Well the tide is finally turning.
I and a few others have been saying for along time that Alker is past it, they then give him a coaching role


Unfortunately he has way to much power at the club even Robbie Paul used to call him boss FFS.
We have a ultra boring percentage plays head coach and a defensive minded assistant.
No wonder we cant score tries.
I am also happy that it was not a huge defeat at Wire, but come on 2 points scored is a absolute disgrace.

It's really not that much of a disgrace at all.

- Wire have got the second best defensive record in the league.

- They've only conceded an average of 12 points per game (and we're far from being an average team!)

- They have kept a clean sheet in the second half of almost half their matches this year.

- They nilled Harlequins (and scored 58 in the process!)

I don't doubt that we have improvements to make in attsck but maybe we should try to keep things in perspective?

Prestwich red, Firstly regards only scoring 2 points on Friday, this was not down to the Warrington great defence but Salford taking the wrong option twice in the first half, we should have gone in leading at half time, not saying we would have won but the score line does not reflect that Salford played well in the first half.

Second point, great post Lincoln devilfan, I think Mal has been a great servant to the club but he is in my opinion not ready to coach Salford at Super league level. I agree give him a roll in training the players but don't give him more power & influence on the team than he already as.
Why! Mal will certainly get the players fit, but how many times have we heard, they have trained the house down this week, well in my opinion training is more than being fit, it is also about coaching new ideas! Mal maybe in later years, will become a good coach but unlike Robbie Paul he has never experienced anywhere else at super league or national league one level & only ever knows the Salford setup which has never been the best coaching setup other than when Harrison & Lowe in the early days together.

I have only used Robbie as an example but I think someone of his experience would have been good for some of the younger players.
This is not have a go at Mal Alker who has been one of the best over the last few years but to become a good coach & to learn more, I think he would be better moving on, I think it would be a great boost for him at this time in his career & good for Salford as I think he his too close to the club & the old ways to be an objective positive influence.

Interesting to read the comments on Alker. The fact he was reinstated to captain last season must surely have undermined McRae's authority. It begs the question if it was McRae's choice to bring Alker on to the coaching staff.

I think it's pretty clear that the team are on "care and maintenance only" pending the arrival of the stadium (or not) - let's face it, IF the stadium doesn't materialise then it must be odds on that we'd lose the franchise - so why spend money on the team now?

I can only hope that the directors do have a plan to go with the arrival of the stadium to be able to put together a team that can compete.

THE ONLY PLAN THE DIRECTORS HAVE GOT IS ONE FROM BALDRICK.

Well Lance theyve kept us in Super League on a Fan Base of 2,000 so thats not bad for starters. You ought to learn how to do sums before you make such childish remarks. If you have a multi millionaire ready to take over please let us all know as soon as possible. In reality there isnt one about just now so be thankful with what you have got.

I've been saying this for some time. It's blatantly obvious that the club have priorities other than the standard of rugby we can put out this season.

The squad is just not good enough to regularly compete with the other SL sides. Some of McRea's strategies are just downright baffling, but as they say "[iyou can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"[/i

Or polish a turd

On the other side of the coin, maybe it was McRea who wanted Malc reinstated as captain????

He would be undermining himself as a consequence.