Shaun McRae, no excuse next season, enough good signing for next season, talking a good game will not work next year.



I was at Crusaders, HKR & again at Huddersfield today, I did not go expecting to win but I did expect some structure, some organisation & someone Kind of knowing what to do? No runners, very flat, one man rugby with ball in hand, we had one of the best wing players in the Super League got the ball once in a wide position & this was after about 79 minutes.

I am not having a pop at the youngsters but having a go at the poor coaching of the team, this is not a one off, equally as bad at Crusaders.



No more excuses, Seems like to me some of the players on the way out don't give a f... playing for McRae, woeful!

all we can do is wait for next season , the slug will have the players to do the business ,if we dont finsh top 6 ,then we should think about getting someone else in ,for the time lets see how he goes now he has quality players,





keep the faith

Listened to McRae on the Radio after the game, he appeared quite jolly and as if he couldn't give a f**k about what is going on, he said he has a contract for next season and he has never walked away from a contract.

Today was totally woeful, we were lucky that Huddersfield,to be honest were not very good, if they were it would have been over 100 points. Most players looked totally at sea and as if they could not be bothered, most seemed surprised to get a pass, the tackling was very poor, we managed to bomb two good changes unaided, whereas Huddersfield managed to bomb a lot more or else.

But the main part is that McRae is not taking responsibility for what is going on, he does not motivate the team or individual players, he doesn't shout at them when thinks go wrong and quess what I bet he doesn't get the players in for extra training when we have had a bad defeat like the last 3 games he just totters on to the TV studio and tells the sky viewers where other teams are going wrong, and in the next breath tells us he hasn't a clue why it is not going right for us, oh the IRONY. Most players under his coaching seem to go backwards, our tackling is the worst I have seen for many years and as for the kicking game that as all but disappeared, there appears to be no game plan or if there is there is no Plan B when it goes wrong, he has no respect for the players with his constant they don't understand what I want them to do, and the players have no respect for him

So what will we get for the last game at the Willows this season two thousand because people are fed up with the crap that is being served up as SuperLeague Rugby, we need to improve vastly or that will be it, I am not sure that McRae will be able to do amything with the players we are getting, I can foresee Patten playing in the scrum and Feka playing 80 mins at stand off.

I think divorce papers should be prepared.

We have had too many hammerings this year. As for the last two performances, we have blooded young players and everyone at the club including the fans has one eye on next year.



Calling for his head now is pointless. McRae and co have made some impressive acquisations for next season and after recent results the pressure will be on him to achieve the required results. He has had realistic transfer funds allocated to sign players of quality and we expect realistic results ie challenging for the top eight and being competitive every week. Excuses cannot be made next year, we dont want the 'its a new team, we need time to develop' after conceding 50+ points.



McRae has a lot of hard work to do before the start of the 2011 campaign. Good luck to him I really hope he suceeds and we have a Salford team that can do the final campaign at the Willows proud.

Can't win.



'Now's the time to blood the youngsters!'



'Let's see what the Acadamy lads can do'



So it's done.



'McRae needs to go! Wah!'



'Too many hammerings!'



What do you honestly expect?



The best coach in the world would struggle to coach a side bolted together with young inexperienced players, has-beens, and players away at the end of the season. Playing against teams that have everything to play for. I'm not defending McRae, but honestly he just can't win no matter what he does.

All I am asking is that he actually sounds and talks about the club with some sort of feeling not in the third person.

I know where you're coming from BP, and I know where my lad The Butcher comes from on this.



To be honest I have never met McRae so I'm a bit divorced from him in the personality stakes, BUT he really irritates me whilst on the media (particularly Sky TV).



He certainly has the ability to talk a good game and sounds fairly plausible, but I find this is very frustrating from a fans point of view when he seems to be able to offer in depth analysis on everyone else's team but his own.



I really can't "warm" to the man, but that might just be me and my ways. I think he comes over as a wee bit arrogant and condescending: again as I have said, I don't know him so it's hard to judge from afar.



I suspect that you're right though when you say that when these hand picked personnel are playing for us, there will be very few excuses and even less patience if the team's performance is poor.

The really disappointing thing for the fans though is lack of motivation from the players. I personally couldn't give a monkeys if we get beaten but I hate to see people not trying to play at their 100%, especially professional sportsmen (used loosely sometimes).



My lad would tell you that I ALWAYS have given 100% in everything I have played and have no time for those that don't do likewise. Maybe that's just me again, but I HATE IT.



In this case the fans deserve better from all the players and staff at the club.



All the best BD

SM should of gone along time ago. With only 12 months left I think the club should offer him 6 months of his salary to walk away now with the lazy persona and mannerism he gives off I think he would take it. His pefect job is commentating all he has to do is sit there and comment on what has happened any RL person could do that, as for coaching, educating players putting in systems, motivating and improving players he is well, well short of the mark. Please somebody show me any evidence where one of our players or former players (played under SM) as said SM is a good coach or works hard or is improving us ?? NOT ONE interview iv come across as any player said that. One former player did talk about life at Salford , Robbie and he painted the picture that there is player unrest and lack of faith in SM. With the great signings we have made we need someone to steer us in the right direction, sorry SM is not that person I would not want him filling water bottles he'd be to lazy to do it.



Sorry for the negativity but with the licence up next year if we finish bottom that could go against us big style.

Just who do you think as coach would have done a better job with the material to hand?



As for offering 6 month's salary to walk away - are you going to put your hand in your pocket & help fund that? I'll match every pound you put in.

Penalty, knock on, penalty, knock on, penalty, knock on. The same old story, and players lacking personal pride and pride in the shirt, you get used to it after abit but it hurts the same everytime it happens

2008 season with the personel we had we should of hammered every team in that league, we won it but only just got humiliated off Celtic in semi. Well who's to blame for the players brought in any self worthy coach would of said I want this or that player. The man is an absolute con he admits that he doesn't have the answers to get the team to win, NO but goes on sky and tells them how to bleeding win. Look at john kear at wakey when he took over they was dead and buried to relegation in a far worse state than we was when eddie bomber waring took over and look what he did. When is the next forever reds meeting I'm going to outright ask players what they think of SM and let's see their response!!!!!



SM out now, if he's here next year my seaon ticket will not be renewed!!