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.

We looked better than against Rovers, and Huddersfield, in terms of structure in attack and defence. In what felt like a free flowing game, the shut out was well earned and deserved due to playing as a team and everyone contributing. Yes, there will be sterner tests to follow, but that 80 minutes looked like we were on the right path.

If you think some of the NRL sides are woeful, Lord only knows what you make of the majority of the SL sides, most of whom wouldn't get within 20 points of even the NRL's worst. As for entertainment, I'm not sure what the knock-on-athon of SL has that keeps you glued to your seat?

I can definitely agree here.

Phil Clarke actually applauding the most amateur short kick off I've ever seen from Ryan Hampshire.

And as for Kallum Watkins' role as Sky Sports' latest BLM stooge?... Christ, you think they'd audition him before they let him loose in front of the camera?.. Poor lad was like the proverbial rabbit in the headlights.

Clarke really is becoming a running joke. Constantly "bigging up" the plucky underdog in every game. If Mike Tyson was facing the local pub drunk, circa 1987, he'd be extolling the chances of "Big Jeff" rather than the Heavyweight Champion.

As for this BLM campaign, its 6 months down the line, now. I can't remember a "cause" lasting this long. All lives matter. Respect matters. Let's move on.

Thank God I don't give Sky my money (bar my Ibroadband) anymore

Take your time, you're an intelligent bloke (which makes it a little more worrying) and have a real deep think about the genuine (non Daily Mail etc) motives for such a cause.

As others have said, it's not the NRL. Fans have been clamouring on here for some more constructive play from the Wire and last night they got it. The team showed some flare and a number of individuals looked to be much closer to their best than we've seen this season, including pre-lockdown. Wakey woefully short of their best players but the twenty minute spell in 2nd half when Wire were defending the line constantly was a typical 'momentum' spell when some errors and a few consecutive calls went their way resulting in a spell of pressure, and Wire's defense held up. All in all a quaility showing by Warrington.