Someone is bound to say its all his fault



So lets have a look at how he did!

First tackle of the game, penalty laying on, fully justified, so that was err our own fault

First try, in goal judge indicated a good touch down, closest touch judge indicated that he did not see the grounding but had no reason to disallow the try

so our own fault for not getting the ball dead



Salford Full back knock on! ok 50/50 call o that but niether TJ helped him out so hey

Next play after that looked very much like a knock on but i was in line with it and a good 60mtrs further away than the ref

LMS try! 90% of the other refs would have pinged us for obstruction on the 20mtr line!!

so all in all maybe 3 decisions that we could have challenged, and 1 was in our favour and we scored from it



As for the rest!

At least the ref was running around the park in the first 20 mins, better than our lt did

It was not the ref who failed to find touch from a penalty given 10 mtrs in fromn the touch line

It was not the ref who put the ball dead from the kick off after we had given away the 8 point lead to set up Salford for the next try

It was Matt Gafa not the ref that missed the tackles in the centre

It was not the ref that threw the interception pass!

It was not the ref who gave up on the chase from the same interception that was Will Sharp

It was not the ref that chased down Will Sharp (our speedster) when he made a break, instead it was 5 or 6 Salford players that ou paced him



So lets not blame Mr Alibert

Lets blame the utter disgrace of a performance put in by the so called proffesional players

Rubbish, course it was his fault. Failed to make touch from an easy position. Kicked out on full from kick off. Ensured our team was not even thinking of a short kick off when we did. Just don't know how you can't blame him.

so an overall look at how I saw the game

Despite the fact I am still fuming



Lets see who i remember!

Curtis! No real complaints, did come up with some good last ditch tackles, especially in the 2nd half when Gaffa missed his tackle

On to Gaffa! Does not look fit, missed too many tackles, no pace any more!

Will Sharp, never give up on the chase, on the interception try by Salford 10 mtrs out he gave up, so try under the sticks "keep chasing" u never know what will happen, if he is our speed merchant hmmmm there were at least 5 if not 6 Salford players who had to turn to chase him and all out paced him

Too much running sideways rather than fwd

Salford must have kicked for there winger to chase 3 or 4 times, Will on at least 2 of those occasions initially was ambling back to get the ball



Rob P, he must be getting frustrated at what he has around him



Chad! hmmm cannot forgive the panalty that went infield from where he kicked it, and was it Chad that screwed up the kick off (schoolboy stuff)



Tony Clubb, looked busy at times but again went sideways and ended up losing 5 mtrs in one play



Luke G

tried hard but again too much running sideways and not much support or runners off him



Fwds in general, lazy! not too bad with ball in hand going fwd but when Salford kicked deep and we were running the ball out, half the squad took 2 or 3 sets to get back behind the play



Any positives?

very few

BUT LMS offload for the try under the sticks, and his try! was he our quickest player on the park today, he had been down having treatment on his knee 5 mins before

Lamont!!! came on the park and showed enthusiasm and excitement



all in all utter rubbish with occasional bits of interest

Players seem very demotivated? (Coach? fatigue? who knows)

no enthusiasm

no interest in fact



They all look like they just want the season done with

good tackle form Kaye (?)

Will Sharp just hasnt progressed this year..I have to question his ability to perform as a Super League player ...He isnt as fast as we all thought he might be and doesnt seem to have the speed of thought and awareness when in possesion of the ball...This is something that I dont like saying but it now seems painfully obvious and his position in the team questioned in the future...

Really interesting to read your account of this afternoons game 'mickyb1234'



I was unable to attend the match this afternoon, this being only the third game I've missed all season.



So can you please tell me your views on the Salford City Reds players and I'm sure you will give me an honest reply just like your honesty about your own outfit.



Cheers JR

Is Will Sharp fully fit? I thought he looked to be running in a slightly laboured style when he tried to hit full pace today. I have a suspicion he may have played with something which hindered his movement today.



Not trying to make excuses. All in all it was a pretty dire day but it may explain why Will looked slower than he has on previous occasions.

Overall mate,



Not the best performance i seen from yr lot either! Big difference I think was a desire to win

You obviously have some speed merchants and i dont just mean Wilshire



noticable players today

Paul was distributing the ball pretty well

littler not as busy as he usually is, or not from what i saw anyhow

sibbit was noticable in the middle



Think it was McGilvray scored the intercept, he looked dangerous all game and was surprised a few more of the kick chases he got offered did not pay dividends, probably my stand out player for your lot



the LMS try through the middle was a massive hole, and did expose a weakness for you, that KR could well exploit

We got ripped apart on the wings by Bradford, your wing defence looked strong enough to me

Thanks 'mickyb1234'

As he seems to spend most of the game running the ball up like a forward for most of the game it is hardly surpring that he is looking

kna..red

At least he gave chase, unlike many others.





Maybe its because he is tired with his workload of six players. It seemed that 33% of the time we were in possession Will Sharp had the ball.



More concerning was how we made a total mess of scoring after the break. Almost every team above us would have turned it into a try, maybe that's why they are above us...

I have to agree with you that there is far too much running sideways by most of the players. The forwards in particular cant run onto the ball beacause they have to hold back because there is no space for them to run into. This is something the coaching staff must be telling them to do because so many players are doing it.

Much as I admire Purdo he is not the sort of captain who gets the team going or is a general on the pitch. These players need someone to tell them what to do.

I dont believe the players don't care - i just think they havnt got the energy to do what they are being asked. Maybe we peaked early on in the season and now the tank is empty.

Yes we dont have a lot of depth but the retaining of Jonny Grayshon, the signing of Mick Nannyn and Gardner had us all shaking our heads but these were BMs decisions. Are these really the best that BM could come up with.

I would add Wells to that list of names. How can a seasoned professional winger allow himself to be bundled into touch like that when we are trying to build up some pressure with tackles still in hand. The guy has no speed anymore, doesnt break a tackle, and has completely forgotton where the try line is. As ive said before, being a 'solid' full back isnt enough. The club should stick O'Callaghan in now for the rest of the season. We need tries - and someone with pace.