i.e. today's Men:
two statements re the Parish resignation need an alert on here:

Sean Long (on the back page) is stated to be "dismayed " by the resignation: in the pull-out, Parish states "I am disappointed, my new assistant Sean long is pretty filthy about it - I am leaving behind a really good bunch of players who I greatly enjoyed workig with, along with a first-class support staff"
Will we keep Long?

A later paragraph states "dismay was expressed by the fact that Reds had been back in pre-season training for a month and had still not been given an official training kit.
They were taking their kit home for washing ..."
What? And we were moaning we could not buy the new season's top!

Folly are run better than this, what is going on?

but on second thoughts this is quite normal because we normally are not back in training until January so I bet the training kit has been ordered for then, Matt bringing the players back early must have taken Simms by surprise, he did look a little shocked when Matt stated that he was doing that at the FR meeting last season, Simms must have thought he was joking and so didn't prepare for the early training.

Sorry but this is disgusting ,Players deserve to have a bleeding training kit for god sake, heads need to roll, every damn one of them!!!!

I guess a new coach would want to bring in his own staff, and having Long as assistant may not be everyones cup of tea! It appears that Salford need some discipline instilling in the squad, I really do not see Long as the man to do this. New coach, new staff, Salford needs to embrace the change, seems as though Simms should be part of the change round too!

So many disturbing points in that article but perhaps the most perplexing is the confusion over whether Parish had actually signed his contract. We've got Simms on GMR stating that no-one from Manly's been in contact with the club to ask for permission to speak to him, well I'm no expert in employment law but I'm guessing that if the guy's not a contracted employee that really wouldn't be a problem.

FFS, I'm guessing we made sure McRae signed his 47 and a half year (at least that's how long it felt like) contract.

menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... att-finish EXPLOSIVE!!!

menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... att-finish EXPLOSIVE!!!

I'm flabberghasted at the state of the club if only half of that article is correct.

It's no wonder he walked and it wouldn't surprise me if others did as well.

Stand up JW, Tarry, Simms and take a bow you are awesome!!!!!!!!!

Well it's looking like the Willows mafia have struck again first Trish tries to shake the admin up and she's gone now Parish tries to Shake the club up and he's gone.

The one change we now need more than anything is a change of attitude at the top because if not it will be another don't rock the boat type coaching appointment and I fear that even the blind faithful will abandon the club soon

In Employment Law a contract does not have to be signed to be a contract, If MP has accepted money for the work he has entered into a contract with the club, a piece of paper is a nicety not a necessity.
So he is contracted to the club but only on a pay as you go by the looks of it.

Funny thing is most want Simms gone but we also need Tarry OUT!

70 odd people on here, its like a group of professional mouners.

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QuoteParish wanted to unload Paleaaesina to Wakefield and use the money to lure Adrian Morley from Warrington as captain but no-one supported him

If true unbelievable!!!!!!!

How much of this is true we'll never know.
MP says he has left behind a great bunch of players, yet they are tweeting he's an idiot???

From this it also appears players dont like home truths, Feka carries too much weight and has contributed very little to the club - either lose the weight and play well or go elsewhere - whats wrong with that?

I dont think the coach needs to be liked by the players, but he does need to be respected, I wonder why the MP style didnt command respect?
If any club needs to start training early, surely it's us. Wouldnt you have thought that Simms would have been pushing for this anyway?

No contract signed? Who are the clubs lawyers? Or were Salford having doubts right from the start so wanted to be able to get rid quickly?


Clash of personalities, work ethic or standards - call it what you will, it's a mess.

With less than one years service it will in all likelihood be only one week's notice required which it would appear the club did not ask him to serve lest he spoke to the players.

In light of the interview made by Simms on the BBC an important question is how Parish got to the airport the answer seems to fly in the face of what many would expect.

The bit about Feka to Wakey is if true appalling as heaven only knows what would have been the limit of the publicity if we would have been able to get Mozzer on the books.

Think it was Peter Sidlow (Adams Dad - Peter WAS a big sponsor by the way - lovely bloke too) but heh thats Man Management for you.

No it was someone entirely different, will I'm sure come out at some stage and cause much shaking of heads.

Stop dangling the carrot - if you ACTUALLY know tell us - why the secrecy?

Cos it makes him feel important