HARRIS OUT, BARTONFLYER IN!

Three points is probably as good as I thought at this stage.

I didn't think we'd get anything out of Wire, Saints, or Catalans. So to nick a point away in France is a bonus. Beating Hull was a must and we did that. The next three games may actually set-up the rest of the season for us. Be that positively or negatively. Wakey and Widnes need to be wins, and anything away at Cas is a bonus.

We'll see...

Happy.

Before the season started, I looked at the first four games and felt we would only realistically win the one which we have (Hull FC) although I was confident given the team we have that we’d take something from either Warrington, Saints and Catalans. However following the injuries we picked up I knew this would be difficult which is why the result in Perpignan was very impressive.

As has been mentioned, our defence still has plenty of improvement in it along with our discipline. We cant keep giving teams as much ball as we have been doing and expect to finish in the top half.

We NEED 2 wins from the next 3 games.

I'm happy enough as has been said its a tough place to go at the best of times and following their result against Warrington last week and with the players we had missing (and others that we thought we didn't have before kick-off) we'd be on for a hiding. Catalan are a very good team this year but to show the spirit we did to just keep going was a very refreshing change from a Salford side. Some great individual performances, especially from Paterson* playing in the centre. Overall its a very decent point, the thing to do now it back up the last two results on Sunday otherwise they mean little.


(*other players are available for praise! )

Happy so far, as I expected only 2 points after the first 4 matches. Last 2 matches have been great, although I think we need to improve discipline. Time now to kick on, we should be aiming for 2 wins from the next 3 matches as a minimum.