: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:21 am  

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: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:37 am  

redgunner wrote:

I think comic relief came a week early! naming Fitzpatrick man of the match was the best joke of the night.

fitzpatrick was a joke, he gave them that try after a minute, it might not have changed the result, but it certainly wouldn't have helped.
as someone else said, he needs to be sacked.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:47 am  

I dont think Mcrea would know a class player if he fell over one, He has assembled a bunch of losers and once again salford have become whipping boys. Thanks coach!!!!

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:57 am  

It's gonna be a long hard season and we don't even have the Northern rail cup or NL1 grand final to look forward to next season.

In three years time we'll still be at least a year in development behind the likes of Cas and Harlequins so what's gonna change? At least we were competitive when we came up under Harrison and I agree that this team is far worse than the one that got relegated. Remember last time we played Harlequins? We won 5-2 and they didn't cross our line.

That's 3 games running now where the game has effectively been lost in the first 20 minutes. I honestly can't see where the next 2 points are coming from. Schofield may not have been too far off the mark with his comments.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:51 am  

Adamjk wrote:

Fitzy isn't good enough anymore and hasn't been the same since he came back from his long injury in the season we went down. I don't think I've seen him beat the first man on a kick return since 2006. His positional play tonight was terrible at times.

Said at the time on this forum that achilles injurys are very hard to come back from. It finished Paul Newloves.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:02 pm  

GanEden wrote:

http://www.totalrl.com/index.php?showtopic=166629

I got about a third of the way down that and gave up. What a load of sh*te.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:18 pm  

nickas wrote:

I dont think Mcrea would know a class player if he fell over one, He has assembled a bunch of losers and once again salford have become whipping boys. Thanks coach!!!!

Were the whipping because we dont spend the same amount as the rest of the league and Mcrea cant bring in world class players with the money we got.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:43 pm  

RED FLAG RISING wrote:

Were the whipping because we dont spend the same amount as the rest of the league and Mcrea cant bring in world class players with the money we got.

That's a key problem with teams who join the SL but you have three years to invest in a good team and next season will be better. Castleford have changed about ten of their squad this season and already they are winning games but they lost by some sizeable margins last year and I think they only just sneaked into double figures with their wins points. You already have one win behind you so you already have two points on the league table. Warrington haven't!

The difference just now between you and Celtic is defence. Salford can clearly attack - they do get points on the scoreboard - but your coach needs to focus very much on defence so as not to crucify you on points difference.

It is going to be a long, hard climb for your guys but it's been done before and there are two more full seasons. Hull KR have only been in SL a couple of years and they beat us last week. It's taken them a couple of years but they've built up their team and increased their speed and skill level and they are now a force to be reckoned with. So are Quins (they have taken even longer!). It's not all doom and gloom, no matter how unenjoyable it is at the moment.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:20 pm  

Why does every team call themselves 'terrible' after losing to us? We are a professional side with good players.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:37 pm  

dont know if you noticed but the Shed applauded your guys off the pitch last night and its probably the third time thats happened over the years. Its not a slight on your team(who were excellant by the way) more a comment on the mickey poor showing by our guys.