Adam Sidlow has no regrets about swapping Salford for the Bulls as he prepares to return to his former club for the first time tonight.

The former Widnes prop, who could be kept on the sidelines by a shoulder injury, played for the City Reds for five seasons before signing for Bradford on a two-year deal during the winter.

Like the Bulls last season, Salford were a club who were on the brink of extinction before millionaire racehorse owner Marwan Koukash bought them at the beginning of the campaign.

Koukash has since appointed legendary former Bradford coach Brian Noble and vowed to spend big in his pursuit of success.

Despite being happy about his erstwhile employer’s future now being secure, Sidlow has no qualms about leaving.

“I played against Salford earlier on in the year and it was probably the weirdest experience of my career,” said Sidlow, who scored a try against the Bulls in their draw last season at the City of Salford Stadium before facing them for the first time at Odsal last month.

“To play against the lads that I played with for so long was just completely new for me and it’ll be great to go back there for the first time.

“It’ll feel like a home game for me, and going into the opposite changing room for will be hard to get my head around.

“I’m pleased for them as a club and I really want to see them do well. I was there for a long time, but Bradford is a different challenge and what happens there is out of my hands now.

“I don’t have any regrets over leaving there at all. I love it here and I’ve got another year on my contract yet so I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

The Bulls have suffered major injury worries in the front row so far this season, with a thumb injury to Manase Manuokafoa forcing Francis Cummins to bolster his roster of forwards yesterday with the acquisition of Huddersfield’s Jacob Fairbank.

Sidlow believes he is ready to make the step up and feature more prominently in the coming weeks as the Bulls look to get their play-off bid back on track.

“It’s an area where we’ve been a little bit light,” said Sidlow.

“I’m touch and go at the minute with my shoulder to play but hopefully I’ll be ready to go come tonight.

“I’ll play wherever Franny wants to play me. I’m happy to come off the bench and spell for longer minutes.

“If I’m asked to start I’ll be happy to do that as well, but the main thing for me is that I’m playing in some capacity and that we’re performing as a team.

“Our performance last week against London wasn’t good enough at all - we were poor to say the least.

“But we’re still in a good position in the league and we believe that we can push even further up the table, starting with a win this week.”

“That’s no disrespect to Salford at all but after playing the likes of Wigan, Warrington, Leeds, then a tough away cup tie to London, then this becomes a must-win game for us because we should be beating teams like Salford if we want to progress as a team.”