Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:15 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

I've got to agree with that assessment.

All three are offering us nothing and have had ample opportunity to show otherwise.

I guess if Noble doesn't want them he will get the Doc to pay them up and let them go at the end of the season. Surfice to say I doubt any of them would have been offered more than a 1 year deal if Noble had been in situ from the start of the season.
I'm not that sure that Foran won't turn into a decent player myself as there are signs but with Mauro I agree he doesn't look like he is SL class never mind NRL grand final material.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:06 pm  

I don't really want to pick on individuals, but enough is enough. The three Aussies who are regularly picked look extremely unfit. This is half way through the season, so no excuses please. If they aren't unfit, they simply aren't good enough. Even for us. Either that, or they just aren't interested.

One is no better than Sneyd. Another is no better than Owen. And the last is no better than James. Hopefully the more enthusiastic, British talent we have won't be made expendable for their sakes

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:25 pm  

Derek Smalls wrote:

I don't really want to pick on individuals, but enough is enough.

I don't like singling out individuals either but they have to go it's as simple as that. I just can't see anything to suggest they will come good.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:30 pm  

I can't really disagree with what's been said above.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:01 pm  

I guess one problem we might face is that these 3 players have been so poor this season that no-one will be willing to take them off our hands.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:17 pm  

bandgeekmafia78 wrote:

I guess one problem we might face is that these 3 players have been so poor this season that no-one will be willing to take them off our hands.

They may be alright at championship level where the speed of the game and intensity is much lower. If Salford offered to pay say 65% of the contract then teams in the championship could be tempted. A championship club could use some imagination like giving them day jobs such as working in the club shop, washing the kit and cutting the grass to justify the extra wages.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:36 pm  

Wirecutter wrote:

They may be alright at championship level where the speed of the game and intensity is much lower. If Salford offered to pay say 65% of the contract then teams in the championship could be tempted. A championship club could use some imagination like giving them day jobs such as working in the club shop, washing the kit and cutting the grass to justify the extra wages.

You're in the wrong job.
Become a sports administrator.
Or,maybe just leave the logistics to the professionals

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:30 pm  

Wirecutter wrote:

Nothing personal but Mauro, Foran and McGoldrick have all proved to be shocking signings. Vievers should be acknowledged for making the worse signings in superleague history. I think his sacking was justified on making these signings alone regardless of poor results.

I don't think anyone should lose sight of the fact that the signings were made against a backdrop of the club being hugely in debt and 2 players NOT signed by Veivers being part of a winding-up order for non-payment of wages.
I would guess the recruitment of Mauro and Foran was made last November when Veivers was in Australia.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:51 pm  

Red-Devils-PAW wrote:

I don't think anyone should lose sight of the fact that the signings were made against a backdrop of the club being hugely in debt and 2 players NOT signed by Veivers being part of a winding-up order for non-payment of wages.
I would guess the recruitment of Mauro and Foran was made last November when Veivers was in Australia.

It doesn't excuse just signing any overseas players willing to jump on a plane. The fact is Vievers made a terrible error of judgement on the quality, cost and contract duration of these signings and now Noble has inherited a major problem that needs sorting out.

Re: I feel sorry for Brian Noble : Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:26 pm  

Correct