Will be a good test. Imagine a close game.

Nice to have some selection choices for Mr Stone.

Hopefully a good crowd despite it being a sky game. Wonder if Salford players and fans will be fighting each other again?

Wonder if carney will have arrived....hope so! He won't know what's hit him. (Ikahihifo)

I can see the team being
Gaskell
Jerry
Leroy
Mellor
Murphy
Brough
Brierley
Rapira
Hinchcliffe
Ikahihifo
Taai
Ferguson
Lawrence

I'm assuming that symonds is injured. If Rapira is still not fit then I can see taai at prop again, with Bruno at second row and hinchy 13 obrien on bench leeming at 9.

Leeming
Mason
Clough
Roberts

Nah Carney won't be here yet and if he does he won't be match fit for a few weeks. I'd hazard a guess we'll line up like

O'brien
Carney
Sau
Welham
Evalds
Lui
Kopzcak
Tomkins
Mossop
Griffin
Jones
Flanagan

Brining
Tasi
Krasniqi
Walne

We were terrible first half against Wigan but looked a different creature second half nilling them. A game that could go either way.

I hope you do line up like that. I'd happily play 12 men for the whole game!
I doubt you will see carney..... at all.

I'd hazard a guess that with their big game next weekend Wigan took their foot off the gas second half.

another tough one after the away win at widnes, salford have been our bogey team at home in recent years so would be a nice one to get rid of! i have a good feeling we will though

i think symonds will be out for a while so need to put someone in that 2nd row spot, will be a big miss, taai could fill in there but i have been impressed with taai at prop, rapira i think could make a return thursday so its certainly an option for stone.

other than that i cant see much changing, may continue with hinchy in this hooking/loose forward thing they seem to like doing!

should be a decent crowd even with sky and it being on a thursday, hope for over 5k anyway

One thing we can cover is back row lol

I think if Rapira plays, Wakeman will get the week off to settle in more and get fitter for the Wakefield game.

Gaskell
Jerry
Cudjoe
Mellor
Murphy
Brough
Brierley
Rapira
Leeming
Taai
Ferguson
Lawrence
Hinchliffe

Roberts
O Brien
Mason/Clough
Ikahihifo

Has Taai been cloned?

Sorry to be pedantic but this is a round 11 fixture brought forward, Wakefield at home is round 2.

I'm hoping an extra days rest and home advantage will see us get 2 points.. although we've not beaten Salford at our place since 2013.
I hate our fixture against the Red Devil's. It's always abit scrappy and niggley.
I'll be brave and go for a 24-18 victory... and our 7th win (including friendlies) in a row.

but replacing one of our star players not so easy

was really looking forward to watching symonds link up on that side of the pitch with cudjoe and jerry

hope we havent been robbed of that top class setup

beaten us last 3 times on our patch then

yes they like to rough us up abit, think the giants are a different beast this season under stone though the signs are looking positive

Hopefully it'll be a dry track

Is your bitterness just aimed at Salford or is it everyone ? your always in danger of looking stupid. Btw whats happened to the wooden spoonists over the closed season that they can play with 12 players against us. Signed the Queensland state of origin side ?

Wooden apologists that actually finished above Salford and HKR, that is why they played the MPG while we were safe.

Made yourself look foolish now haven't you!! Nobody was saying we will play with 12 men against you. If you look back at Mellonmans original post naming your lineup, he has only listed 12 starting players and 4 subs, that's what the 12 was referring to.

Oh dear. Who looks stupid.


I didn't say I'd happily play WITH 12, I said I'd happily play 12.

Although I don't go counting the players someone has listed and don't even care what starting line up some fan thinks the coach may select I'm big enough to apologise .

That doesn't take away the fact that we were without points deducted a top eight side while you finished last.

Ow and Jools should Carney get a visa I take it you will come on our board and eat humble pie ?

Sky bet got giants 8 points favourites

Imagine much closer than that.

But you DID have points deducted, and you DID end up in the MPG-whilst we didn't- not just because you had points taken from you but because of the effect the punishment had on your side.
The reason you got points deducted is because your owner thought Locke was the messiah- now he's decided it's carney. The last thing Salford need is someone like carney- because regardless of what he might do for you on the field what happens off it can undo any of the good done out there- as both our sides found out last year.

Salford are offering tickets at £15. Hope to goodness that doesn't mean they have got some of those offer double tickets and are going to end up in the family stand. They were bad enough when they won last year- imagine what they would be like if they lost- I don't want my kids anywhere near that sort of carry on!

I was just wondering what the stewarding would be like this week

Hopefully Thursday night will put the worst of them off

United are playing Thursday.

You need to let it go Jools, this bitterness is eating you up. If you're married then boy do I have sympathy for your other half!

were they actually fans of salford though, think it was a sunday league team on a stag do or something! still no excuse but doubt we will see that happen again.

what was the outcome of it all ? or is it all still under investigation?