Alker for captain : Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:06 pm  

As no one has said it yet thought would be the first, think alker has been a great servent for the club, never a world beater, but he bleeds salford blood and loves this great club of ours, and think that since he lost his arm band things have gone from bad to worse, whether its the players responding to the clubs decision on that remains to be seen, I also feel for parker as i feel he dont deserve the abuse hes gettin from some fans at the min I would say lets give him back his armband and see how the team respond .
If we are still under performing after that; then lets look at the situation , lets not blame the coach or rob parker just yet.
Dispite what went on in florida, the guy has been fined and lost his armband, but belive its time to give it back.
Fans keep saying that no player is bigger than a club ? is this realy the case ? as its the players that make the club, all teams go through times of players not perfoming and you cant sack them all.
Will leave you to decide, yes or no.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:45 pm  

as i dont know what happened in florida, i'll respect the clubs wishes to have it removed from him, as it must have been bad.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:50 pm  

Would've been forgotten by now if Alker didn't keep bringing it up every week in the MEN/Advertiser/Sporting Life etc.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:54 pm  

NO

He has done the crime and this was his punishment. He has to understand there are harsh consequences for his actions (the same applies to others)

Well done to the club for remaining strong on this.

Barker should try to do some real reporting rather than the gossip and raking over old stories he tends to indulge in.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:56 pm  

martin13 wrote:

as i dont know what happened in florida, i'll respect the clubs wishes to have it removed from him, as it must have been bad.

But would you not rather take a chance on alker, or leave things as they are ? as most people are blaming parker , alker , mcrea and simms, so do we get rid of all or some, still think we should give it back to alker as an easy option, if it dont work then we aint losing nothing, if it does then great.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:02 pm  

look at united, ferguson and keane.
i thought fergie was mad to sack keane, but gone from strength to strength.
maybeTHAT was where salford went wrong.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:06 pm  

Red Willow wrote:

NO

He has done the crime and this was his punishment. He has to understand there are harsh consequences for his actions (the same applies to others)

Well done to the club for remaining strong on this.

Barker should try to do some real reporting rather than the gossip and raking over old stories he tends to indulge in.

Red willow as you say well done the club for standing by what they say, but remember the club is not always right, if they were we wouldnt be where we are now, this club has made lots of wrong decisions in the past, and some good. Would rather give alker the captaincy back and see how we go that get rid of most of the players and coaching staff, as many would like .

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:31 pm  

No point caving in to Alker just on the off chance it will make things better, which it won't. Alker should stop bleating on about it, accept he was wrong and get on with improving the teams and his own performances.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:37 pm  

No definitely not!

The more I think about it, the more it seems as if Alker loves himself more than the club these days. Salford have been mediocre, and played in the same manner through out Alker's reign as captain. I know I've said it already, but we've tried changing the coach, the majority of the players and nothing seems to change.

Next on the hit list has got to be Alker followed by Simms and then Wilkinson. We need leaders who can set the inspiration for the players to follow. Someone is not doing their job as a leader.

When you talk about the easy option, unless we can get Peel to buy the club of John Wilky, Alker is the easiest one to replace.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:54 pm  

You have to be joking.
Remember it was not just Florida which forced the clubs hand on this.
My views are known on this.
Get Rid and quick before it gets any worse.