Absolutely terrible. And, having seen plenty of the other games this weekend, that goes for most of the league in general.

Defences awful, handling poor. The Australians must laugh at how bad the standard of our competition is.

Out of curiosity, and be honest, how many games do people think this Wire side would win in a regular NRL season?... personally, I think we would win 2/3 games at best.

The most depressing part of that match tonight was that couple bottom right of the fans, think they were watching old episodes of Emmerdale or Antiques roadshow.

Agreed, but this isn’t our premier sporting competition like the Australians, , do kids really want to be rugby league players growing up? The answer is no, football is and always will be in this country.

And there's me thinking what an entertaining game it was apart from several unforced handling mistakes. Wakefield , even with injuries , were determined to put the effort in & make us work for the win.

I'm with you Archie mind you I watched it in a pub well earned beer in hand and in good company, four Salford fans who were happy to chat RL I don't understand the amount of negativity TBH and I get we might not win many NRL games whatever that's got to do with it

DSM not sure what the point of comparing our competition to the NRL would be. Different salary cap, different playing pools etc.
It sounds like you have fallen out of love with the game as much as anything else.
I enjoyed the match for the most part, yes we made some mistakes but the willingness to throw the ball around was encouraging.

Job done....and bet we still can’t make from page on the trades.

Come on, that was much better. The attacking structure was vastly improved and the defence was on point albeit against an under strength Wakey team.

I enjoyed it, some good tries, especially from Austin.

Any NRL comparisons are crazy given the salary cap difference.

I understand your frustrations, DSM, but I think you're being a little too harsh. Ive seen precious little RL this season. Some of our televised games, and a few others, pre lockdown. After that, a few games of NRL have been on in the background due to my insomnia. Yes, the Aussie game is far superior to ours, but, [iall that glitters, ain't (green and) gold[/i. Ive seen enough tosh, there.


That was the first Wire game I've seen since lockdown (wasn't paying much attention to the last 15 mins....doing a zoom quiz), and thought tonight was not too bad.
Ratchford oozes class. Superb from Austin. A little "in and out" from Widdop. Currie getting back to where he was, pre injury.

Keep it going, Wire. Nowt's won yet. Let's just keep on the shoulders of Wigan, Saints and Leeds.

Sky commentators get no better, though

I've watched more of the NRL since lockdown than ever before and my feelings about it are largely unchanged. It's similar to how I feel about the football premiership - the matches [ifeel[/i like an event by virtue of the better coverage, presentation etc. but the entertainment value is often lacking, and some of the teams I've seen have been woeful.

In terms of tonight's match, I enjoyed it. I thought Austin, Widdop and Ratch combined well and Matt Davis was excellent. As for Ben's try, well, the Harvey's Bristol Cream has never tasted better.

Jake Mamo looked good. No doubt Gelling will get his place back next week. Samy Kibula had a good debut.

I enjoyed tonight’s game. We scored some great tries with a little flair. We started too slowly but defended well. If we want to be at the top of the competition come play off time, we needed to batter Wakefield. And we did. We didn’t best them by a little bit, it was 36 points.

Was it perfect? No. Was it enough to give us hope we are heading in the right direction? Absolutely.