Valvoline Cup

Round: 17

Friday 2nd July

Salford City Reds v Harlequins RL

ko: 17:45,

Venue: The Willows


Ref: Mr A Smith
TJ C Kendall
TJ G Whalley

Before any of our rival clubs fans say it..Yes the poster for the game could be a photo from the game itself on Friday (self depricating low crowd gag done).......

Why the number 17 top.

Just thought they would have number 21.

Is your comment serious "why 17" ?????

Should be a good crowd now England have obliged and got themselves out of the tricky situation in South Africa.

Have you started on the source already mate, in the past 10 years we average just over 3k against Quins/London and the biggest was just over 4k, if we beat that then we've done well but looking at the Cas crowd last week I suspect around 3k again.

now off the sauce, just water for me Barman

The last time we beat one of the teams around us in the league at home was vs Celtic on 14th Feb 09, and even that was the first game of the season so doesn't really count.

Would be good to see a decent performance on Friday rather than just turning it on against the bigger clubs.

jewitt and talau were both training the house down in the gym on saturday morning so hopefully both will feature!

[iThat's great news 'Jaymc9'

We need to be at our best on Friday against the Quins.
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Good News, Bad News.

just put that on the Ashley Gibson tag

Surely that should be "bad news, good news" KOTS?

Re-signing Cashmere would be a massive boost and you can see how much the team have missed his physical presence while he's been injured.

Big game on Friday. Both teams on losing runs and both conceding points for fun, this match could decide who ends the season 2nd bottom (assuming Les Froggies don't buck their ideas up). [uIf[/u we can tighten up defensively and get in front early then I'd expect us to come away with the win.

'Training the house down' usually preceeds a good tonking whenever it's been used by our coaches in the past. Let's hope you're right

No I know exactly what I meant

yes it does usual! ha Seen someone reckons talau will miss out because of a persistant neck injury? Well lifting the weights he was doing and some of the exercises he was doing would of really damaged his neck but it didn't seem to effect him?

19 man Squads:

Salford: Fitzpatrick, J. Smith, Henry, Neal, Gibson, Adamson, Parker, Sidlow, Alker, Broughton, Sibbit, Ratchford, Swain, M. Smith, Littler, Leuluai, Tyrer, Holdsworth, Boyle.

Harlequins:Bolger, Clubb, Dorn, Ellis, Gale, Golden, Howell, Jones-Bishop, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Melling, Mills, O'Callaghan, Orr, Purdham, Randall, Sharp, Temata, Ward, Wilkes.

Its a massive game friday, after Castleford and St Helens we need a performance and most importantly a win to keep on the coat tales of the the teams chasing the playoffs, for me these last 3 games have been crutial to our season and we need the two points to try and wrestle back into contention the momentum towards the playoffs.

Lose and barring miricles we'll be in danger of getting swallowed up by the bottom,

I hope the officials and most importantly the players are strong enough physically and mentally for this game as its huge as a club we need to string a few result together to give us confidence for the future.

Stef's out with that shoulder injury again and Talau is having an operation this morning on his knee!



So add them to Cashmere, Jewitt, McGilvray and maybe Adamson!

I thought McGilvary was dropped to the reserves, or has he just been injured all season?

Coming to the game tonight and just wondered whether the car park behind the North Stand is still open?

[iNOT IN USE ANYMORE.....[/i

yes - there'll be plenty of space to park mate