Bullet proof me mate

I've just popped back into this thread to lend it some support. Well said MR!

I don't have an agenda. I just happen to say what i hear and observe. You want to believe it's an agenda. Doom and gloom is because we've been served a pile od shlte for 30 god damn years, it's almost become part of our DNA.

I haven't been derailed either. i've posted positive views lately. Why you might ask. it's because i've observed positive attributes, mainly players attitudes this season mentally and physically, the transformation has startled me, but i don't want to count my chickens due to the marathon we have in front of us and past experiences, in the meantime i'll carry on being me, posting my views as i see as usual, so if you don't like them, tough, i ain't going nowhere MR. If i see positive i'll post positive.

Welcome back, see none of the people with an agenda have replied, hopefully they have found a different cause to champion, maybe they can go join Sean Penn and help liberate the Falklands.

after 4 games at the start of the 2011 season we had won 1 lost 3 scored 82 against 136 diff - 54 points 2

now this season after 4 we have won 2 lost 2 scored 82 against 102 diff -20 points 4
both years scored 15 tries
so defence appears better but attack is the same.

Stats mean nothing. I can see what's good and what's not good. The attack looks a whole lot quicker from 1st to 2nd man which is key.

If Long stays I agree,as for his employers,It is not respect he wants,It the tools to do his job,yes the team are
together,and that's great,this is are last chance,we have got to take It.

can't give it up eh lad, just like an alchoholic itching for one more pint.

Well said Daz

I think the squad depth and balance is actually better this year than last.

Consider that on Friday night we were without Godwin, Williams, Moon, Gledhill and Anderson through injury. All positions were ably covered. All the players who have stepped in when called upon this season - Gibson, Boyle, Sidlow, Owen, etc - have performed well.

When you look at last season's departees - Stefan Ratchford, Ray Cashmere, Mark Henry, Jack Spencer, Rob Parker, Adam Clay - how many will we seriously miss? (Clue: any answer above 2 is wrong!)

Factor in that we have an all-new-Feka, a more settled Patten, a more consistent Jewitt, a half back pairing that appears more in-tune, along with all the new signings - Shannan McPherson, Ben Gledhill, Josh Veivers, Stuart Howarth, Joel Moon, Jordan James and Matty Ashurst - the future is rosier than I thought after seeing us humbled by Leigh last month.

On top of all that we have a team that appears to want to play for each other and the coaching staff - and that for me is the most optimistic sign of all so far this year!

On wins-losses, Veivers is at the same level as Andy Gregory was two matches before the end of the 2007 season. Numbers-wise, including his stint as interim coach last season, his is a far better start than any head coach before him in Super League bar Gregory. That's quite an achievement... so far.

Furthermore, if Salford were to finish in the top 8 this year, using recent placings history as a guide, Veivers's win-loss record would more than likely overtake Gregory's at the same point of their respective tenures.

HERE'S A POSITIVE:
the team continued to plug away all game on Friday. Hull are not easy to beat home or away. The effort was rewarded by one of the longest standing ovations (remember more of us sit than when at the Willows) I remember.

Very well said michegan. At last someone with a positive attitude whos see good times are only round the corner.