SUNDAY 20th JUNE 2010

THE ENGAGE SUPER LEAGUE. ROUND 18


SALFORD CITY REDS v CASTLEFORD TIGERS

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RefEngage Super League Table

Wigan 17 15 0 2 592 264 30
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Warrington 17 13 0 4 548 254 26
St Helens 17 12 0 5 574 331 24
Hull 17 11 0 6 395 343 22
Leeds 17 10 1 6 456 356 21
Huddersfield 17 9 0 8 448 286 18
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Bradford 17 8 1 8 304 372 17
Hull K R 17 8 0 9 345 434 16
Wakefield 17 7 0 10 346 421 14
Castleford 17 6 0 11 352 470 12
Crusaders RL 16 6 0 10 305 453 12
Harlequins RL 16 5 0 11 309 507 10
Salford 17 5 0 12 259 472 10
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Catalans Dragons 17 2 0 15 220 490 4

[iI fully expect Holdsworth, Parker and Ratchford back for this game.

We need a win and I can see no reason why we can't beat the Tigers on home soil.[/i

This is exactly the sort of game we should be winning but very rarely seem to do so! If we do have aspirations of challenging for the top 8 or at least showing progression from season to season then this is a must win for me.

Thats not taking anything away from Cas who are in their own right a decent side but im sure at the start of season Mr McRae would have targeted this game as a possible win. Its no good playing brilliantly against Saints, Hudds & Hull and then getting turned over by teams around us, especially at home (im rambling a bit but you know what i mean!)

Hopefully Dan the Man will be back which will give us more attacking impetus and hopefully give us the edge in this game.

Salford win by 10

I don't think we can win the league now so we will have to win all our games and try and come second.

SUNDAY 20th JUNE 2010

Valvoline Cup

Salford City Reds v Castleford Tigers

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Is that the J Bloem?

[iIt sure is the one and only Mr Jamie Bloem
and by all accounts he knows his stuff since his hung his boots up.[/i

Fair play to the man, its a shame more ex players dont look at taking that route, and if anyone watched the super league show at the weekend, a lot of players could have a bleak and joblesr future. As for the Cas game i've read that Shenton took a knock against Catalans.

Yep - Shenton carried off with a knee injury that didnt look too great.

Cas were awful too. Devoid of attacking ideas. Worked really hard, but not really smart.

If I was a betting man I;d say Salford by 8, but who knows with Cas, and we always play better away wierdly.

Looking forward to it, will be an interesting game - hard to call

This on sunday is gonna' be one hell of a game,
We need some improvements from last weeks fall down.
so lets hope McRae has done his job and we win 54-0


Ok, that score line was a bit silly - 54-2

This could well be the hardest touch judge known to man... Let's hope he officiates a Wire game and Mr Briers gobs off at him... Very bad idea I'd imagine!

And Ben Westwood too

But if both use Matt Kings hair as a shield if could be a different outcome imo