I thought Cashmere and Matty Smith were excellent for you tonight. Good luck for the rest of the season.

agreed we are not top 8 by a long way,but even if we finish 9th or 10th i suppose its an improvement,we could have had an easyier start to the season and possibly had 3 wins out of 4,but at least we can look at the games we have had and realise where we need to improve to go forward!

Matty Smith was very good for Salford tonight.

Game was tighter than the score suggests I think.

Agreed - think I counted about 7 times we lost the ball between halfway and the Wigan goal line. If we'd completed our sets and put away a couple of chances we could have made it a lot closer and maybe been pushing for the win at the end

Much of the optimism for this season was based on the clear out and signing of new players.
With 2 second rowers and a centre yet to appear,maybe we need to bear that in mind.

One other point
Adamson ?? I just don't get it.Are his stats brilliant or am I just missing something

Well done to all players and staff after a strange week for the club. Only negatives for me was the soft try inside the 1st minute and some bad handling when in good attacking positions. Some cracking attacking kicks from Ratchford and Smith (Ratchfords bomb.... did it come down with snow on it .....it was in the air so long ) , and Sneyd looks pretty classy too. Great effort all round with definate improvement all round. Hope we build on this.

Defensively he's good but he offers nothing going forward. Seemed very laboured running the ball in tonight.

A much improved performance and as mentioned a lot more players stepped up today to show us what they can do. I feel if Ratchford has been ok to continue we would have been on the scoreboard a few more times tonight. However, thats not to take anything away from Sneyd, he came on for the restart and had a blinder. The potential with Holdsworth, Ratchford, Smith and Sneyd is endless. Selection is going to be a nightmare!!

For me a special goes to Godwin, he had an outstanding match tonight and his tackling and work rate was nothing short of heroic. It was like having a young Alker back on the pitch.

Adamson does seem to be slow of the blocks this season but there are signs of him getting back to the form we want from him. I think his injuries have taken a bit more out of him than all expected. I have no doubts that he'll come good again, I just hope it's sooner rather than later.

Well played to all and here's hoping some Malc Magic over the next few days will bring a big W against Leeds next week!

Yes,but just how good defensively is he?
Do the stats back that up or is it the Emperors new clothes?

I think it's blatantly clear you haven't looked at his individual stats year on year compared to the rest of the squad.

Not to put you in your place but yes his stats speak volumes ESPECIALLY defensivey.


2009 - 2nd top tackler in SL only to Mal with 923 tackles (Mal 981)
2010 - 26th top but missed 8/9 games thru injury (647 tackles) still .....
2011 - 103 tackles in 3 games plus tonight which should see him in the top 5 this year. As it stands he's 3rd top tackler for Salford behind Stephen Wild and surprisingly Matty Smith!


It's clear to see (for any Salford supporter) he has one of the best work rates in the team.

I don't think that's in question. He sustained injury midway thru last season and played thru some of it and I think we will see him offensively improve over time. Bear in my mind the likes of Adamson HAVE NOT been coached properly. The sooner we get a capable coach who can guide our young promising talent the better.

I stand corrected.
Can't argue with stats,I suppose.
I want him to succeed,he's home grown,but he just seems lacklustre.

Salfords last try will probably the best Wigan may concede this season. Very slick - well done Reds.

I wasn't at Wakey but there seemed to be a lot more effort, enthusiasm and team spirit compared to the opening two games. Forwards still taking the ball too flat without enough speed and we did put down a lot of ball at crucial times relieving the pressure on Wigan. (I put these errors down to the poor start to the season and the pressure of wanting to impress and put things right) Patten showed his class linking into the line to create two fantastic try's. I was pleased with the performances of most of the players last night.

When we get Holdsworth and Boyle back and hopefully Anderson playing I can see us doing OK because we won't be playing the champions every week. What was most pleasing for me despite the result was the the fact we made a game of it and showed signs of improvement in many areas and the potential to kick on from this.

Keep up the hard work and positive attitude lads and the rewards will come!

10/10 for effort. Just a shame we kept dropping the ball in decent positions.

Correct ,better ball control could have possibly won us last nights game.