boardwalkempire4 wrote:
Big advantage Salford have over FC
Is geographical location..
Lancashire based players don’t have to relocate home and family etc..
One thing I would concede though is Salford do recruit overseas players exceptionally well.
I do understand the advantage Salford have geographically as have mentioned this on another post however I do think in the case of Salford that advantage is negated somewhat with job security vs location so to speak. No disrespect meant to Salford at all but its well known they do and have struggled financially and needed to offload players to be able to continue but credit to them & Rowley for still being able to put a side together than competes like they do and achieve what they have done since Koukash pulled out and Watson left.
As someone commented you do have to wonder if a lot of our recruitment issues are down to the personnel we have in that dept. Look at what Motu achieved in players the club brought in, compared to what we have had under Clarke for example. So is it poor recruitment, lack of money offered, poor coaching appointments biting us or simply we are not an attractive option since 2018?
We are told/lead to believe we are operating and the cap but when you look at Salfords squad who are operating well under the cap limit then compare to our own something doesn't add up.
It just makes you wonder if AP invested in someone with a proven track record re player recruitment etc whether we'd fair better in this area?
