It’s always hard to ref a game where the teams are intent on spoiling. Wire tried to “rough us up” all game- particularly nasty was cooper pressing into Haskell’s head after he’d Just come back on from a head assessment- and god knows what the on report was for. We were no angels either- we weren’t inside for quite a lot of the game, and we were holding down an age to slow wire down. Wire were moving off the mark before we’d placed the ball off the floor and took the ball off the man playing it to win the ball back!!! the conditions make it difficult I’m sure. But the tactics didn’t help him.

I knew someone would pick up on macintosh positioning for the try, he was on the other side of the pitch covering for mamo and Murphy who were involved in the tackle from the break. He was in the right position and his positioning and attitude to chase for his own try was spot on!

I was really impressed with our ball handling last night considering the conditions, weve handled much worse in the dry.

Thought it was a pretty solid performance all around last night and after a little criticism, I thought Turner and Murphy worked well together and Dan Smith looked like a pretty competent super league player last night.

Anyone any idea on the no try calls, were they the right calls? I didn't see anything wrong with my claret and gold blinkers on.

Also nice to see some camerarderie, togetherness and fight in the team last night. Certainly much more optimistic after last night, the effort was there and for me that is half the battle.

On another note, Warrington were terrible.

Kicking out in the tackle.

And we will have to play better, but all credit to them. I don't think Warrington were that poor. We normally can't cope with teams with line speed that quick, but we probably had more 7/8 out of 10 players than they did last night.

I thought it was a well deserved win and what I particularly liked was that we stood up and bit back when things got a bit tasty rather than going into our shells and rolling over.
I thought Olly Roberts showed signs of leadership last night - he was directing people and geeing them up and then would take in a ball and make some good yards as well. Future captain stuff IMO if he carries on like that and he's a full grown man now.
Thaler wasn't brilliant no but he was consistent. What he gave against us he gave against them and what he didn't for us he didn't for them. When that happens you can't have too many complaints about the refereeing IMO.

We had a rake of lads out and we played a quality Warrington side. Not many people would have expected a win like that before kick off. I'll take that 8 days a week.

Well done lads.

Must say I have to eat some humble pie.

Thought Clough and Ferguson were outstanding last night and usually im not the biggest fan of either. Although Warrington were extremely poor they don't have bags of pace, similar to us and we always seem do well against them.

Also mentions for Broughy and Daniel Smith who turned their performances round from last week.

Them conditions really do suit our style of play, especially with the players who were available to play.

We do seem to give silly penalties away though at crucial times but last night we managed to defend well straight after, such as the flop on Ratchford right by their line in the 2nd half and the really late challenge on their kicker in the first half, just before half time. We will need to cut these out though, especially against St Helens.

Thought Mamos disallowed try was very harsh and that would have killed the game off completely in the first half.

Few bodies potentially back for the St Helens game as well such as Bruno, Jerry, Wakeman & Walne (Although no one knows if he is even injured). Although I wouldn't just throw all 4 of them in at once.

Really important win this, especially having to play St Helens next who may be the team to beat this year. After the Saints game we have a good few fixtures with Wakey, Widnes and Hull KR.

Agree with all of above - ground out a good win in poor conditions playing the game the right way with good ball retention fewer pens and solid drives. Really impressed with Fergie who notably made some good runs out wide, broke through and even kicked through. Thought that added a lot to our attack last night. Main thing for me was the effort from the whole 17 especially in defence and the desire to win. Been a long time since the whole team celebrated together like they did when the win was assured with a few minutes left. Seems the team spirit is good which goes a long way. We can only get better from here and the week break may actually work in our favour to make a few tweaks, practice some more plays and of course have more players available for selection.
Apart from Ratchford Wire were poor though but you can only play what is in front of you. Good win overall and encouraged for the season to come.

wow its going to be quiet on here for a few weeks after that!!

thought we were always in control lastnight, never looked like losing... the game i felt should have been won by half time, two disallowed tries which would have been interesting if there was a video ref.

was abit worried about having a collapse like at hull in the second half but need not worry!!

thought ferguson was brilliant, but i like him anyway, such a hard player to put down once he gets his legs pumping... bossed murdoch masila.

murphy...again another who doesnt get enough credit, wins important pens like jerry when bringing the ball back.

rankin, showed up well lastnight too...

players to return from injury in coming weeks, things looking brighter!

5100 not a bad crowd in that weather and a thurs night... thought the lights going on and off at the start when players came out was a nice touch

From the outside that sounds like a really good result. Better still if you managed to control the ball which was more than either side in the other game managed to do.

ceraintly cut down on the errors which cost us last week at hull in the second half

Just because a couple of fans leave these boards crying because of valid criticism and facts about how poorly the club is run off the field, that does not mean people on here are against the club

Last night was a great result unexpected to me , but very welcome and really pleased for the club and the players let’s hope it leads to a good season.

Well done all

Totally agree hxgiant.

There seems to be a few people who believe that supporting the club also involves blind loyalty to the sclerotic management who are obviously holding it back.

The forum- and in fact the world would be a very boring place if everyone had the same opinions about everything. No one likes a good “debate” more than me- without an opposing opinion I wouldn’t get one!
I’m quite forthright in my own opinions but by the same token I want others with opposite views to voice theirs just as noisily! I never take offence of someone doesn’t agree with me- I just shout a bit louder

I thought the light show was very good, and should be used at all night matches. The game was, I believe better than a lot of fans said. When I saw the team sheet compared to Warrington`s I didn`t give us a cat-in-hells chance, but the lads selected did extremely well. It was down to our defense most of the time that kept Wire at bay, and they very rarely got nearer than 10 metres from our line, and in those conditions was a very good effort. The ref took the players back about 12 metres which is why he didn`t pull up many off-sides, having said that Wire were quick out of the blocks as they were on our first receiver as soon as he got the ball, apart from that he gave a few queer decisions both ways, which is swings and roundabouts, and ok as long as a bad decision does not affect the result which it didn`t.

I agree with all that and great what’s going on on the field

Let’s look a bit deeper though off the field, Ken rightly said the other night we need double that crowd to be viable ,not easy in the current market but lots of opportunities if you look hard enough. The game will evolve and are we switched on to to move forward ,past performance would say no. Over to those in charge