Re: Promotion? No chance! : Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:42 pm  

j.c wrote:

Is there any players and coaches salford fans dont slag off who have left.

Common theme is Koukash pissess them all off and then Salford fans jump on the band wagon.

It also must be said Salford were doing fine in the league until Leigh knocked them out the cup and lots of injuries set in

It's essentially.... Salford have bad game. Koukash does his "I'm rich and I can do and say what I want" routine, gobs off on Twitter and in the Changing Rooms, the players' morale plummets lower than Leigh in the Middle 8s, and they question why they bother putting the effort in.

Not very professional, but human nature.

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:14 pm  

I think Widnes, Wakefield and Hull KR are looking favourites for the bottom 4 right now. I'm still not sure of the 4th team though. Salford might be in there again, but a full pre-season with Sheens at the helm might actually mean they scrape above someone else and make the top eight. Maybe Hull FC? They have a good squad on paper but Radford is clueless and their season could easily fall apart.

I would be worried if I was a KR fan. Battered by Hudds in a recent friendly, a handful of injuries already and they don't have any decent cover for Campese who currently has no return date from a long term injury. Plus I don't really rate Chester, so it could be a long season for them.

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:37 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

It's essentially.... Salford have bad game. Koukash does his "I'm rich and I can do and say what I want" routine, gobs off on Twitter and in the Changing Rooms, the players' morale plummets lower than Leigh in the Middle 8s, and they question why they bother putting the effort in.
Not very professional, but human nature.

That sums it up nicely i think.

People keep saying they fear for Leigh because of the players they've signed, personally i fear for Salford should Tim Sheens walk away

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:01 am  

Nothus wrote:

I think Widnes, Wakefield and Hull KR are looking favourites for the bottom 4 right now. I'm still not sure of the 4th team though. Salford might be in there again, but a full pre-season with Sheens at the helm might actually mean they scrape above someone else and make the top eight. Maybe Hull FC? They have a good squad on paper but Radford is clueless and their season could easily fall apart.

I would be worried if I was a KR fan. Battered by Hudds in a recent friendly, a handful of injuries already and they don't have any decent cover for Campese who currently has no return date from a long term injury. Plus I don't really rate Chester, so it could be a long season for them.

I'd be surprised if Radford sees out the season in all honesty

[Bullseye]

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:55 am  

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... ord_Bulls/ Jeez Ross is a miserable git these days isn't he? The club will be ecstatic about that article I'm sure!

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... ord_Bulls/ Jeez Ross is a miserable git these days isn't he? The club will be ecstatic about that article I'm sure!

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:08 am  

2 reporters for the media day? I assume one was Ross himself? That's not so good.

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:14 am  

Pacific wrote:

As an outsider looking in it seems to me that although you ended last season very well you have managed to fall further behind Leigh this off-season.

This is where I stopped reading.

I suggest you start with actually looking at what happened in the playoffs in 2015. Once you have at least read the results, do give it some morethought.

A clue to start you off: We reached the MPG. We don't know exactly where Leigh finished as you couldn't see that far back from our position but it was not in front.

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:36 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Leigh have signed a number of big names from Salford, however Salford's season last year wasn't what you'd call exemplary. There was clearly some bad feeling behind the closed doors over there and I'm not sure that taking a number of players, who Salford fans seem happy to see the back of, is the best move Leigh could have made

No Salford weren't exemplary last year but they finished in the top 3 of the Qualifiers which will more than do for me. Yes most of the players had a bad time at Salford but considering the number of players that couldn't get away from Salford quick enough last season it suggests there is something badly wrong with player welfare in Salford, something we seem to have been quite good at.

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:21 am  

Bullseye wrote:

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/14220245.Promotion_looks_a_harder_task_second_time_round_for_Bradford_Bulls/

Jeez Ross is a miserable git these days isn't he?

Hard to disagree with most of it though....

[Bullseye]

Re: Promotion? No chance! : Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:56 am  

Meh. Some of it is a bit excessive I reckon.

I believe that we're stronger than in 2015 in every department apart from fullback and scrum half.

While chances of going up are very small that's due to the nature of the competition rather than our recruitment.

Leigh may have recruited a lot of big names the jury is well out on whether they will produce the goods.

Last season there were many tipping them to go up yet they blew it big style in the playoffs. Some of their recruits aren't the most reliable or consistent when the pressure is on. If they were they wouldn't be playing championship rugby.

I'm happier seeing us slide under the radar.

If Lowes has learnt his lesson and we share the workload this year we have a very decent chance of making the MPG...in my opinion.