How true is this fellas? First time i'd heard of it and would be great to see him in SL! www.nrl.com/cowboys-bowen-to-bat ... fault.aspx

How true is this fellas? First time i'd heard of it and would be great to see him in SL! www.nrl.com/cowboys-bowen-to-bat ... fault.aspx

Says his favourote player is Alfie Langer!!!

To be honest though, I'd rather have Ratch at FB once Brett retires and promote the youngsters from within into the first team. I'd like the club to be associated with two things silverware and the development of players - not a cheque book wielding behemoth that pinches other clubs most promising talents or signing up classy Aussies at the end of their NRL careers.

Stef is back to Salford at the end of the year, done deal

I find this hard to believe. The good Doctor is hardly a wallflower when it comes to trying to sign players.

Why would Ratchford go back to Salford? He'll hardly get a massive pay rise if he does as it is very unlikely that the salary cap will be lifted or riased to any great degree over the next few months. He'll hardly be appearing in Wembley or Grand Finals with Salford now will he. He currently plays for one of the top teams in the competition that have won a trophy for the last four seasons. Salford are bottom of the table with no hope of getting to a final in the next five years. And he's not from Salford, so can't have a domestic "going home" desire.

Morley to Salford is very likely in my opinion - he'll not get a contract renewal at Warrington after this one finishes and he does have a "lad coming home" reason to go there. The question is would Nobby want him for a season or two?

Players are motivated by; 1) Money and 2) Silverware

Wire can offer the same money as Koukash, they are a top 4 club, have fantastic facilities, and have a much better chance of silverware than Salford over the next few years.

You need to do a bit of joined up thinking.

Briers isn't otherwise he would have jumped ship years ago when u were near the bottom

He would have been paid a high salary, as we didn't have a huge number of highly paid stars.

But anyway, ask yourself, what is the motivation for Ratchford ? No higher salary, much less chance of silverware, playing in front of small crowds in a stadium that is in the middle of nowhere, with a club that has few facilities.

It will take at least 8 yrs to rebuild Salford, and that assumes Koukash stays. The club will have to be completely rebuilt from the bottom up. Look how long it took Wire to get to the top, even with Moran's money. And we had the advantage of being able to buy in high quality Oz stars. That is no longer possible ; which is why he want's the salary cap to be raised of course. No, it will be a long hard slog for you.