Re: Post match : Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:51 pm  

FLAT STANLEY wrote:

Put the shoe on the other foot and you would be calling for Radfords head. You have bought wisely in the pack, whereas we've bought a pick n mix from B&M bargains for our pack. That's the difference.

I told you Salford would go ok this season.

Saints have been poor, but Hull were red hot last week, this is a decent Salford team.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:27 am  

The first thing that came into my head this morning was 44 - 10 !I watched the game again and was surprised how much we were in control. As a Salford fan for more years than I care to remember, I actually spent too much of the game thinking "We can still lose this!" Only this morning did I realise we were never really threatened and how much we were on top.

The last time I felt this good about a game was probably twenty years ago when we beat Wigan in the Cup at the Willows. At Hull last week I thought we had tries in us, but thought our pack was too lightweight and that we would struggle a bit behind a beaten pack, but last night our forwards gave a very good account of themselves. Much will be said about a poor Saints performance but perhaps Saint Helens only managed to play as well as we let them.

Games often tend to produce a massive over-reaction, particularly on here. Last week we were the worst team in the League and this week we are going to be the best according to some. I know that form can vary, but as long as effort and commitment stays high, perhaps we now have a genuine team ethos for the first time in many a long year that can help us advance. Last night the product on the pitch was better than the sum total of the players. We didn't see contrived celebrations where everybody rushed over to celebrate, but saw players genuinely playing for each other. Better discipline and fewer mistakes helped too. All seventeen deserve high praise.

If we can build on this.............but hang on, this is Salford! I just hope I don't have to wait another twenty years.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:31 am  

Last week was poor, last night was brilliant.

Think the obvious litmus test will be when we play Widnes, a team who are on the same sort of level as us and the type of team we should be beating if we are seriously going to be challenging for a top 8 spot.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:01 am  

where's all the doom mongers this morning as very quiet on here?

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:09 am  

Nice to see this board showing positive attitudes for a change.

Good win.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:19 am  

Was mightily impressed with the team work on show last night, when you think who is left to come back in and potentially be brought in (reports of Burgess coming) we have a decent squad, Johnson came in and made it tricky now to drop when Junior is 100%.

Thought O'Brien looked much better last night, still don't think he should be starting ahead of Evalds but then again Evalds got 2 well taken tries.

I saw enough from Liu to know that I'd take a player with his qualities over the occasion brilliance of Chase and then BMM he looks like a younger and less prone to brain farts Hock.

Was slightly surprised with the crowd, thought we'd see a good 1000 less than that being on Sky, it being Thursday and last weeks shambles.

The odd gripe, the beer was vile, how you can mess up something like John Smiths so monumentally is beyond me and something must be done about the buses, every man and his dog knows we will all file out 22:15 at the latest, First should put on a shuttle to Eccles, charge everyone £2, one stop in Eccles so everyone can then get a train/bus/tram onwards.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:23 am  

Solly wrote:

I am glad they won't, I have thrown away more more money than I care to imagine following this club especially when my job allowed me to travel home and away I didn't miss a game for five seasons but yeah the club don't need to keep the long suffering fans on board one bit.

Trust me, you can say what you wish on here but friends of mine who have been going 40 years have had enough so it's not just me but you keep your blinkers on and defend this shambles of a club.

I will probably be there this season because I am a fool but I certainly won't be throwing my money away on thursday, I hope the lads win of course I do but we all know what is coming.

All I'm saying is, you didn't attend and we thrash Saints.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:24 am  

Salford red all over wrote:

They were pretty ordinary last year but have managed to improve massively why can't we set out to "blow someone away" it would seem we don't share that value, we are in the same competition and yet you have to admit it doesn't seem like it, as and I know we are one game in but it feels familiar if you get my drift.

well your team did set out to blow someone away ...AND YOU DID ......St Helens !!!

Time to get behind them I think. Good Luck Salford.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:24 am  

I tell you what, it's still very early days for Ian Watson and could go either way, but at least he looks the part. Keiron Cunningham looks like a kid who's won a competition to be a Superleague coach for a day in his mad hat and massive headphones.

Re: Post match : Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:53 am  

Where is Solly the most doom & gloom of all Salford fans!