Don't know if we should but here is what I would score the players out of 10. It's only my opinion on this game but hey everyone is entitled.

Hohaia 5


Gardner 7


Meli 5


Wheeler 8


Makinson 8


Lomax 7


Gaskell 8


Laffranchi 6


Roby, 8


Puletua, 6


Soliola, 10


Flannery, 3


Wilkin 7



Perry 5


Clough 7


Dixon 9


Ashe

not enough game time.

If we're doing scores on the doors...

Hohaia 5 (busy but mostly ineffectual, too keen to pass when returning kicks)
Gardner 6 (decent workrate & had to cover Meli's brainfarts, but no threat with ball in hand)
Meli 4 (can look good at times when attacking but all over the place in defence)
Wheeler 7 (one of few players to shine in 1st half, looked a class act, faded a bit in 2nd but always busy)
Makinson 6 (solid game, some flashes of good play - especially defence when offering the outside)
Lomax 6 (tried hard, but too often didn't make things tick. Improved in 2nd half)
Gaskell 7 (as with Lomax, came more and more into the game after the break. Some class touches)
Laffranchi 6 (another who struggled in the 1st half, but looked much improved in his later spells)
Roby, 8 (drove the team on and grew better and better)
Puletua, 6 (involved a lot when on, but lacking spark and very few offloads)
Soliola, 7 (some big hit-ups, but drifted in and out of game, especially in 1st half, and missed some tackles)
Flannery 3 (added nothing to the team, looks even slower)
Wilkin 5 (not much came off and too easy to put down)

Perry 4 (poor 1st half, but offered more later, before tiring. Needs to get fit)
Clough 6 (added pace to a lumbering pack when came on)
Dixon 8 (another who helped the team spark into life when came on & took tries well)
Ashe

Overall, both teams were unrecognisable in the 2nd half compared to their 1st half showing. Salford were hugely unlicky to go in just 10-4 up (Soliola lucky to get given BotD, and the Salford disallowed try could easily have been given) and a bigger differential may have led Saints to panic a bit, leading to a different end result.

Lots of work to do IMO.

If you get a chance to watch it back on TV, Sia try is much more straight forward. At the ground I could not see his hand on the ball but on the TV it was a much clearer picture, as was the fresh air between makinson and the ball. Thought that was a try at the ground. The dixon save was brill, not sure if he knew where his hand was but he got it right in the correct position to stop it touching the ground.

Don't be taken in by Laurel and Hardy on Sky!!!!

Was at the match and unlike some I don't have an agenda. Did he wedgy you at high school or something????

I also don't have an agenda. I have since watched the TV coverage and maybe I was slightly harsh, but that does not mean Gaskell does not have a greedy streak. I have a problem with any player who thinks more of personal glory than the team.

Gaskell thinks more of personal glory than the team? On what do you base that silly accusation? The fact that he didn't look to the right? Couldn't it just have been that he, er, forgot to look to his right as he was distracted by defenders to his left?

Nah, course not. He has to be an evil greedy player who is only in this for his personal glory!

Actually YES!!!

Eh ?????

Have I missed some Tweets or something, is Gaskell sledging the team or something. All I see is a guy trying to play RL.

Did Gaskell keep you out of the school team or something?

Your views on him are nonsensical.

He is Wheelers agent and I claim my £5.