Maybe old age, maybe beer or maybe sentiment but I can't remember a better backs to the wall performance than last night.

We as a sport don't do ourselves and favours at all, Ganson is sailing very close to bringing the game into disrepute, the forward pass he missed in the Hull derby last week was nothing short of corrupt and last night I was bewildered at some of his decisions. I know the RFL need senior refs but they need senior refs who seem to be unbiased, who don't let the crowds chants or dislike of them cloud thier judgement and have the required fitness level to keep up with a fast paced game. All that said I do think he won us the game last night as I doubt we'd have rallied like we did if he hadn't binned both the players (what were they binned for exactly?) and when they did come back on they both set about getting stuck in to help the cause better than they have been doing this season.

The positives last night were endless, everyone like me must have feared that at 20 nil down we were dead and thought that a cricket score awaited. The spirit and rugby nouse we showed in the period either side of half time we were at a numerical disadvantage was outstanding (sorry but Patten's detractors need to eat some humble pie and fully appreciate his efforts this season and in particular last night when he guided the whole team through the game), to have the skill and guts to give the ball some air when most teams would have just carted it up the middle for 5 and kicked long showed real skill. The forwards stood up to a big pack, Feka got the bit between his teeth, McPherson looked genuinely class last night and you can see the beliefe in Sidlow growing game by game. The backs are as dangerous as I've seen in decades at Salford, Moon just plain has it, Gleeson on the front foot has a fine offload and Broughton last night showed why we need to get him involved more as his pace last night was breathtaking. - then you get to Patten as I say elsewhere he was the main man during the sin binnings and just before the final whistle he went on a mazey run not actually trying to make any ground but eat up the clock (puposely running backwards to eek it out more) which again showed his superb rugby brain.

The atmosphere at the ground last night for a game with only one set of fans in attendance (OK there was the odd Cats shirt and oddly some 6 fingered interlopers from down the A57) was getting close to shed like, the new mascot seems to be a brilliant addition as the kids were queuing up to have pictures taken and then during the game the gooning around with hi fives was what a mascot should be doing, christ they even had an extra mini bar on the help us get oiled a bit easier.

Good post MR.

Re Patten. I was with a guy last night who knows Pattens sponsor very well. Somehow we have to try & get the sponsor to speak to Luke to give it another year.

Like Duneman he has class and is very eloquent & he must be enjoying his Rugby. The Magic Weekend must have helped so lets hope talks can commence.

Michigan Red:

Great post sums up how 99% of Salford reds fans will be feeling this morning.

Well done again to the coaching staff who are obviously getting the best out of this group of players.
Guts, determination, skill & above all character! WELL DONE

Finally I would not argue with man of the match but Patten for me was outstanding!

Re Patten. I was with a guy last night who knows Pattens sponsor very well. Somehow we have to try & get the sponsor to speak to Luke to give it another year.


Just on that note... When is Holdsworth contract up??? If Patten does pack in , maybe it would influence Holdsworths decision to stay with us or move on ....

Atmosphere was really good yesterday. I think two of the best games for noise have been when theres been no away fans in attendance, Catalans and London, which is unusual! They have been two of our better performances though.

Two huge home games to come and we really need to be competitive. Hopefully close games against Saints and Warrington will see the recent feel good factor remain.

Like the mascot too. Do we have game day mascots anymore? If not maybe something we could offer as part of the new Junior Reds.

2 good results on the bounce yet no official match report on rlhttp://www.reds.co.ukrl

Congratulations, SCR, I work with a reds and ManCity supporter, he was mightily surprised when I showed him the scoreline.

And I ahve to say... 20 - 0 down and coming back to win, that's impressive. Please keep it up (except against us, of course )

Great night last night . After the first 20 mins, I'm sure everyone thought "here we go again", but to score 28 unanswered points and go on to win the game, especially down to 11 men, showed great character, and bodes well for the rest of the season. Castleford away next week, never an easy place to go, but they seem to be struggling this season, and I'm sure we can get the result if we play anything like the previous two games.

As Black Cat says, it's a shame we don't seem to be getting much exposure in the wider rugby league community for the brand of rugby we are attempting to play. I saw recently that Widnes (despite being clearly out of their depth) are live on Sky twice in the next few weeks, one of which is away at Wigan. Which goon at Sky thought that would be a match worth watching? Yet, as things stand Sky have no intention of showing us again this season. Their loss I suppose, but also the loss of the armchair fans who would be royally entertained.

I thought the Wire match was on Sky - obviously mistaken.

Maybe

quite a good report pity about the picture editor www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... tback.html

quite a good report pity about the picture editor www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... tback.html

The first quarter did appear to be an 'after the Lord Mayors Show' display.
This added to the vindictive performance by Ganson - (As I understand it) - he was the one abused prior to an earlier home game which led to the warning on facebook and the official site for supporters to behave,while the offender was identified and banned.( Ganson was abused while warming up ) - incensed the Salford support and other right-thinking people.
While I believe the coaching pair take esprit de corps to another level,and I would relish the opportunity to hear the half-time talk by Phil Veivers which must have been of Churchillian proportions/Wayne Bennett magnitude
I would like to go on record to thank the supporters in the south stand who,while we were 20 points down,( I think,Durea missed the conversion) came out with chants of 'Salford Salford'.The crowd noise then began to build and we witnessed,what we witnessed.
As bad as we were in the first half Danny Williams made some errors and was targeted with high kicks in the second period,when I thought he was excellent.(He got a clip on his skull for his troubles)
Think the Globetrotters tag should now change to (Stephen) Wilds Dogs or Phil Veivers Dogs of War.
It ain't the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog.

These players of our certainly make it hard for themselves but while there is probably nothing to be done about Ganson;doesn't he know it by the smug grin on his face ? if we can get the away victory at Castleford the next 2 home games will be very interesting.

My thanks to John Wilkinson for providing/allowing a superb value season ticket for myself which certainly meant cutting his own throat but the thrills,skills and other things,have been brilliant and thanks to the coaching staff and players,not forgetting the conditioner;11 men,2 tries,and finishing the stronger !

I thought it interesting that the 2 players sin-binned were 2 of our most experienced players and I would suspect that the pair of them have a very good discipline record.To provoke a reaction from those 2 players,in particular,speaks volumes about the referee.I have no doubt it will all be forgotten about it.

Well done. Good for Salford, good for the game.