slater

Lol you need to walk before you can run, it's also quite rude to label him average, he's in the top 10 best attacking players in Super League. Delighted to still have him with us.

Good player Hanbury and is better than what we have at the moment. I doubt we were ever in for him though!

Salfraud make me laugh and mr Cashman is another Brown envelope man.Hope he rips up on Sunday

Scoring try's doesn't always mean your a brilliant player, prime example Luke Dorn top try scorer for both Salford and London but is an awful RL player

If you think we can go from bottom to top instantly you must be mad, we will have a couple/few seasons where we are breaking into the top 8 first then top 5,, where a player like Hanbury would help us along nicely.

I'm as optimistic as most but some of our fans on here are becoming embarrassing proclaiming we are going to be challenging the big 4 within the next 18 months or so. Take a step back and be realistic.

Agreed. I wish we had an owner more like Stephen Vaughan.

Fans from other clubs slating us for attempting to spend money is ridiculous. "Brown envelope man" - you'll have to remind me of the colour of the envelope Doug Laughton used to sign Jonathan Davies?

Good player as he undoubtedly is I'd hope we were never really looking at him seriously. Think we have greater potential already at the club in Evalds or maybe Snyed with the right encouragement and training.

I know not everyone agrees but I'd prefer to see Greg Eden as he for me is one of the most skillful attacking players going forward and not as bad as people say in defence.

I'm not claiming we're going to be challenging? I never have I'm talking about what our owner wants, he has the money and now the expertise on board to take us to the top. Look at Catalan we should be aiming to do what they've done in terms of high table finishes and having a good solid team.

To have a good solid team means you need workhorses, utilities, specialists, and fillers.

You can't have a team of world-class players in every position and interchange. Hanbury would have been the type of player for us to take another step-up the ladder and it's stupid to say otherwise.

You're funny.

Christ your easy to please



I personally think that was as funny as piles on a long bike ride.

As someone else said Dougie Laughton had shares in manila envelopes there were that many flying around in the 80's and 90's in Widnes. I guess when comments like that surface from other teams fans it's a sign of envy or could in this case be care in the community failing us all again.

There is a lot of brain damage floating around these forums from opposition fans, and sadly, some of our own.

I'd go with the care in the community thing.

I didn't specify what kind of "funny".

Spot on Butcher, exactly the point I've been trying to make.