Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:00 am  

Who would have thought Salford would make the Grand Final last year? You just don't know what might happen. Keeping your best players fit for the majority of the season is key for any club not just ours but we're surely due some luck after that horrendous scenario last season. 2 years of 5th suggests to me we were on the right path up to last year. We have tweaked the squad somewhat, adding some quality, let's hope we get back to the levels of 2017 and 2018 and get building something again.

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:24 am  

Emley Cat wrote:

Who would have thought Salford would make the Grand Final last year? You just don't know what might happen. Keeping your best players fit for the majority of the season is key for any club not just ours but we're surely due some luck after that horrendous scenario last season. 2 years of 5th suggests to me we were on the right path up to last year. We have tweaked the squad somewhat, adding some quality, let's hope we get back to the levels of 2017 and 2018 and get building something again.

Exactly but people don't seem to twig. Although nobody other than occasionally Warrington and Hull has actually broken the monopoly of Saints, Wigan and Leeds since Bradford, in the last few years Catalan, Cas and Salford have risen to challenge at least offer a challenge. RL is now more fluid than it has been since Wigan took a stranglehold in the 90's.

I can see any number of teams rising up to challenge this year and we have all the capabilities to be one, with the obvious provisos. Eventually, one team will do it and take the big one though I'd be just as happy with the secondary prize, the CCup.

Why not enjoy the moment, right now we look capable, what more can people want in November?

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:37 pm  

We may have tweek the squad , but where's the quality.Signing players to make a squad solid yes.Apart from Green do not think ther's a signing we did not have .We needed some props and we signe one.Think we are short in a key position .Ok I know it's down to what the club can afford .Think 8th will be a good season .

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:04 pm  

alegend wrote:

We may have tweek the squad , but where's the quality.Signing players to make a squad solid yes.Apart from Green do not think ther's a signing we did not have .We needed some props and we signe one.Think we are short in a key position .Ok I know it's down to what the club can afford .Think 8th will be a good season .

You keep saying wheres the quality, are Westerman and Hampshire, not quality! Also what's wrong with the rest, Alex Walker became hot property last year, we were not alone in being interested in him. Who the heck is it that you're expecting us to sign, name some names

Also, remember Tanganoa is actually a 2020 signing we were just lucky to get him a bit earlier when Manly let him go.

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Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:09 pm  

Sorry to be pedantic but it is Tang-IN-oa.

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:11 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Sorry to be pedantic but it is Tang-IN-oa.

Is it, doh

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:22 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Sorry to be pedantic but it is Tang-IN-oa.

Could it be Tang-I-noa?

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:24 pm  

Having Tom back in the team next season will feel like a new signing, nor forgetting he's international quality.

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:44 pm  

We had a huge pack last year and spent most of the year trying to patch them up and fill holes. Bear in mind we lost Arona for the back end of the season and Fifita injured his foot early on and went from top prop in SL to almost a passenger whilst Kopzac picked up injuries that curtailed his effectiveness for a chunk of the season. We added real quality with Tanginoa, King will continue to be the workhorse down the middle and Gwaze will have a preseason behind him. As for Crowther, he seems happy anywhere in the middle, is always in the thick of the action and incredibly has the ability to never lose his grip of an opponent in the tackle. He is another season more experienced and will continue to demand selection.
Maybe with the signings so far and our existing pack, the coach is looking to move focus from size to agility on the field.

Re: Reality : Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:50 pm  

FSW wrote:

We had a huge pack last year and spent most of the year trying to patch them up and fill holes. Bear in mind we lost Arona for the back end of the season and Fifita injured his foot early on and went from top prop in SL to almost a passenger whilst Kopzac picked up injuries that curtailed his effectiveness for a chunk of the season. We added real quality with Tanginoa, King will continue to be the workhorse down the middle and Gwaze will have a preseason behind him. As for Crowther, he seems happy anywhere in the middle, is always in the thick of the action and incredibly has the ability to never lose his grip of an opponent in the tackle. He is another season more experienced and will continue to demand selection.
Maybe with the signings so far and our existing pack, the coach is looking to move focus from size to agility on the field.

For me CK carried our pack for the majority of last season, if he was carrying an injury I certainly could not tell.

Both Huby and England were both marked as key members of the pack and whilst we have had some really good rugby out of them unfortunately there bodies were just not up to it last season.