Karl Fitzpatrick; “We played Wigan four times in 2019 and beat them three times and it was very disappointing that we didn’t beat them four times. I expect us to complete a clean sweep against them this year with our recruitment and the quality of our squad.”

That’s the reason we won there - the HB’s. If they’re on form and playing like they can, we lose. Probably quite comfortably too. I can’t emphasise enough the importance of that hit on Austin from Oli. It took him out the game completely at a time when Wire were getting stronger. Widdop then made inexcusable errors trying to do too much and Wire just collapsed completely.

Joe did big minutes against Leeds hence he probably got fatigued tonight. At lease he has got some punch.

When Faz scored was Austin on the deck holding his leg, neck, arm or foot? One thing was sure he wasn't making a tackle. Partington's tackle knocked the stuffing out of him.

Where was that Wolf tonight?

Sack Terry, Baz and Phil and get Brown in with Wilkin.

What a good idea!
Funnily enough, a friend texted me during the game and said that Brown should replace O’Connor.
We also agree that Wilkin is excellent.

I don’t think Clarke’s too bad though. At least he speaks English.

Somebody said upthread, was the game that good? Well I've been away, and had the Wigan game and Raiders/Roosters recorded, and I must admit, I watched the Raiders first; I'd been really looking forward to seeing GW against the Roosters, and he and his team didn't disappoint! Then watching the Wigan game, I thought it was a well above-average SL encounter. Warrington should have won, Ratchford was excellent as usual, but they didn't make the most of their chances. I was impressed with Singleton too, a very good effort, and hopefully he will only improve further. Bullock too put in a good shift. But again, the lack of game plan, still poor last tackles options, and Smith surely introduced late. Luckily today, not too late. That pin-point kick he landed in the in-goal by the corner flag; all Bibby had to do was make the tackle, and he couldn't do it, and Charnley came away with the ball; it deserved better. Faz a machine as usual, let's keep him in his proper position.

Anyone got the stats for Brad Singleton last night?

Singleton played like Coley used to, hard work, direct and always wanted the ball,just a no nonsense approach. It's a shame we can't lose Clubb as well as Flower at the end of this season, we really don't need either. Burgess is another matter, we all hope he gets fit and probably most important for him is some confidence in his own body, to really be the explosive player he's known for.

Another thing about last night. The Hardaker break. I think one of the correct decisions Lam has made is putting him at centre. He is a strong lad who tackles well (although doesn't give Manfredi much ball) but 2 or 3 years ago Zak was away and gone with that break and not for catching.

not many caught him then, Charnley is rapid and would have caught Hardaker all day long, French didnt get to him and Bibby looked like he was running in mud

Bibby is really frustrating. I honestly think there is a good player their and he showed it for Salford. Last night he had some shockers. Stick him back to centre and we’ll get a better output. He really needs to learn not to shoot the line when defending. Budge was murder for that at one point, that trait seems to have been coached out of him.

Metres from our forwards:
1. Farrell - 141m (17 carries)
2. Partington - 125m (13 carries)
3. Bullock - 112m (12 carries)
4. Singleton - 94m (13 carries)

Top metres from our outside backs:
1. Manfredi - 178m (18 carries)
2. Hardaker - 176m (19 carries)
3. French - 128m (13 carries)
4. Isa - 111m (13 carries)

Top tacklers:
1. Farrell - 55
2. Powell - 52
3. Partington - 45
4. Smithies - 37
5. Hastings - 36
(26 tackles from Singleton, which is decent)

Marker tackles
1. Farrell - 18
=2. Partington - 10
=2. Powell - 10
=2. Bullock - 10
5. Smithies - 8

Tackle busts:
1. Hardaker - 8
=2. French - 6
=2. Manfredi - 6
=4. Farrell - 5
=4. Hastings - 5

It's rare that all our props post over 90 metres in a single game. Really good efforts from Partington, Singleton and Bullock. You wouldn't have thought Singleton was playing his first game for months given how he got stuck in. 94m is more than all of our props average except for Havard.

Farrell is also a machine. That work rate to be our top metre making forward, the games joint top tackler, putting in the most repeat efforts in defence and being the one to come up with the match winning play shows what a special player he is. I think a lot of people still don't realise how good he is.

The Warrington stats are crackers for a losing team. There are very few players who went under 100m for them, so it’s a real sign of just how well we defended and how much guts the side showed to get out of that with a win.