Russell was awful not good enough.

Last two posts sum it up, we were due a reminder and got it today. Russell isn't super league standard anymore unfortunately. His knock on from that Watkins offload would've been gobbled up by a half decent SL winger.

We were all pants today, but he doesn't feel like he fits in with burgess team, he's a bit of a square peg

Gutted, more for Hayes than anything else. These are the games we should win to have any joy.

Collectively all off the ball today with Harrison and Williams maybe the exceptions.

Walker needs to calm down and his team mates need to do that I thought I was watching Captain frantic Brad Dwyer at times.

Russell was poor and with Ratchford at centre I felt we had no threat on either edge. Salford were letting that ball over the top knowing that Russel couldn't hurt them, his defence under high balls and that knock on, were painful.
Will do the watchback but let's hope it's a wake up and we go again.

The cracks are starting to show now aren't they. Right on cue. Walker had his worst game in a Wire shirt I thought, but then most didn't come away with much. King I thought was very good though.

Poor Russell. He played OK for us last year so a bit harsh to write him off yet.
It was touch & go today & against Leigh. But Wigan, Catalan & Saints looked poor this week. You just can't expect to win & play well every week.
Our forward interplay has been sussed. I'd like the Salford centres. So sorry for Hayes ... wot a lovely lad.

It was a poor, bitty sort of game, low on quality, but could have gone either way. You get peaks and troughs during a season - the Saints game was a peak and we have dipped since. Not sure about that penalty try, though. The ball was bouncing back out of the in-goal area, so a big call to say he would definitely have scored.

We were poor to average and were still looking like winning it until that penalty try. Shame Vaughan didn't get that ball down just before otherwise that would have sealed it. Salford are a decent side. But i always feel they raised their game against us. They're always tight games against them. We're always going to lose games but in previous seasons it was always the manner of them. I cannot say the same this season. We have always been in it until the end. Draw a line under it and move on to next week.

I thought that performance was absolutely abysmal to be honest. We’ve played a Salford side who didn’t play well and a 30% per cent performance would have got us over the line. Bar Williams and Hayes the rest of em were dreadful.

Lindop must be injured otherwise he needs to come in (or Lynch) if Ashton is injured and Ratchford and Russell should never trouble the first team again unless for an absolute emergency.

Vaughan also needs a good day talking to.

It’s about time we started getting serious links to a prop forward.
Especially as Dudson was arguably the best prop in the second period.

Once again Vaughan is not making me eat my own words.

Awful fare from two poor sides today unfortunately.

Feel for Hayes, that didn't look good.

The tackling for Salford's 1st try was pathetic kids could do better..we got what we deserved.. Huddersfield will be hoping this wire team turn up for the semi final