Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:19 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

I didn't say French?

All I'm saying is, more than often than not, it's a HB that wins you GF's. Cleary at the weekend, Green for us. Cronk turned a Roosters side with potential into a potent force.

French at 1 and Croft at 6, for me, is better than Field 1 and French at 6. Don't get me wrong, it's not a night and day kinda difference. I just think we'd have a little bit more control and structure.

Field at 1 and Croft at 6 is even better

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:34 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Croft to Leeds being reported - personally I hope he goes. I think SL needs its biggest clubs to be as strong as they can be - if Leeds, Warrington and Hull can pick up their game and get themselves in the mix you have a very interesting competition.

As for Salford, who knows what the future holds for them.

Just to follow on from this - looks like Salford have sent out an email to all of their new 'owners' saying they have a £300k hole to fill due to RFL funding cuts and a percentage of promised food and drink income from the stadium not materialising. Any progress re the council buying the stadium seems to have stalled through Conservative intervention.

Salford have had major financial challenges for a while but it feels like its getting to a point where it may be impossible to sustain a full time club without a wealthy backer. Thankfully most clubs in SL have them but it hardly looks a secure future with that level of reliance. The next TV deal in three years time could genuinely be make or break for the sport's full time status.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:46 pm  

Looking on the Cas Forum, they seem pleased with the business they have done. Anyone else seen the players they have signed? It screams, wooden spoon to me. Fev have a better side than them at this moment for me and i'd say will finish above them. (If they come up of course) Another side i am looking forward to playing in the big league again. Bet some older heads on here have some good memories of playing sides like Fev in the top league.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:05 pm  

Cherry_Warrior wrote:

Looking on the Cas Forum, they seem pleased with the business they have done. Anyone else seen the players they have signed? It screams, wooden spoon to me. Fev have a better side than them at this moment for me and i'd say will finish above them. (If they come up of course) Another side i am looking forward to playing in the big league again. Bet some older heads on here have some good memories of playing sides like Fev in the top league.

no good memories of post office road

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:12 pm  

Pieman wrote:

no good memories of post office road

Awful fans, totally parochial and hostile to everyone.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:17 pm  

Boss Hog wrote:

Awful fans, totally parochial and hostile to everyone.

Wow I thought they were fine when we played them in the cup a few years back.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:29 pm  

yeah it was a bit of a loaded question. I only have memories of them from the 90's but an older Saints fan i work with absolutely despises them even more than us. And Bradford for some reason.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:29 pm  

Not been to Fev since the nineties. Can get tasty at times, must be something in the water over that way.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:41 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Not been to Fev since the nineties. Can get tasty at times, must be something in the water over that way.

Think it was Eddie Waring who opened a commentary from Fev some time in the early 70s, with something like: 'It's a grim place. You wouldn't want to come here for your holidays.'

I also remember at Central Park from around the same time, when the psychotic Fev full back, a foursquare nutjob called Harold Box, launched a totally vicious and unprovoked attack on a young Wigan winger called Martin Sivori, knocking several of his teeth out. It kicked off, but within seconds became a whole lot worse when almost every single Fev player went for his opposite number.

Sorry, but they were a right bunch of animals and I've never had any time for them since.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:19 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Just to follow on from this - looks like Salford have sent out an email to all of their new 'owners' saying they have a £300k hole to fill due to RFL funding cuts and a percentage of promised food and drink income from the stadium not materialising. Any progress re the council buying the stadium seems to have stalled through Conservative intervention.

Salford have had major financial challenges for a while but it feels like its getting to a point where it may be impossible to sustain a full time club without a wealthy backer. Thankfully most clubs in SL have them but it hardly looks a secure future with that level of reliance. The next TV deal in three years time could genuinely be make or break for the sport's full time status.

A £300k hole could well see them off, unless something drastic happens.

I'm told that the narrow escape with paying the players wages earlier this year involved something like £175k, which if true means they've got a hole that equates to less than 2 months wages without even taking into account other overheads.

It's not looking great for them, unfortunately.