The Virtual Terrace • Re: Club of the year

I am going to be even more left field and say Salford - now bare with me.

They are a club who were very much in the situation Wakefield were in five years ago when our Knight in shining armour did a runner. Like us they were at the start of this season a club with 'No benefactor and one of the smallest budgets in SL', and perhaps even worse off than we were in that they don't even have an Academy team to draw from!!

Nice stadium but considering the crowds it must currently be a crippling expense.

At the start of this season I and most on here saw them folding before the season was done, I certainly couldn't see a way out for them.

Yet they are here, they have survived and they are in SL which is one hell of an effort. They seem to have the players on board, at least for now. The crowds have at least steadied and the RL on offer during parts of the season has not been too bad.

Last night I thought Salford were good because Toulouse were up for causing an upset.

Of course it's far from over them, Salford will lose players and will struggle for a few more years yet but they are still in SL and as a Wakey fan I can say that that is really all that matters to clubs who stand alone financially.

I'm chuffed for their fans and those who took the reigns from the last superstar t*sser so beloved of the expansionist nutters on here and dropped them in it. A proper club with proper foundation and proper fans that just need nursing back to health.