This patient has been in a vegetative state for ten years, with the occasional twitch of a finger.

I still think Powell is the right man for the job, and believe he has the right players next year.
My belief and positivity will keep me warm through a cold cold Winter

To be fair (and I don’t believe I’m saying this) but Rubber Duckie is right, packs win games. The money invested and not just the sheer size, but the experience brought in, we should bully our way into the top 6 (anything less is an abject failure), and if we can get any kind of system where Williams and Dufty get some good ball in space we could find ourselves in the mix by sheer dumb luck.

If we have a miraculous defensive improvement, find a kicking game and can get the ball to Ashton in space, we might even have something to look forward to.

Still, I’ll be saving my season ticket money this year. Invest it in memory loss juice instead…

i dunno, i've questioned the Hull Fc mythical pack on here lots, their results have kinda proved me correct. i think there's a bit more to it than just big bodies.

we could do with come back rowers that tackle for the big bodies up front

The 2023 pack should rumble us upfield over the course of 80 mins against most opposition, if the incumbents play to reputation and ability.

Scoring when we get upfield will be the issue we have to fix, [iagain[/i

When did we last fix it? 2010 - 2014?

All good matey, i genuinely think this is the full crap year of turmoil, and next year will be a great year for us

Looks like we're here to help with Powells first win, Rowley has included six players no Salford fan has ever heard of, must have dragged them off the street, and included players like Greenwood who's been injured all season, i'd forgotton all about him and Escare and Livett who've been ruled out for the season. He's basically pulled the first 17 other than Cross and King. I think you might just nick it.

TBH wasn't that nearly always just a high kick to the wing - sure we got a bunch of trys from Hicks & Monaghan doing it, but it was hardly a fluid / dynamic attacking strategy that cleverly unpicked a defence.

(Recognising there's a definite skill to kick it (under pressure) in the right place repeatedly, which I'm not sure we've currently got anyway).

Should be close then!

Josh McGuire, March 2021, had he time travelled into the future to watch his future employers
2023 - Year of Steel and a non plump squidgy underbelly - (Hopefully)

Quote: shinymcshine241 "TBH wasn't that nearly always just a high kick to the wing - sure we got a bunch of trys from Hicks & Monaghan doing it, but it was hardly a fluid / dynamic attacking strategy that cleverly unpicked a defence.'" 2011 we were red hot with flowing attacking moves - Brett Hodgson at full back, King and Bridge in the centres, Briers and Myler at half. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdw38f1FTk

Quote: shinymcshine241 "TBH wasn't that nearly always just a high kick to the wing - sure we got a bunch of trys from Hicks & Monaghan doing it, but it was hardly a fluid / dynamic attacking strategy that cleverly unpicked a defence.'" 2011 we were red hot with flowing attacking moves - Brett Hodgson at full back, King and Bridge in the centres, Briers and Myler at half. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdw38f1FTk

We also had dummy runners all over the place, something we have not seen since 2014 which is an absolute basic of rugby league.

Hopefully a dominant pack will give us the energy for plenty of life in the attack in the opposition 20.