I thought the annual apology from Mcrea was just that but todays public apology equals at least two so far this season.



Can't even be ar*ed getting het up by it, it seems rather than the exception 50/60/70 points is now the norm.



Pathetic.

lol yer sorry i ment milward

Any chance you could re-type that once you're sober?

Fair enough, was just being pedantic about his name.





Meant what I said about him as a potential Reds coach though, Leigh have been dire recently after a decent start to the season and some Leythers are beginning to question Millward, even though he has God-like status at the LSV.

do you think we would be any better if noble was our coach personaly i think we would hes done a great job for them. both teams got promoted together weve just stayed the same but theyve improved a lot this year we should not be getting hammered by them! i would like to know tho how they can afford all the new players and 3 decent coaches that they have!

there are a lot of sides struggling this year. I am sure Bradford Wakefield and Catalans all thought they would do better than they have done. As a Salford fan i am used to thumpings on a regular basis interspersed with great victories. Yesterday (no i did not go) i guess was as bad as it gets but this season was about shedding dead wood, building the stadium and a little clue as to our ambition. So on those counts 1 players will be leaving,great servants will move on 2 The stadium is on its way 3 The signings of Patten and Holdsworths contract give a clue we maybe starting to think bigger.

My greatest respect to those of you who flog themselves up and down the land following Salford, you have the right to criticise as you make the effort to go. Yes we are ugly at times but the future looks a little brighter.

The Crusaders team is totally different to the side that came up, as you state how can they afford all the coaches and players they have, well the Rugby League call it expansion, allowing one set of rules for some clubs and a different set for others. But yesterday we would have struggled against SWINTON.

If it's a motivation issue for these games then it is 100% the coaches fault. The same players beat Bradford away and gave Leeds a mighty scare. How can they go out and play so badly against an average side (league position proves this btw). If they couldn't get up for one we should win then it is down to what is said at training. If these players can win in other games then they can play a bit. Yesterday was down to lack of ambition and drive in part. Also McCrae has an inability to change things when they are going wrong. He proved that in the home game against the same opposition when conceding 4 tries to the same cross field kick. He is totally inept and must go!

McRae and Alker are our biggest pieces of deadwood.

There are at least 6 more players who should be told now to go and then give youth a chance.

They can not be any worse than the lot who turned up yesterday.

BTW for those of you defending the coach

Why pick two players just back from injury one of who was obviously not fit and the other who needed more game time

Tyrer suprisingly played OK against Leeds but was dropped.

Alker was not fit from the start.

Sneyd dropped when I would have thought Ratchford himself and Matty Smith at hooker would have been a more creative option

Gibson is not happy on the wing and showed this yesterday.

Why do our forwards always receive a flat pass and never run on to the ball

Why do we always run into the markers

All issues directly attributed to the coach.

Salford cannot progress while McRae is in charge, privately the players do not rate him but won't say so in public.



BTW, Talau should have retired a long time ago.

There's a lot of things going against the Club to do with human fallibility.



The physical demands of the season are more prominent at the end of the season.

The team has nothing to play for as a group.

The Club has plainly got their mindset on next season.

Players minds will be side-tracked by off-field negotiations regarding their future.

They're playing against sides atm that are scrapping to continue their season.

Plus any number of things going on behind the scenes that we are not privy too.



I'm not making excuses or trying to deflect blame (Something that too many fans are quick to jump on) just pointing out a few factors that may be in effect. I'm sure that everybody at the Club tries their hardest but sometimes it just falls short. They don't go out to make themselves look like idiots or attract abuse.



There is nothing wrong with criticism if it is directed appropriately, I just feel that we should strike this one off as a lesson learnt.



Consistency is the key to RL and gaining it is almost like the Holy Grail of coaching. It's a mixture of psychology, coaching, effort, ability, fitness, player interactions on & off the pitch, and a dose of luck to name but a few. If any of these things are missing the chances of consistency drop considerably. Salford can beat anyone on their day, but also get beaten by anyone on the day.



Crusaders was one of the latter.

Butcher, that's far too reasonable, I expect you'll come in for a lot of stick for not calling for the coach's, trainer's, director's, water carrier's head on a plate!