Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:30 am  

I firmly believe all Salford City Reds fans will wish Ratchford the very best of luck when he moves on to his new club.

But the fact remains we have lost another decent young player and in my opinion the fault is down to the board because you will remember over at Leeds Rhinos they made sure this sort of thing can't happen when they tied up some of there young players on five-year contracts a few seasons ago.

Hopefully in the future if we get any future young stars at the club the Salford City Reds Board will make sure if a player is poached by another club then it will cost them plenty if they want to plunder our playing rosta again..

BEST OF LUCK STEF.

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:40 am  

Ian 77 Redux wrote:

What were you saying about integrity?

Eh? It's an idiom meaning good luck.

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:53 am  

PHOTO FINISH wrote:

I firmly believe all Salford City Reds fans will wish Ratchford the very best of luck when he moves on to his new club.

But the fact remains we have lost another decent young player and in my opinion the fault is down to the board because you will remember over at Leeds Rhinos they made sure this sort of thing can't happen when they tied up some of there young players on five-year contracts a few seasons ago.

Hopefully in the future if we get any future young stars at the club the Salford City Reds Board will make sure if a player is poached by another club then it will cost them plenty if they want to plunder our playing rosta again..

BEST OF LUCK STEF.

Maybe the club did offer a longer term deal, but it's easier to get players to accept a 5 year contract when you are Leeds than when you are Salford.

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:51 am  

PHOTO FINISH wrote:

I firmly believe all Salford City Reds fans will wish Ratchford the very best of luck when he moves on to his new club.

But the fact remains we have lost another decent young player and in my opinion the fault is down to the board because you will remember over at Leeds Rhinos they made sure this sort of thing can't happen when they tied up some of there young players on five-year contracts a few seasons ago.

Hopefully in the future if we get any future young stars at the club the Salford City Reds Board will make sure if a player is poached by another club then it will cost them plenty if they want to plunder our playing rosta again..

BEST OF LUCK STEF.

And yet we have Jodie Broughton, Ashley Gibson and now Danny Williams, all ex-Leeds youngsters that they chose to release, you can't tell me that Ryan Hall is a better (or faster ) winger than Jodie. It's all swings and roundabouts as far as I'm concerned. I wish Stef all the best but he still remains to me a bucketful of unfulfilled potential.

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:01 pm  

Why did Myler get loads of grief and Ratchford get's patted on the back?

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:23 pm  

Mark wrote:

Why did Myler get loads of grief and Ratchford get's patted on the back?

Beacuse Myler behaved like a spoilt child and stopped trying in a red shirt as soon as he got back from England duty, the change in his attitude was there for all to see, my 11 year old would have behaved with more decorum.

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:32 pm  

Mark wrote:

Why did Myler get loads of grief and Ratchford get's patted on the back?

Because Stef has done it (in my view) with full respect to Salford. When Myler left he had a year to run on his contract, before the deal was done he was already going to gigs etc at the expense of Moran. His heart clearly wasn't in the remaining games he played for us and the effort just wasn't there from him and he was quite rightly dropped. In the game we played at the HJ (Another drubbing you gave us) he was patting your players on the back and laughing & smiling with no care in the world.

There's ways of doing things with respect and Myler clearly didn't have any for Salford. Offiah didn't help with his 'kings ransom' comments to be fair. It's similar to the Hodgson & Robinson moves. Before we were relegated Robbinson was having his picture took in a Hudds shirt, Hodgy had signed his contract with them at a similar time but waited til the end of the season before announcing his move.

I don't ever begrudge a move a player want's to make to better themselves and win trophies but there a ways of doing it, for me Ratchford has done it the right way, Myler clearly didn't.

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:41 pm  

MikeTommo wrote:

Because Stef has done it (in my view) with full respect to Salford. When Myler left he had a year to run on his contract, before the deal was done he was already going to giggs etc ....

Jeez, is there no-one the Welshman wasn't boning?

Re: Ratchford : Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:57 pm  

Red John wrote:

Jeez, is there no-one the Welshman wasn't boning?

Ha! Good catch!

Re: Ratchford : Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:49 pm  

why does Coley get loads of grief even though he carried the pack for 7 years?

I agree that Rachford has done the same as Myler. Myler was far more influential so when he didnt do something brilliant then the fans turned on him. Rach probly touches the ball 10 times a game at centre! he did nothing when he went to 6 against Quins!