salford 24 celtic 10

all of them

when fully fit and aclimatised all off them

salford 9th crusaders 14th

salford in sl crusaders bump imo

I think it'll be close on Saturday but i'll go for Salford 22-18. I think you'll need to keep an eye on Alker. He was making a lot of ground in the first quarter against Leeds and he should be really fired up after losing the Captaincy. The one player i really do fear and you may struggle to hang on to is Tony Duggan. Think it's fair to say that anything other than 13th and 14th would be a shock. In 5 years, Salford mid table SL. Crusaders, I hope still around but I fear the worst. A lot will depend on the quality of player you can attract as your overseas quota is reduced.

What will the score be on Saturday? Salford 30-14 Celtic



What player shoudl we fear most? Our pack. If we get on top in the forwards we'll win the game. In the backs Johnny Wilshere is a class above. (although I've not seen the new lads so difficult to comment)

What player of ours do you fear most? Duggan. IIRC correctly he destroyed us at home last year. Van Dijk also needs closing down as from what I've seen he dictates the play for your lot.

Where will either team finish this season? Solly - 11th (just above Wire

) , CC - 14th.

Where do you see both clubs in 5 years time? Solly- Ground permitting, top 8 consistently and a visit to Wembley for the Challenge Cup final will do me nicely. No new ground doesn't bear thinking about but at least we'll get to stuff Swinton twice a season

CC - Difficult to say. I would still have liked to have seen Widnes in but what's done is done so I want to see CC become a success (but not at our expense

). As mentioned previously if you can recruit some quality Aussies/Kiwis and bring through some talented local lads you may become I solid SL team. If not, you're gonna struggle and the RFL will look like numpties (what's new?). If RL is ever going to take off in Wales now is the time. If it fails, sorry, NL1/2 beckons.

What will the score be on Saturday? HT: 10-10 FT: 10-16 but don't know which way!



What player shoudl we fear most? No 1 man, if we play as a team we will win. If we don't we will loose!

What player of ours do you fear most? Duggan.

Where will either team finish this season? Reds below 10th above 13th. CC: 13 or 14th.

Where do you see both clubs in 5 years time? as others have said if we get a stadium mid SL, if not .......... i don't wanna think about it! CC, i really hope with us mid SL but only if you gat some more local players. I would love there to be a real welsh team in SL. I just hope that it will happen.

will you actually be coming to gods green acre on saturday?

Salford City Reds v Celtic Crusaders 7.30pm SKY
Ref T Alibert TJ J Cobb TJ S Wright RR M Thomason VR S Ganson MC K Leyland

Anything could happen now

Ref T Alibert - is that the french ref?

Ganson on VR

Very cosmopolitan match on Saturday Night down at the Willows.
An English side
a French referee
and an Aussie side

LOL pev

if we work hard and don't switch off we can win this game. anything like we played last year against them and van dijk will tear us apart

How orginal pev, glad your so witty and quick thinking


Just hope your side are as clever and wittty as you on Saturday

so sorry but the truth is out there



The Franchise was all about local lads getting a chance and ensuring that England had a chance against Australia, but the RFL still managed to mess this up by not restricting ALL clubs to the same set of rules.

Come on, if your gonna take the obvious cheap shots, at least research your sh*t replies with factul evidence, we have 3 welsh boys



I'll leave the pettiness to you now and wait and see our teams preform on the field Saturday, as we all know this is all that matters and not your small minded views and your obvious lack of knowledge.

p.s. we are not the only team in SL this season with aussie's in the squad, I can think of at least one other team with 10 (yes i said 10), who have a history a longer than ours


So where is your comments on that and no chances for English players?

Those comments would be out of place in a thread discussing Salford v Celtic.

WTF?

It's not rocket science pal. Other clubs and thier numbers of Aussies are not really gonna be disucussed on a thread about Salford v Celtic - hence there aren't going to be comments on lack of chances for Enlish players at those clubs on this thread.

The number of foreign players in the League generally is dissapointing particularly when we have just had the disastrous WC and everyone was bemoaning the lack of an English talent pool....................................What then happens, across the League, is that every club looks for loopholes to get players registered. From the top at Leeds and their "English" WC winning prop to sadly ourselves (hopefully not the bottom!) looking for ways to get Stapo and Lulu off the quota.



As a sport we are moving in the right direction but still all clubs look for those loopholes.

What will the score be on Saturday? Salford 22-10 Celtic

What player shoudl we fear most? Stapo

What player of ours do you fear most? Dick van Dyke

Where will either team finish this season? Salford - 12 Celtic - 14

Where do you see both clubs in 5 years time? Salford - Superleague champions, holders of the Challenge cup and world club championship
Celtic - Steady Superleague outfit

Now, Thats what I call back on topic

well as long as the loopholes are left open what club is going to unilaterally agree to "do the right thing" whilst all of their competitors are bending every rule and unearthing every irish third cousin's granny's husband?

we need to swat up on sign language, and so do the players

Edit.

Nope sorry mate, other commitments

Thanks for your replies Reds fans.. theyre all on our official fans forum..