Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:16 am  

Stu M wrote:

Prior to that injury on Good Friday, he was sublime. Constantly taking on the line, had a great short kicking game, range of passing, his pace off the mark and sidestep was outstanding. I think your Sean Long analogy is a good one. Our attack was superb, we were pasting some teams, (scored over 40 at HKR for example just a few weeks before his injury)

I know Rogues will probably back me up on this but at the time of him coming through he was described as the finest young talent coming through and by a distance.

There were three standout players in that age group, Dodd, Hanley and Thewlis.


I saw Hanley destroy Saints at Langtree Park in an academy/scholarship game. Sadly he never really grew enough physically and to make matters worse for Wigan meant that they took their eye off the ball with Welsby.
I believe Hanley has acl injury now whilst at Leigh, very sad really.
Back to Dodd, he'll probably have to change his game style if he is to get anywhere near back to fulfilling his potential, it's strange that Thewlis now looks best positioned to progress further?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:08 am  

[Gareth] wrote:

Now official, Croft & Ackers to Leeds

Good signings for them but are they enough?

Sounds like Salford are in deep trouble, this won't do anything for season ticket sales, just hope they've got enough money to see them through the winter.
Professional RU has shown over the last couple of months how precarious it is for clubs.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:20 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Sounds like Salford are in deep trouble, this won't do anything for season ticket sales, just hope they've got enough money to see them through the winter.
Professional RU has shown over the last couple of months how precarious it is for clubs.

I have been talking to a colleague at work and he has been to some of the meetings with the Salford fans/ board. They have been losing money, not has much as some of the other SL teams but they have no benefactor to cover the losses, the ongoing fire sale is really upsetting some of the supporters and as you say its not going to increase ticket sales. There are plans in place to take advantage of the increased TV coverage.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:20 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Sounds like Salford are in deep trouble, this won't do anything for season ticket sales, just hope they've got enough money to see them through the winter.
Professional RU has shown over the last couple of months how precarious it is for clubs.

I have been talking to a colleague at work and he has been to some of the meetings with the Salford fans/ board. They have been losing money, not has much as some of the other SL teams but they have no benefactor to cover the losses, the ongoing fire sale is really upsetting some of the supporters and as you say its not going to increase ticket sales. There are plans in place to take advantage of the increased TV coverage.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:20 pm  

Whatever happened to that millionaire fella who looked like he was going to buy the stadium for them?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:30 pm  

Feels like that guy fancied getting his name in lights for a couple of days. Heard nothing of him since!

The situation at Salford looks worrying. Raising money from the fans, on the basis that they could hold on to their best players, only to then sell them must have lost a lot of the confidence people had in the guys running the club.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:26 pm  

christopher wrote:

Some of our Fans (like all fans ) are too reactionary, Frawley is a steady organising half with a good Rugby brain, it was the exact type of signing we needed, people were judging him on his one year at Huddersfield.

Momirosvki is a step up from Macdonald IMO, Macdonald had a terrible attitude and whilst he was a good player he was also not an intelligent one, Mom is the opposite, we've been a dumb team for a few years, Mm is an intelligent player.

Miller is a gamble but his stats in his limited NRL appearances are very impressive but he is adding one thing we totally lack - pace, and you guys know more than anything that that is something every side needs.

You guys have been very impressive on the recruitment front I think 2024 is shaping up to be a great season, I think Saints are behind the eight ball though, they don't seem to be replacing their aging side

I think you have recruited well in parts (Croft and Ackers) others are in the unknown category. I think your improvement though will be judged by the performance of your federation players. If they step up then Leeds will be competitive. One thing you do need to sort is your defence, particularly in the middle of the park. Hopefully, you will have a much better season, SL needs more clubs competing for trophies. As for Saints, they will be there or thereabouts.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:25 pm  

Im surprised none of the old Man Utd lot havent shown any interest in Salford. I know some of them are RL fans and have seen them at Wigan games in the past

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:05 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

Im surprised none of the old Man Utd lot havent shown any interest in Salford. I know some of them are RL fans and have seen them at Wigan games in the past

There was the whole “stadium swap” situation which I thought might’ve led to something like but neither have ended up happening.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:43 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Whatever happened to that millionaire fella who looked like he was going to buy the stadium for them?

Seb Gerrard?