they are going to have a good team next year, theyve already signed V.anderson and chris nero aswel as matty smith and a few more signings to be revealed apparently, on paper i think they will make the play offs next year

also signed Leo-Latu from Wakey.... could be an interesting squad

I wonder what odds you'd get on Salford missing out on a Super League franchise due to going into administration?

now that would be painful for them knowing theyve got the best team they have ever had for next year

Cue Salford signing loads of foreigners at the expense of English talent.......... sorry forgot that's only Wigan.

haha yes definitely and I think its a real possibility.

To echo the thoughts of a previous poster - a very interesting squad. They've got a group of talented players coming in and could be a suprise team. However there's the potential that these players see Salford as a bit of a retirment club and rest on their laurels. We'll see.

All so signed our very own Stephen wild. That will be a great signing for them if he can keep injury free. Good things going on at Salford!!!!!

so how many overseas players have they signed - I'm awaiting them being blasted from the media to the fans.........

And why on earth might that happen ?
John Wilkinson is a very shrewd business man and has kept our club afloat for the last 25 years.
Whilst Salford almost certainly haven't returned him a profit during this period, it's almost as certain that we are one of the few pro RL clubs who have avoided major financial problems at one time or another.
Yes, Salford City Council have provided a loan to the club towards the new stadium move, but I fail to see why some people think the fiscal situation at the club will suddenly deteriorate.
It does appear that we'll be spending more on wages etc next season, but I doubt that Mr. W and his co-directors would risk the future of the club when the stadium and new SL licenses are on the horizon.
So, if you find 150/1 anywhere, please pm me.

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... lford.html I'm glad he's gone to Salford to be quite honest. No disrespect to Salford, but I wouldn't have liked him to join a rival top 5 or 6 and to bite us in the a$$ in the future. Although they are ambitious signings, I don't think they do Salford's youth system much justice. We got slated for the three Melbourne signings, but at least they're of the best quality and we're still promoting youth at the same time.

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... lford.html I'm glad he's gone to Salford to be quite honest. No disrespect to Salford, but I wouldn't have liked him to join a rival top 5 or 6 and to bite us in the a$$ in the future. Although they are ambitious signings, I don't think they do Salford's youth system much justice. We got slated for the three Melbourne signings, but at least they're of the best quality and we're still promoting youth at the same time.

Surely this is Salford giving one of the stars of your u20's team an opportunity at first team level.

I bet he's took more than a 50% pay cut as well to take that opportunity.

Good luck to the big man!

I'm now all too wary enough by the way to notice the original poster spelt his name wrong.

Took me a while to spell it an all when he first joined. Paleaaesina - I can type it with my eyes closed now! And of course I never added it to the spell checker.



Whatever anyone says he will always be remembered for the crucial try last Good Friday and my ringtone which belts out "BANG, CRASH, WALLOP, TRY" every time I recieve a text.

Dont forget Luke Patten

. Weve got 1 more quota spot, Andrew Ryan,Carl Webb or Ben Cross apparently

Best of luck to him.

First person to use the term 'legend' should be banned from the site, however.

The signing of Luke Patten from Canterbury Bulldogs - barring injury - will be their catalyst. Patten is a genuine top class tried and tested performer - albeit he will be 31 next season.

And as Ted replied there is no chance of financial problems with John Wilkinson in charge.

There are also rumours that Dennis Betts - a Salford lad - is in line to take over from McRae, which would also be a good move.

Couldnt agree more. He has given us a few good memories, a similar "Bang, Crash, Wallop, Try" in the Hull KR game last year in the play offs, were Stevo was screaming "give it the big man!!" And who could forget the barnstorming run against Hull at home, running 60m (but the last 10 was like he was running in quick sand!!!)

But i think its for the best as he didnt do these sort of thing on a consistant basis and not being able to do enough effective mintues on the pitch.

Good Luck Big Man!!!

The thing is that we went with youth last season and we now have a decent set of young players in the first team with Adamson, Ratchford, Boyle, Smith, Jewitt, Gibson and Broughton.

We have signed older players this season but we've also lost Alker, Talau, Swain, Leuluai and Jeremy Smith, with possibly Littler, Sibbit and Fitzpatrick still to go. We need to make up for the loss of those more experienced players.

I would agree though that it's a little disappointing that we haven't seen anyone in particular to emerge from the Academy side though.

You do need experience but it still doesn't do your youth system justice and highlights Salford's lack of homegrown talent. Even out of the young players you mentioned above, all but two were developed from another clubs youth systems.

This is an area where Widnes for example, beats Salford when it comes to franchise applications.

A new stadium coming (planning to start building it in November, apparently) and a raft of good-quality signings - good times for Salford look to be on the way.

As for Feka - love the man, and wish him every success in the future (except when playing against Wigan, of course). Many happy memories of his time with us, and apart from the obvious they include his friendly interaction with the fans, including often giving his bash hat to one of the youngsters in the crowd. Look at how many of the kids on the club's Fan Day page on the website have "Feka" written on their faces - yep, all bar one of them.

A gentleman, and one of the most charismatic players we've had in modern times.

I'm sad to see Feka going, but only because he is a great guy off the pitch and always has time for the kids.

In previous seasons, he has treated us to some great flashes of skill.

Unfortunately, on this year's appearances, this was always going to be on the cards.

I'm glad he has found another club over here, and even better, one that means that he doesn't have to move home.

Oh, and congratulations to Feka and Michelle. I believe they got married yesterday.
Some people will just do anything to stay in Sunny, pleasant England.

Did a Q&A session with him on the other site if anyone wants a read:

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Good Luck, Good signing for salford

Hopefully we will sign a prop who can play longer than 10mins

Good luck Feka and thanks for that try at Knowsley Rd!

Bit sad to see him go.
Obviousley for the best like
That try at knowsley road. yess.