I'm off to bed now , but your saying clubs this side of the pennines have a better calibre of player than from yorkshire

Look at warrington westwood, westerman, Atkins,Linneham or what ever is name is ! Look at wigan Bateman Mcallorum even young Hampshire them two teams have poached loads of young players from yorkshire clubs for years! So were does this better calibre come from.
Leeds and Cas are full of yorkshire lads.

My point here is 4 teams above us from over the hills and only 2 in Yorkshire.

Not sure how you misconstrued what EW said, you must be tired fella.

Obviously he was taking about the overall caliber of player of the teams over the Pennines have on their books, especially at Wigan, Saints and Wire, not where they originated from.

I hope Hull KR do win. They bring good numbers and the Hull derby is a great SL fixture.

Said before Kopzcak would be a ideal signing but he would be a for a few clubs also.

For the good of the game - HKR; Salford, sadly, have added nothing to SL, other than their clown of an owner dragging the game through the mud at every opportunity.

out of the Salford team the only player of interest would be Murdoch-masila, been salfords best attacking threat all year and something we've often missed in the forwards this year

Robert Lui has had some excellent games and is /was a decent tackler with an excellent kicking game.
When Salford were playing well he looked excellent.

Most of their other "top" players now seem to be at Leigh

Agree with Wrencat about Robert Lui.

He is a class act who would make our backs really tick.

Get him signed!!

Here we go again, why would he sign for us if he's as good as you claim.

Good halfbacks are in short supply so I can imagine half a dozen teams with bigger wallets he'd rather join.

I admire your optimism but we need to be realistic. We know MC is a stickler for sticking to a budget and judging by our attendances that isn't a lot of cash.

He signed for Salford and Wakey are better than them



In fairness, I was putting his name forward as a "quality" Salford player, after others had said that they didn't have any players that we may want.

Good point.

However at a distance Salford with a big cheque book and a new stadium probably look pretty good - you only have to google Belle Vue to spot we are not.

I feel for MC and the staff, selling Wakefield to any player must be a nightmare.

Agreed.

Having Kear back on board should help.
IMHO he is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate blokes involved in the sport and he will be able to sell the "dream" (irony overload there) to youngsters, seasoned pro's and hopefully some decent overseas players.
If/when the ground improvements start, this will be a massive help in all areas and for this we keep everything crossed.

I would prefer Salford to go down as they would probably end up like the bulls when the Dr leaves . Hull Kr would probably still be full time and more of a threat to superleague sides this time next yr . The middle 8s would be a piece of cake for any superleague side next yr with Salford in the championship . The biggest threat would probably be London playing in some park

I just get that feeling it will be Hull KR for the drop

I've got a feeling half of the Salford players would prefer to go down so that there contracts are ripped up allowing them to bail . Probably all signed elsewhere

Should Hull KR stay up, I would expect to see them have a mass clear out.

I think one of their problems has been the fact that they have thrown a lot of money at 3 half backs, 2 in particular, and really kept their salary cap expenditure relatively low elsewhere, to stay within their budget and the cap.

Maybe some of the Salford players will be following Sheens.

Sheens announcing his move to KR, prior to the season ending, looks very unprofessional now.
It didn't look too clever at the time but, I suppose that Salford v KR (in the MPG)
perhaps seemed unlikely at the time but, as things have panned out, it really doesn't look good.

I know these guys are professional and all that but, just imagine if Salford consign KR to the Championship or if they are in front and then capitulate to give KR the win.

It's certainly going to end in tears but, at least they wont be our's !

i think Sheens has already said he has now pulled out of any further Salford input to avoid a conflict of interest.

A year ago it was us and I can't tell you how glad I am it's not us again but I have to say I really do feel for both sets of fans.

I know the game is do or die for most of the players, especially the fringe players with the talk of lively hoods if dropped to the championship but apparently it's not smooth sailing their also as a little bird told me that the Bulls players haven't been paid last months wages.

Rod Studd on Twitter mention something about the Bulls wages.

It's hard to know what the answer is.

There should be a means of promotion from the Championship into SL and nobody can argue that Leigh have earned their shot at the "big time".
However, the damage that is done to those clubs who over stretch themselves "chasing the dream" and to any club that gets relegated could be terminal.

IF the game is wanting to expand and the inclusion of Toulouse and Toronto suggest that it does, then, we should revert to some kind of franchise system which will at least bring stability to ALL clubs.

Ok, getting into the top flight may be more difficult but, at least nobody should overstretch themselves financially and if youth development was put somewhere near the top of criteria for being in SL, moving forward, this has to be good for the game.

We are faced with a strong possibility of Toulouse and Toronto pushing for a spot in SL over the next 2/3 years which will essentially relegate 2 of the heartland clubs and this issue needs thinking about and dealing with in advance of the 2 new clubs challenging for SL and not wait for a crisis to unfold.

Personally, I want KR to stay up (my Granddad played for them before WW2 came along) but I really fear for Salford if they go down and IF Koucash walks, they would be absolutely stuffed and nobody wants any club to go pop.

Personally think Sheens is a total disgrace - so the week before his clubs (who paid him for a seasons work) are in the biggest game of the season he walks citing conflict of interest. So presumably any player who has signed for another club can in the following season can say to Mr Sheens as coach - sorry i can't play against that club - hmmm don't think he would take that as an excuse - until I read that I was marginally supporting Hull KR down i will be fully behind the devils .....