Spot-on Ave 'it.

I think a lot of people got caught up in the Clubs own hype, designed to sell season tickets. Well done Salford for actually acting on a good thing for once. For me it's about beating the Clubs around us and anything else is a bonus.

just realised we are still crap, wool well and truely pulled over my eyes along with the Club T-shirts, polo shirts, hoodie, shorts, how have they duped me?

Correction I said "pre made squad" not winning, I appreciate your stats hence my wording. He didn't alter the side much and if you Google his takeover in 1996 you'll find a general feeling of dismay surrounding his signing.

Ok the fact is maybe we can say McRae hasn't had much to work with in terms of players, so now with the signings we've made we can at least expect to see some CONSISTENCY RIGHT?....... (i.e 3 wins in a row followed closely by a draw then a loss etc)

If we see the same disjointed and un enthused Salford we have since we rejoined the elite then we can say he is no more than Amateur ... right?.

I'll make my new year's resolution this : Not to speak ill of McRae until the end of this season. In which I'll make a formal apology on here. Should he meet everyones realistic expectations.

On another note : ROLL ON THE PIE EATERS WOO HOO

I've said it before, there are a few gaps in our squad and we're gonna need some luck this season. The but is, but this squad has many special talents. Has anyone seen what Patten is capable of, he's like an extra stand off, we've got Feka, the single most destructive Prop in SL, and then there's Broughton, the fastest winger in SL.

Vinnie Anderson has gone, largely, under the radar, but if he can still produce the goods, then we've got one of the most powrful second rowers in SL. It's possible he could make up for the lack of quality front rowers, by adding some speed and power to the second.

I don't have to mention Danny Holdsworth, Cashmere, Ratchford, Gibson, Henry and Adamson. We've got quality in the team! Wild should be an improvement on Swain and Godwin looked a class act against Leigh. Hopefully the extra competition will, also, force Parker to up his game.

It could be a good season, and if this team gels someone is going to get the sort pasting we've been taking for the last couple of years. On the other hand, if McRae remains determined to coach the talent out of anyone who dares play for Salford, then it could go horribly wrong. As a Salford fan, I'm pessimistically optimistic. All us fans can do is get behind the team and help them in the kind of way McRae seems clueless about.

For me my expectations haven't changed but then again I'm was only expecting us to finish between 8th to 10th. As has been said, I love to see us win more home games next season, I've always been aware that we usually don't travel well but I may need to reconsider that.

If we're going to make the 8 we need to be aiming for between 26-30 points, (so basically 13-15 wins out of 27), now for me we should be winning at least 70% of our home games (around 9 of 13 giving us 18 points), away from home if you win 25% (around just 3 wins), if we manage that we would only need to win at Cardiff to make the 26 points.

However over our past 4 Super League Seasons our rate is only 42% (around 5 wins, 10 points) but away we're already at 23%



Sorry Statos back!

Jeez, can you imagine how bad it must be supporting a team who haven't won a trophy since 1976?!

or since Elvis Died

Are you referring to Salford or Man City?

Spot on that.

Im just hoping we compete everyweek and learn how to control a game

I Can't see us finishing out of the Playoffs this year! It all depends on how we start. The season we finished 5th we got off to a fantastic start, lets hope we can do the same this season!

Wigan
Wire
Leeds
Saints
Huddersfield
HKR
Salford
Hull

Bradford
Castleford
Catalan
Crusaders
Quins
Wakefield

My Prediction!

City is our name, City is our name, 34 years and we are still here, City is our name .

www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 12,00.html Feka is promising us playoffs...

www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 12,00.html Feka is promising us playoffs...

It's refreshing to read that a Salford player is thinking so positively. Maybe Feka's enthusiasm will rub off on others and put some genuine belief into the players? For too long I'm convinced the team has had a 'Were only Salford' mentality.

Lets hope so. Although sometimes I get the feeling that McRae needs to be more positive. Some games we have come out just looking like we are trying not to get hammered. When we actually try and play off the cuff rugby like we can, like against Saints, we win.

"I had a few options and, to be honest, I was pretty close to going to Bradford, but (Salford football director) Steve Simms and Shaun McRae sold the club to me and the rest is history."

Does Sir John know?

I did read that he was on a big contract at Wigan!

Got me wondering though, how much is our club worth?

I for one cannot wait to see him in action. He could be our new Baynsey

Now you're just getting carried away

Personally as long as we are somewhere near the play offs at the end of the season i.e not playing for last place.

plus semi finals of challenge cup.

Would be happy with that!