And 13.
The kids,Evalds Fages Sneyd Edwin , need another year out of the main squad,maybe occasionally filling in

Well I was told Morley was coming on a 2 year deal which to be frank I found plain daft. Maybe Dai Watkins will find his boots and request a one year deal. Adrian - a lovely guy but surely only on a pay/play deal.

Sorry but for me getting Morley would be nothing but PR, I'd be very surprised if next season he was anything but a bit part player and one things for certain if Warrington are going to let him go they know it's because his body has just about had enough.
We'd be better off getting Thackray and/or Dowes from Workington for the rest of this season to add some size to the pack and then look for better quality props in the off season.

I was speaking to ed farish before the game (what a decent bloke btw), 10-15 players I asked him?? He said it would be around 10 with 4 "major signings". I asked him about Dobson and he said "he is a fantastic player who is very high on our list". Exciting times indeed.

Ill start with 9 new players, 3 aussies 6 english,

Aussies, Smith , Cronk, Slater,

English, Reed, 4 burgess brothers, Widdop, that will do for me , and build a team round them.

Don't shoot me down as I'm just a messenger but I heard Benji Marshall is one on the over seas signings? I'm not believing anything until I see him holding a reds shirt but its normally credible source I've heard this from?

I hope this isn't the same source who kept telling you when Koukash was being unveiled as the new owner.

Hey I was told when he officially took over not when he was bring unveiled? I know it sounds too good to be true but apparently he's got into abit of trouble down under cant really say what on here for libel reasons but he's looking to come over? Just wait and see?

1. Chase
2. Dobson
3. Marshall
4. Smith
5. Sneyd
6. Fages
7. Foran

We're going to have a full back line of halfbacks at this rate.

Sneyd won't be in the halfs next year, and I've also got a sneaky feeling that foran won't be in the starting line up next year?

If we sign Marshall I'm taking the credit: https://twitter.com/iainpics/status/289467994650849280

If we sign Marshall I'm taking the credit: https://twitter.com/iainpics/status/289467994650849280

I see the quality of Skunk around Salford must be first class reading some people's ideas of who they think is coming in for next season. Not just on here I may add, but on FB and Twitter as well.

The amount of players we want to sign is based on having a deep squad. Not all those players will be world-beaters for the simple fact of cap, Availability of said players, and reality. Most will be squad players with, I suspect, the quality signings forming the spine.

I think we should put our plonkers down for a minute. Wipe off the pre-vinegar excitement, and think a little before reeling-off our fantasy team lists.

I'd like to add I was being sarcastic in my above post, just making light of all the halfbacks we've been linked with!

We'll be waiting a long time to see mate as it isn't going to happen. It would be the single biggest signing by a British club since before Super League. We're all giddy about the potential players coming in but we need to cool our jets slightly I think.

any possibility we could get a certain matty smith back lol

Just read this months 40/20 Mag & in his column Noble asks is anyone brave enough to bring Israel Faloau over here from Union?? Interesting!

Koukash says in this mornings M.E.N that we'll be spending the full 1.8 million cap or maybe more under special circumstances from the RFL plenty won't like that.

Just one point of note: Salford spent up to the cap in 2011, shelling out £400,000 more on player salaries than their usual budget previously.

Two counter points:

1) I very much doubt, or believe, we were at full cap in 2011.

2) McRae was still in charge. I hate what that man did to our club!!!!!

Lets be honest we all know that money could have been much better spent, especially since Nero's salary is well over the top.

The Doctor



Sod the haters

FWIW I don't really see an issue with getting excited and talking "Fantasy Signings". 6 months ago we were all fearing that we wouldn't even be talking about SCR as a whole, let alone being loaded with arguably the most succesful SL era coach joining us. Too long we've been a laughing stock and this is now going to stop, supporters of other clubs will fear us soon and it's going to be great. Let's be boisterous for once. Salford Reds are rising.

I agree that it's brilliant looking at what we are 'worrying' about now compared to what we were worried about 3 months ago but I just don't want to see us embarrassed. Some of our fans are marching round other boards shouting the odds about what we are/aren't going to do and if we aren't careful we will become Wire mark II. I'd rather we just went about our business quietly (as quiet as you can be with Koukash) and let matters take care of themselves instead of bigging ourselves up without really knowing what is going to happen.

Amen to that

Wilkinson confirmed what Chico has said there at Pendleton church.

I thought he just said we spent £400k more, he didn't say we spent full cap, and like Lincoln's Devil Fan, I don't think we did.