Seriously? That's your response? To suggest that a player simply answering a number of queries about his fitness is 'unprofessional'?

Deary me.

Sure is.

He'll only include rankin because dropping him was unpopular amongst the fans. No more thought will go into it and we'll have him, cunningham and 2 forwards on the bench and the interchanges will be a shambles again

Yeaman = jobs for the boys.

He actually passed the ball a few times against Huddersfield. Made no attempt to draw the opposition defender before putting his winger away like - just passed the ball...

Yes the same kid who showed lots of enthusiasm . Young and ready for it but with another club it seems - while the likes of Yeaman carry on until they are 40 cos the have not got a brain to do anything with their lives after Rugby

agree,100%.

You're well on the way to becoming the Anti-Standee of this forum.

Maybe, but it's always a little easier to slag off, when that's the general consensus, rather than trying to keep paddling when the canoes taking in a e load of water.
Just saying.

...or maybe Sneyd's hamstring isn't right yet, but that couldn't possibly be a reason.

Supposing Ellis had tweeted he was fit and well, would that have been ok?

If all the Salford squad announced on Twitter their fitness levels, I'm sure Harris would simply say "Thanks for that, it saves me naming the team. I'm sure Hull won't be in the least bit interested."

You're comparing apples with oranges. If Ellis was/is fit, he plays no question, so it shows your hand. Salford have just made a big song and dance about all their injuries, if the players started to contradict that it would make them look foolish in the extreme.

Naughton, a relative fringe player, has been left out of the squad and people have asked if he injured (partly because according to some it was said on radio that he was). He's confirmed that he is not. That's all. Just 'I'm not injured' and a thumbs up. Not a dummy spit, no further elaboration about why he's not playing or that he doesn't understand or anything, just 'I'm not injured

'.

Context has to be taken into account, just because it [imay[/i add a bit of fuel some people's criticisms of Radford does not make it Naughton's fault or mean that it is inherently unprofessional behaviour.

But you forget that every statement made on here has more than one meaning, so that everyone can put their own take on it.

But radio reports suggested that maybe Naughton was contradicting those reports.

Anyway, I have no problems with players commenting on long term injuries, but not 2 days before a game.

So what? Did those reports come from the club in any way?



I don't see that it matters in this context. He's not in the squad for said game, and all he's said is that he is not injured. That isn't even actually the same thing as saying he's fit to play, if you want to nitpick.

Had Harry Tyson-Wilson done similar, barely anybody would have noticed, and I highly doubt that you would have hinted at him being unprofessional. The differentiating factor is only that some people think Naughton should be in the squad ahead of certain others, but that's not a reason to try and attribute some blame to Naughton. From what I've seen, he's done nothing wrong IMO.

Well, the club website says...

which [icould [/ibe interpreted as Naughton being injured.

See my earlier post. This is someone putting their own spin on a statement. To me it says that he is not part of LR's plans for this game.

If you see the Twitter message and read it in the full context, it comes across as a very positive message, rather than having a go at the club.

Agreed. It's possibly slightly ambiguous, which is exactly what makes it understandable why people have asked him. I'm not seeing why he shouldn't have answered.



Exactly.

I have absolutely no problem with a little positivity. But a purely dogmatic view of events is equally worthless in either direction.

I wouldn't have thought so or presumably our coach would have put rankin on the bench last week just in case

Didn't Sneyd go off after about 5 mins against Huddersfield and come back on almost straight away? Possibly got an injection, but maybe it's a fresh injury concern and he won't be fit? Seems fair enough to leave Salford expecting Sneyd's bombs to be the main kick threat and to practice defence and attack from them all week, to then throw a spanner in by playing Rankin instead?

He went off to get a cut seen to. Blood bin

Ah ok cheers, must have missed that one!

Sneyd's injury before the Huddersfield game was ankle. He came off during that match with a hamstring problem.
Maybe not quite ready yet, or maybe simply LR's incompetence.

Good to see you coming round to our way of thinking lasty