His it just me that thinks we have gone backwards under noble we are poor in defence and even worse it attack our centres and wingers are lucky to touch the ball mcgoldrick a waste a time in the halfs I would of like to see Gaskell swap over with mcgoldrick in the second halfs today to see how that went we don't seem to have a plan b

nope, I just think we have played two good sides who have exploited our all too obviously weaknesses.
I thought Nobby's interview on Radio Manchester this afternoon was spot on.

You can't judge Noble on two games, to be fair with who he has at his disposal we can't judge him until next season.

Would like to see him instill a bit of pride in the shirt and try to tighten up the defence, think we won't be as productive going forward without Long on the books as he was without doubt the architect of the excellent attacking skills we've seen at times over the passed few seasons.

Could be right maybe I should of waited to see how we go on Friday against the bulls because Easter Monday we was unlucky not to beat them if Bradford do batter us then we have gone backwards

I didn't hear the interview what did he say?

Think there will be movement on either bringing people in for this season or starting to announce next years recruits over the next couple of weeks from what I've heard, maybe a couple of choice additions this season might make all the difference.

I've been told to expect a couple for this season but not imminently.

I think we need to get things in perspective, Longy obviously had a great deal of influence over our attacking plays. But in reality he had Patten, Smith, Holdsworth in key positions to our attacking strategy, we do not have that quality at our disposal this year. Give the man time, not just a couple of weeks, but a couple of months. I don't expect any major signings this year, if we do it will be a bonus.

Have you been drinking.

Far too early to judge Noble. He's going to need time, financial backing and patience and support from the fans before we see real sustainable progress. There's no quick fix solution it's going to take a lot of hard work, organisation and wise investment in new players .

As my good friend Michigan Red has inexplicably blocked me would one of you good people tell him that his "excellent attacking skills we've seen at times over the passed few seasons" would sound so much better if he had used "past" instead.

I must admit that our performance yesterday was very very poor, but I don't think people should be making knee-jerk reactions after two games in charge.
On a positive note I thought our fans were great... quite a lot of us and very vocal!

The games at warrington and wigan were never going to end well.

We dont have a pack to compete with them yet.

The real test comes against bradford.

Even against Bradford we could be in for a hiding. Easter Monday they had played a hard game a couple of days before (As so had we) but they are doing ok this season plus they will be fired up after the result again London.

We are not going to see us go from Bottom to Top overnight. We have to give Noble at least all next season if not longer. It took fergie 4 years to reap the rewards of what he put in place at utd when he arrived. As long as we continue to build over the next couple of years i will be happy with that so long as we are putting the right structures in place off the field.

I was led to believe that when JW left the club would be much more transparent,information would be forthcoming, and the club would be much more supporter-friendly.
Can anyone inform me if Stu Donlan has been appointed as an assistant ? Is he 'part of the vision' and on a contract or is he only here on a match to match basis ? Will the situation change depending on the appointment of head coach at Featherstone ?
As a certain individual still appears to dislike Noble I cannot see any signing(s) from Melbourne Storm,given the role at that club by that individual.( RLW for June - page 62 )

My personal thanks to the vociferous supporters who raised spirits during the second half with their rendition of 'Ole,Ole,Salford away'.Plus the accompanying handclapping.I made it 20 minutes minimum.
I challenge you all to starting 1 minute prior to kick off at The Etihad and to last longer than 20/25 minutes.

www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... witterfeed

www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... witterfeed

I guess this is another thread in it own right but.

Media Communication is poor.

Gone are the old fashioned press releases and we get some half ars*d facebook post now and again.

I have not got a clue what is going on with the men these days. This is in some part a free newspaper (at least city centre), be good if we get this communication sorted here.

We only get the negative rantings of neil barker talking to some old has been.

May be the club could send him or the MEN press releases instead of the made-up sh*t he is currently putting out.

Club news seems to be non-existant.

We need to build a media presence it nots hard, hire an unemployed media\marketing graduate I am sure they are easy enough to find in the current job market.

A weekly email from the club with whats going on would be a start at least we would feel connected to the club.

I thought Mr Barker spoke very well on our behalf,after yesterdays game.So did Mr Noble our new coach,who as we no has won everything on offer in the domestic game,although some are now asking questions of him on the forum.Some on here mention marketing surely we employ somebody to do that now,is it that they are not good enough,or is there nothing to market.Wilkinson got rid of Tarry,Koucash got rid of Simms and Vievers other than that every thing is the same,Sir Alex Ferguson said only last week for the team to be good every thing else in the club as got to be the same.his that the case with us.I think the good Doctor as got to get in the real world and understand it could be as long as five years for us to be any ware near the top,if we ever get there.I think we have some bricks and a good bricklayer in Brian Noble,now it is up to the Doctor to supply more quality material where it is needed either on the playing side,or any where else for that matter,the sooner the better.
Also we have got some youngsters coming along,then again only a small percentage might make it in the game at the top level,that's why in my opinion the people in charge of youth development have got to be right and that is not a dig at anyone,in a perfect world we should not be playing Fages Evalds and Sneyd every week it could come back to hurt us.In Brian we trust.

That's exactly the position any sensible fan should adopt.
We ,as fans,have far more to prove to Noble by way of support than he has to prove to us.

Andy hay as joined the coaching staff today

[url=http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/8708140/Super-League-Hull-FC-confirm-assistant-coach-Andy-Hay-has-leftHull FC confirm assistant coach Andy Hay has left[/url
[url=http://www.reds.co.uk/rugby-news/noble-adds-donlan-and-hay-to-coaching-lineupReds’ head Coach Brian Noble has added two new faces to his coaching roster in the form of Assistants Stuart Donlan and Andy Hay[/url

Donlan was available but to take Hay from Hull , who has coaching experience at Cas & Leeds . I supose is a coup

I think I had better apologise,then.Obviously the club were waiting for Andy Hay to release himself from Hull and both he and Stu Donlan were able to be announced together.
So,I'm sorry.
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led onto.......for all of us now very interested in DEFENCE - [url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/rugby_league/4360833/Andy-Hay-set-for-dream-stint-Down-Under.htmlTHIS[/url

I would prefer it if all coaches were living,breathing,sleeping,sweating,eating and drinking in or around Salford,but I certainly wish them all well.

Onwards and upwards;slowly but surely.
The magnificent performance of the SCR supporters yesterday are deserving of their every effort.

Good luck !

Just to clarify I was not refering todays interview with noble. I had not seen the story at that point. I agree Nobles comments are very well put and what we need.

But that interview was lifted from GMR the night before. I am just fed up with the poor journalism and media exposure that does not help our club.