Yes, agree. All we need to do is play basic no-frills rugby and the points will most likely come, but I worry that we'll start going for the spectacular right from the off and when it doesn't come off we're liable to start panicking and start pushing the pass even more. 


Salford are clearly one of the weakest teams there has been in the thirty years of SL, due to circumstances, and we really need to keep cool clear heads this afternoon and just work the win. If we stay calm it should be a relatively straightforward two points, but you can never fully tell with us, as we saw last Friday.

Asiata was around the warm up and taking part in bits of it. So he can't be too far away.

A win's a win as the old saying goes. We did what was needed and it's another two points in the bag.


It just felt so slow and lethargic at times, a continuation from the Cas game. Then in the second half we started getting over excited and had a habit of pushing difficult passes looking for the miracle play instead of building a little pressure. The whole afternoon felt very bitty and disjointed to me, the win was great, obviously, but not the most entertaining of afternoons for me.


I get the feeling this side prefer being the underdog, think they like having a target to aim at. They've seemed a bit unsure of how to approach games when victory is largely expected of them, bit strange considering how much experience there is in the side.


Quick word on Salford. Thought their players stuck at it for the full eighty minutes and played with energy and enthusiasm, continually giving our players little room to move in. Also, hats off to the Salford fans for turning up and sticking it out to the end. It really can't be easy knowing every week your side will almost certainly be on the losing end. No wonder they all celebrated when they scored, it's about all they can seriously aspire to at the moment. Their in an even worse predicament than we were twelve months ago.


So, not the most exciting of afternoons, but it's another two points to the total and on we go to next week and Wire.

Despite everything, they're still better than we were last season

Very average first half performance, a replay of the previous match against Castleford. Very little go forward, too much lateral movement  from the forwards.

However Cartwright must have torn into the team at halftime, after the break, the forwards ran  hard and direct.

For mine, the continual playing of centres in the second row, is beginning to take its toll,  hardly surprising with the likes of 3 out of the 4, 2nd rowers, chosen at the start of the season,managing 3.5 games between them all season. ( Cartwright 3.5, Staveley 0, Holmes 0)

I thought Fash at 13  brought more cohesion in attack.Eseh again outstanding, Hardaker  'Mr Perpetual Motion ',  Ese Ese, Knight were less effective, . Bourouh & Aydin work hard without the ball, but with the ball, aren't very effective. Sezer & Cust played brilliantly.


I thought our wingers  were good, however I thought Rapana had another below average game, his defence is poor, his pace is declining, and he's committing too many basic errors, for an experienced international marquee player,  in my opinion, questions should be asked, if he should be released in the close season, the same applies to Jed Cartwright, IF he can return, before the end of this season.