Think we all would take this win, no matter how ugly.

One step forward at least, hope we can back this up with a win at Hull on Monday.

Decent win, decent performance. Let’s go with the glass half full approach guys and move on. Highlight of the night was seeing Danny Farrar in the VeeP lounge, such a tough player it was a pleasure to buy him a pint.

If you think king is glass you've led a sheltered life..bang average at best and that's being very kind

He's an eye for an opportunity to hurt the opposition, a fine quality in a player. Maybe in times gone by he would be bang average but in the current climate of superleague he looks classy to me. He has traits that are sadly lacking in the overall quality of the competition.

As I expected. 2 poor teams. Wire with enough to beat a depleted Salford, we’re lucky that Hull will be sore and depleted with a days less rest.
Hopefully if we don’t turn up late again, we may get a win there too.
That could be our only points until August.

I spoken to reps of the sponsors from Hoover, who are very disappointed with the season, but they are committed and see it as of transition.

Well if they don't like it, they'll just have to suck it up.

King good.
Vodka red bull bad.
Kings hEad good
Friars Court bad.
Air con needed

It depends upon your frame of reference. Had we been coming off the back of a series of wins then you would say that we were average and allowed a poor Salford team back into the game when we should have finished them off before half time. On the back of five defeats then this was a greatly improved performance. Our line speed was greatly improved, our defence better organised, Mulhern was immense, and both Daz Clark and Currie looked to have regained some of their form.

I’m looking forward to Hull KR vs. FC today hoping that it’s an absolute blood bath.

It is strange watching a game where you play one of the teams next. A mass brawl would be ideal. Five or six red cards good. Even the odd hamstring twinge doesn't seem too bad. Not right really but ...

Not sure red cards would help us as I dont think disciplinary will be until after the weekend.

I agree with the comments on here. There was effort on show and a few flashes of skill. Ratchford justified his selection with a controlling display in the halves; Currie and King completely dominated their opposite numbers down the left hand side.

Our organisation on last tackle is very poor though.

I did wonder if the 6 again hooter was on silent mode for us. Good to see that we can score from within the 20. There was clearly some team spirit shown, at least a couple of long range breaks could easily have resulted in tries (for us).
With Ratchford in the halves the left edge seems to benefit, the right not so much.
Will have done their confidence the world of good, but I suspect it is still quite fragile.
I thought Mulhern and Bullock put in good shifts last night, Cooper did his job and Philbin slightly more effective than of late.
Hughes was Hughes, Currie showed he can still cause problems.
D Clark put on a good show and Walker a live wire if a little “grabby” in the tackle. Magoulis, feeling his way, I feel he could turn into a Waterhouse, but that is probably wishful thinking .
In the backs, well I still think we are currently a better team with Ratch in rather than out.
I have high hopes of Thewlis and Ashton. I still think Charnley is a spent force I’m afraid, unless it is a walk in. King is class but needs a bit of time to get his confidence back. Mr Hop Skip and a Jump still has a way to go to get me onside.

He always does. He's a very solid and reliable part of our spine. We are definitely weaker without him in the 13. I am happy to accept the judgment of others that Thewlis is the better full back and we do need something different from the past few years to take us to that elusive Grand Final win. However, we do still miss Ratch when he doesn't play. He is by no means anywhere near our weakest link.

And yet 5 tries down the left hand side, 3 by him. He is finding his form and will prove an asset.

A shattering assessment.

That's a gloomy outlook! We've a run of 5 tough fixtures to come, with some easier games then in June (using the current table to quantify "easier"icon_wink.gif. It might sound optimistic to believe we'll pick up a win, or even two, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility. We needed the win yesterday, which relieves some of the pressure for the time being. The test now until June, is to not get zero league points, never mind August.