The lads last night showed effort thats all i ask of them and i was proud to be a salford fan. Nash imo was poor knocking the ball on a few times and i also thought smith was diabolical his defence was shi!e and when we get a few wingers back i would defo play ratchford instead of smith. Thornely had a good debut and would keep him in the team for the wigan game.

There were around 100-150 salford fans there i thought people saying there were 30-40 are wrong i think i could of named about 50 myslelf. "Thertes only a few but were louder than you"

your 'expert' opinion against my post was that i live 12000 miles away.
very thoughtful,insightful and constructive criticism that. Just for the record I was probably supporting Salford home and away for years before you were even born.As i said its just my opinion.And that negativity is born out of an ex NRL coach having had 'plenty of time' to whip the team into shape. He had all last year (even then we had a poor away record) plus the off season for signings. He knows the fitness levels needed even took the team to the states(yet everyone is now saying we are not fit enough)
And by 'shape' all i am asking for is a competitive side capable of being within a few points if not winning every week..Yes it takes time but hes had enough and he is not the man for the job..The results are proving that. imho of course

I thought it was a massive improvement in terms of attitude and commitment on Friday night.

The negatives were the fact that we lost, bought dummies too easily and were weak in our goal-line defence. I also thought Robbie Paul's defence was a problem and that Jeremy Smith disappeared from the game for long periods. All this when Saint Helens weren't really at their best, losing too much ball especially in the first half. The other big negative was the penalty count. I don't know what we do about this as we're not a dirty team and some of the penalties seemed very unfair to me.

However, the positives were the attitude, effort, determination and team spirit shown. Players chased back to defend (the Alker tackle on Roby being the best example). When we moved the ball about we looked like we could cause them problems. I just wish we could get better field position earlier in the game so we could be more expansive earlier. We do need to be scoring early to build confidence.

We have something to build on - and I hope the improvement continues on Friday at the Willows.

If your read my post there's no criticism in there, so it can't be thoughtful, insightful or constructive.

My point, which I stand by, was that the two people that have complained most about Friday's result are the two that are furthest from Salford and therefore had absolutely no chance of watching the game.

I always find it somewhat frustrating when people who watch games via 'teletext', or listen via radio, comment on how well/badly we played However, when it's people who haven't even clapped eyes on any of our current players I just find it laughable.

How would you feel if Shaun McRae demanded that you were sacked from you job, based upon opinions of others taken from the internet, despite the fact that he'd never seen you at work?

And as for your attempt at belittling me by saying you were probably watching Salford home and away before I was born ... you have no idea how old I am or how long I've been watching Salford ... and the fact you used to watch them years ago just makes you sound like the majority of taxi drivers round here. Either way, it doesn't give you enough knowledge, or any more right, to comment on our curent performance. I suppose if you were watching them so, so, so long ago at least you can use senility as an excuse for your ill-informed opinions.

HTH.

The Chair Maker is just a poor wind-up merchant, the other two clowns are clearly still struggling with their GCSEs, never mind anything else. A good following considering the way the season's started and a very vocal following at that. I was talking to Saints fans afterwards who were full of nothing but praise for us and were embarrassed by their own 'support'.



You are really starting to try my f*cking patience. Did you expect us to win at Saints? Did you really expect us to run them close? All we asked on Friday was an improvement in the performance and that the players put some effort in. That's what happened. Yes, we've still got a long way to go and yes, there was some very sloppy defending, but at the end of the day we saw a big improvement from the lads. If we can keep it up then we do reasonably well.

there is still nothing constructive in your post..I wasnt having a go at you about watching them before you were born just pointing out that coz im currently in Aus doesnt mean i dont have a history with the reds or just whinge for the sake of it. Macrae is useless and his record at our club are the reason for my concern...(results are proving that.)
Where in your posts do address what positives there are in keeping him..If you can enlighten me I would certainly listen..Tell me what hes doing that makes you supportive..Ill listen..

Oh and by the way I have seen three of Salfords games this season and eleven overall in Super league..But coz im 'senile' im not allowed an opinion..

i was at the game and when we was heading off to the ground and found out the team and we knew with the players missing it was gonna be so hard.i had to admit the ref was shocking.the team made a few mistakes but you can tell that they gived it 100% which im happy about.But are errors cost us the game really when we tryed kicking the ball out off play for a penalty and couldnt on 3 occassions and they scored off them also are last tackle kicks are really poor at the moment,watched alker and i av to say he does give the team a boost.the fans were loud since that there wasnt that many off us and saint fans lol where were you.didnt hear a song from you lot.

They tried that all you ask for, the effort they showed is the minimum we require for the rest of this season, no singing no balloons about it fact

yeah and we all know what happened to Rommel eventually !!

Maybe not, but that don't matter behind a keyboard.