Ka taƙaita labarin:  Mataimakin kocin Salford Ian Watson yana shirin fitowa daga ritayarsa na wasa yana da shekaru 38 don amsa SOS daga Red Devils. Watson, wanda wasansa na karshe a matsayin dan wasa-mai horar da 'yan wasa a gasar zakarun Turai na Swinton a watan Yunin da ya gabata, ya kara horar da shi gabanin wasan gida na ranar Lahadi da Castleford bayan da Salford ta rasa dan wasa na hudu don dakatar da shi da kuma wasu uku don rauni. "Hakika akwai yiwuwar za mu iya kiran Ian", in ji kocin Iestyn Harris. "An horar da shi kuma a shirye yake ya amsa kira idan bukata ta kama". Mataimakin kocin Salford Ian Watson yana shirin fitowa daga ritayarsa a lokacin da yake da shekaru 38. Salford ba ta da Rangi Chase, Weller Hauraki, Cory Paterson da Darrell Griffin ta hanyar dakatar da su, yayin da dan wasan tsakiya Michael Dobson ( gwiwa), cibiyar Junior Sa'u da winger Ben Jones-Bishop (kafa) duk sun ji rauni a ranar Asabar 22-18 gasar cin kofin kalubale a zagaye na biyar a Leigh, tare da Josh Griffin, Tommy Lee, Jason Walton da 'yan'uwa Jordan da Adam Walne a gefe. Kwanan nan Salford ta sayi tsohon dan wasan Wayne Godwin a matsayin aro daga Dewsbury kuma a wannan makon ya aro Oliver Gildart da James Greenwood daga Wigan amma har yanzu ana tunanin Harris ya ragu zuwa 'yan wasa 17 masu dacewa. Idan Watson ya buga da Tigers a filin wasa na AJ Bell, zai zama dan wasa mafi tsufa a yanzu a Super League, ya maye gurbin tsohon dan wasan Salford na Leeds da Warrington Adrian Morley, wanda zai cika shekaru 38 a watan gobe. Rikodin dan wasa mafi tsufa a Super League na hannun dan Australia Steve Menzies, wanda yake da shekaru 39 lokacin da ya kawo karshen aikinsa a Catalans Dragons a karshen kakar 2013. Watson, wanda ya buga wasanni 41 na Super League a matsayin dan wasan baya tare da Salford a 1997 da 2002, ya kawo wasan 500 na aikinsa a watan Maris na 2014, jimillar da ta hada da rikodin-daidai da wasanni 30 na Wales kuma ya dauki sihiri tare da Widnes, Rochdale, Oldham, Halifax da Leigh.
Ian Watson ya fito daga yin ritaya yana da shekaru 38. Wasansa na karshe a matsayin mai horar da'yan wasa a gasar zakarun Turai na Swinton a watan Yunin da ya gabata. Watson ya kara horo gabanin wasan ranar Lahadi da Castleford.