one of the best Deals Wire ever did was to Trouser £100 grand off Wigan For Martin Gleeson who was at the time the GB and form centre. Did we need the money? nope, but we got Richie Mathers off them at the same time and Pies laughed their tits off. A few months later Mathers was kissing the Challenge cup trophy at Wembley and Wigan weren't.... then he won another a year later.

To me I think its a good deal for Salford its 100 grand that isn't there to keep the bailiffs from the door like the myler or Ratchford money, and it's not directly Marwans own money and it can be ploughed right back into the club one way or another.

I honestly havent seen that much of Sneyd but I do Raise my eyebrows at the "future England scrum half for years to come" phrase that is being chucked about.....all I do know is (and i'm no Fan of Chase) but I'll be more worried about facing a team with Chase and Dobson as halves than Sneyd and Pryce.

chase and dobson or sneyd and pryce - haha absolutely no comparison AT ALL. If salford can sort their hooking problem (big issue i feel) and get a couple more forwards willing to work as hard as Hansen they will be putting doubts in the minds of other teams. pryce and sneyd wont worry teams at all. Sneyd has done well in a team doing well this season - but hes hardly been wowing crowds. I dont get the big fuss about sneyd tbh, hes decent enough but not stand out -Fages has always impressed me more when i've seen him play.

Good point about the halves.

Another point worth noting while we're making it "more simpler" for 18..whatever he's called is that Marwan wants the club to be self-sustaining rather than relying on him. Selling a player who is unlikely to feature much next season for a reported £100,000 (maybe even more) has got "self-sustaining" written all over it.

You're right about needing a hooker. With Iestyn seemingly far more willing to play young players than Nobby ever was, I hope Gareth Owen comes back from his season long loan and straight into the first team, where I think he belongs. After that, we need an interchange hooker and two props and we'll be OK.

With regards Theo and Marc Sneyd, I think Theo is a steadier player. Marc tends to have more of an impact, but can also make more errors. He also has that incredible left boot, which is something we've really missed this season. I hope he does OK for Hull, but, if the reported transfer fee of upwards of £100,000 is true, I think Marwan has done a cracking piece of business there.

Given the respective league positions of you and Cas, and the one major change in personnel between the two clubs, I wouldn't be bigging Chase up at all!

No, what you mean is you're unable to debate on a fundamental level, instead preferring to try and input an ever increasing amount of variables to try and side step the initial point.

My point, like you, is simple - I don't think £100k for Sneyd represents good value for Salford. My reasons are that A) Whilst the fee would be seen as great business for a cash strapped club, for MK it makes no difference to what he needs in terms of investment (which hopefully will focus on youth going forward as his strategy of marquee signings putting bums on seats has failed this year) and was probably more to do with principle; and B) Sneyd is the form SH in Super League who MK made quite clear he wanted at the club next year.

Now, i'm willing to agree to disagree, but don't try to patronise and belittle, it does you no favours.

No. What I mean is what I mean.

I choose not to debate with an idiot. There's a difference. You are unwilling or unable to see my points, and your points make no sense if you understand what I've been saying. Therefore it's pointless carrying on.

I'm sure you'll want the last say on the topic, most sociopaths do, so I'll concede that to you. Fill your boots.

Not sure who that was aimed at, but the people suggesting Chase and Dobson are a more potent half-back partnership than Sneyd and Pryce are fans of Warrington and Huddersfield. Maybe you should take it up with them, but I wouldn't suggest using your 'relative positions' argument.

Marwan wants the club to be self-sustaining. He's said so more than once. Selling a player who is unlikely to feature much in the first team next year for a 6 figure sum sounds self-sustaining to me. Leaving him to fester on the sidelines, on the other hand, sounds like a poor return on the club's investment.

As part of the 'self-sustaining' aim, Marwan wants the club to produce more of its own players. The first step is to make the club a more attractive proposition, hence the marquee signings. The 'failure' of this season (a failure which has seen attendances increase by somewhere in the region of 50% over last season) was more down to errors by a previous coach. He also said from day one that 2015 would be a bigger year for the club.

With regards him wanting Marc at the club next year, he could, if he so wished, have asked Marc to honour his contract. He didn't. So, whether he really meant he wanted him at the club next season or whether it was a way of ensuring anyone who signed him would have to pay a substantial sum is open to debate. Hull have paid a substantial sum, so I'm siding with the second of those possibilities. I'm sure you disagree.

I'd hate to disappoint.



So because I don't agree with your points, and you don't agree with mine, I'm an idiot? Bless.

I hope you're not involved in running a business in any way...

As mentioned numerous times, Sneyd has 12 months on his contract and wanted out. He may well be 'the form SH in Super League' - regardless, he wouldn't have been first choice on his return to the club and would have had limited game time for one year before inevitably moving on for nothing at the end of the year. We'd be paying the salary of an unhappy bench player/backup when that money could be better spent elsewhere.

Koukash may well have said that he wanted to keep him (in an ideal world we would, but you're limited in terms of what you can do with a squad) but this was more to do with playing hardball. He rightly doesn't want to appear as weak by letting a player/his agent dictate things to the club. It was simply his way of being the one in control of the situation.

May well turn out to be a win for both teams but I'd give us the slight edge at the moment in terms of who has the better end of the deal based on the fact that we don't know whether Sneyd can show this level of performance consistently or whether he's simply looked good in a team that's got success from the sum of its parts rather than outstanding individuals.

So you'd pick name over form then? I hope you're not involved in running a sports team in any way...

Good to see you addressing my points sensibly, as you seem to have done with other people throughout this thread.

He's put in some very good performances in a well drilled side for about half a season. He's also gone missing in a few games. I'd take who we've got next season over him any day and it's not even close.. Not that I wouldn't like us to have kept him.

Who care ? You wanted to sell, we wanted to buy ....... Good business all round

I like how the people saying England scrum half clearly didn't notice him in the world cup.

Yeah because we all know how rigid the rules are when it comes to international RL representation.

Your post was treat with the disdain it deserved for the opening little dig.

I'd take Dobson over him, not Chase. You'd be far better off playing Dobson with Fages next year.

Pretty much in keeping with the tone of most of your posts in this thread though.

Echoing what "Legends and Icons" said, it's a good deal for both clubs as far as I'm concerned.

And your pedigree coaching superleague is???

Correction - Mark Aston Tried to draft Sneyd into the Ireland Squad for the 2013 RLWC - but took too long to prove his eligbility ( Shamrock & a Guinness Label in his English Passport ) so James Mendeika took his 6 spot. shame as he would have played alongside Liam Finn !

I think Sneyd was under- appreciated in our squad in 2013, with the merry go round of coaches - Veivers- Hunte/Long - Veivers brought in the legend that was Liam Foran & then Noble brought in Lee Gaskell in his other best position . Even so he played 26 games last season half at Fullback, Half at 6. Glimses were there but he was by no means the finished article , everything has gone well for him this season and I wish him all the best on his next move.
Is he worth 100K+ i don't know, time will tell , but it would be foolish for us to comment ... we forked out a reoprted 70K for Timmy Smith ..

Same as everybody else's on here.

Personally I think it's a brilliant deal for us. I'd have been happy if we'd paid double, Pearson can afford it. He fits in to what we're trying to do as a club by building a core of young, talented players (mostly from Hull) with a couple of older heads with a bit of quality (Ellis, Paea, Pryce etc.). Pretty much trying to replicate the Wigan/Leeds/Saints models.

You're out of date. Young talent was last years pass sale gimmick.
This years is small skinny squad. Do keep up.



1865 (taken over by Gateshead in 199icon_cool.gif is the type of fan who would have a 15 page argument
on how good a signing Jimmy Cranky would be if the club announced it.

Stevo just said that it was a brilliant piece of business by the Doctor.
I thought it was great business but now Stevo has said it,I'm beginning to doubt my judgment.

Of course Fc fans are saying its a great signing, and it is a good signing, but Sneyd is not worth 100k, they've overpaid. I'd be a bit miffed if my club had forked out that much for a rookie. Sneyd could prove a good capture but FC have now set their stall out in regards to transfer fees that could come back to bite them later. I also love how chase is now so terrible in the eyes of same FC fans - is this the same Rangi Chase FC were absolutely desperate to buy but couldnt due to visa issues...

So we look on the brink of getting rid of all the Cas bells who've been infesting this place recently and we get a replacement crank from Hull instead. Marvellous.