: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:12 pm  

johnhols wrote:

Most NL players are on one year contracts anyway, only the 'star' players get anything above a year.

The coach/management team from the time they got relegated and then promoted would have had amply opportunity to weed out any players they didn't want to keep. They also had longer than previously promoted teams as they didn't have to wait to win the Grand final to sort out their team for this season.

Yes but many of them would have had promotion clauses in them ensuring the offer of the 1 st year back in SL

A simple incentive to stay on and ' repair ' the damage

Cas probably had them and have now got rid of who they didn't want

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:55 pm  

theredshed wrote:

Basically I think Salford are burdened this year with too many NL1 standard players.
When we were relegated in 2007 all contracts were null and void so the club had to sign up players again for NL1 who would not take one year deals. Castleford had the same kind of problem last year but now appear much stronger since they got shut of the dead wood and recruited new players.

Perhaps it would have been a better idea if the RFL had made all contracts null and void for players of clubs that won a franchise from NL1. It just seems to work one way in the players favour and not the clubs for me?

IMO there are far better quality reserve squad players at other clubs than Salford have in their first team this year.

with the exception of paul white who should pack in playing(hah) altogether, who shouldn't have made the cut this year for salford?


Also, i heard mccrae on the radio yesterday, he really does sound at a very low ebb. it was a very strange thing to say.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:43 pm  

RedRy wrote:

Spot on. The fans Wigan brought helped bump up our figures enormously. So did the thousands that Celtic and Quins brought in our other home games this season. Admittedly our attendance is crap but if you're going to throw your travelling support in to twist statistics then add the others as well.

Very poor post. Take it it's 'that time of the month'.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:49 pm  

When i read the title i thought it was going to be about
Nigel Wood.

Well you live and learn