Big conundrum with selection now. Clearly Ratchford was not as good a partner to Sandow in the halves as Gids and I thought Russell was exceptional again and HAS to play, he just gets the team moving forward.

Feel sorry for Wheeler, looks like his career is over! Chris Hill is constantly laying on and giving away stupid penalties which didn't help us first half, but what a display we came together and put on an amazing performance second half, can't wait to see Gids and Sandow back together next week, Russell definitely made a difference, overall I think we have a really good strong squad.

A dramatic end to a poor game from our point of view. No aggression at in defence in the first 40, no direction and a lack of unity and effort. If that's what happens when Gidley is out we had better revise the "our year" suggestions. Westerman was poor, Evans again no point having him swap with Ratch, forwards giving needless penalties away giving the onus to the opposition. Poor Wheeler, deregister once and for all. Fair play to Currie never took a backward step against the man mountain. Russell was exceptional, Penny was his usual enthusiastic self and fair play with Russell helped the forwards with their runs and not forgetting Penny put a great stop on Junior Sau when he could have broke with no one behind Penny. We got away with it but we have to be much more organised, disciplined and aggressive to progress.

Congratulations on your win last night. Your guys fought hard in the second half and that drop goal was excellent. It's a tough one for us to take and I personally think a draw would have been a fair result. I can imagine how buzzing you must be. Best of luck for the rest of the season.

Salford have just been cited by the RFL for financial and salary cap irregularities in 2014 and 2015. No surprise there then.

I must say , i felt sorry for O'Brien last night , he seemed to get clattered in nearly every tackle.
I thought Russell was excellent last night & Sandow ,apart from that sensational drop goal, proved once again what a great array of field kicks he has up his sleeve & is the definite replacement for Briers we have been lacking.I know he had his knockers ,including myself, but my own words a very tasty at the moment, & the boy has been a very shrewd signing by Smith. To say 3 of our tries were scored by forwards shows what a mobile pack we have & if fitness levels can be maintained we could do well.
As for Wheeler, if his latest injury does mean the end of his career ,then i think we should be in the market for a reserve hooker to cover for injuries.

Great result and good display in the last 30 mins. World class drop goal.

Noticed that Lineham looked tired and unfit. He didn't have much ball but never helped out like Penny. Bring back Gene till he loses a few pound and wants to wear the shirt with pride!!!

We said the same thing, looked somewhat porky even if his nickname is the 'flying pig'.

His stats don't read well either.

PS Matty Russell made an outstanding 201 metres gained last night.

I suspect for next week, assuming no further injuries, it will be 3 out and 3 in with Gidley, Clark and Cox replacing Wheeler, King and Julien. Does leave Smith with a real issue with Russell playing so well. As you say, he can't be dropped. I suspect Ratchford will feature from the bench.

I couldn't go last night but noticed against Wakefield that Russell made 3 passes, all of which went backwards rather than forwards and to the intended recipient. That is probably 100% up on what he would have achieved last season. He seems to be picking up the skills Jack Johnson seems to possess naturally.

Clark back for Cas game I believe

Following on from Mark's point; if Russel stays at FB and Gidley partners Sandow as expected, then that only leaves the centre spot for Ratchford. Even if he comes off the bench I am not too sure where he will play. Evans needs a decent run of matches to see how he measures up. Atkins has picked up his performance and I don't think TS would drop him in any case. But I don't think we can afford to drop a talent like Ratchford. Unless there is an injury somewhere, it will be an intriguing selection problem for Smith.

I've always felt Ratchfords best position is centre. But wherever he plays its about time we had some competition for places.

The second half certainly got the pulses going after a at times frustrating first I have to admit Salford contributed to all that as they played very well moving the ball about in good style at times, got to agree with all regarding fitness, stamina and mental toughness a real togetherness about the lads, Ratchford was very high in the tackle count for his first game, great to see Sandow enjoying his game kept us moving both left and right his kicking game and that drop what can I say.

well lest we forget, ratch also player hooker for a period last night.

He should replace Evans... Evans doesn't offer us anything in attack, just a solid defender.