I'm just curious ... Has it been announced how Salford are under the salary cap? With players like Locke, chase Hanson and hock not to mention the rest ie Dobson , you would have thought these players would attract big chunks of the salary cap

It's because they are not paid with money.

They get free kebabs and pies.

You can tell by all the fat overhanging bellies on show tonight!

Indeed. If they are paying them what they are worth there is only Ben Jones Bishop on more than £20.

Hocks up to his old tricks again, liability

Salford look a great team on paper but a terrible one on grass. Poorly coached, zero structure, no desire and no team spirit. They look a given for the bottom four on that tonight.

Whatever Salford are paying, whether up to the cap or above, on that display the players are stealing a wage.

I’ve no idea who decides on the makeup of the squad but it looks to me like it’s someone who’s got a limited knowledge of the game

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Cowardly

There wasn't much of that on show either, I don't know which looked worse, the pitch or the team.

I did notice Eddies comment early on when he described BJB as a big money signing. I thought he let his contract run down and went for free (to a bigger club)

The Salford players standing behind the sticks looked shell shocked after that last try.

Just read a tweet from Koukash, basically saying I've had enough, not sure it's a genuine account though looking at twitter name.
There seems to be a serious lack of team unity at Salford and imo don't seem very well drilled and unfit. If it is a genuine tweet, if it were my millions that had been spent at the club I'd be doing my nut after a performance like that.
Still only the 2nd game and lots of new faces but 2 losses out of 2 isn'tthe start they wanted but they've played 2 top teams.

That's his genuine account.

The sky camera's did show him walking out on 67 minutes.

I seldom agree with Phil Clarke but I thought Hock had decided he wanted to be out of the game and he did that in the only way he knew how.

I presumed it was but had a second thought when I saw the drmarwanK username.

lol it doesn't even let me use the name on here.

I know what you mean, what was he thinking of when he chose that user name.

Long may Salford play like that though. The more teams we are above at the end of the season, the happier I will be. I know its only the 2nd game but if they carry on playing like that their heads have surely got to drop.

They've got 3 or 4 good players, but then they have the likes of Johnson, Josh Griffin and Tommy Lee in the best 13. Don't rate Dobson too highly either.

A classic example of how great individuals don't make a great team; Chase plays in his own world, Hock is criminally insane, Kevin Locke looks 2 stone overweight and bored, BJB looks one tackle away from 2 months in the physio room, Dobson looks past it and Caton-Brown looked totally out of his depth. They showed no spirit, no pride and no unity whatsoever. Take nothing away from Saints, who despite a few missteps were mostly clinical, but Salford were dire; in a season where every second counts, long may it continue.

Hats off to Saints by the way - by far the most entertaining team in SL who, for the most part, play the game in the right way.

I cannot understand why pundits like Phil Clarke rate Salford so highly. Auckland were happy to release Locke with Tompkins to replace him. Castleford were looking to offload Chase and play much better with out him. Dobson is passed it and you can't tell me that a three quarter line of Johnson Caton-brown Griffin and bjb is one to be feared...and as for Tommy Lee at hooker he must be the worst in Super league. Combine that with Hock giving away penalties as if they were confetti and I am frankly mystified!

That'd be a good name for a magician.

I feel sorry for the Salford fans, because they have the most pathetic and petulant owner ever to set foot in RL. Koukash must realise there is more to building a team than chucking money at it. He says he's had enough? I've had enough of him saying how to improve the sport, then chucking his toys out the pram when Salford lose.

Koukash needs to learn that you can't just build a team of chiefs, you need a few indians in there to do the bread and butter work of rugby league.

I hope Koukash doesn't get the hump and disappear, annoying as he can be, we do need someone to vocally challenge the RFL on occasion as not many seem keen to say what they are thinking.

I thought at the time that the good Dr should have tried to buy Bradford instead. I think Nigel Wood has sold him a dead horse.

Totally agree with this.

His worst decision was to get rid of Noble and replace him with Harris who, was an excellent player but, has yet to show anything as a SL coach.
Mind you, there would be no surprise if the DR has maybe too much influence with player recruitment etc., which is always going to make the coach's job
impossible.

With the amount of cash that the guy has, he ought to make Tony Smith a Warrington a very generous offer.