Better effort, most noticably running harder in to collision and an improvement in the line speed. The chase on kicks was more enthusiastic as well. But the quality of creative play with ball in hand was pretty dire (although the weather didn't help) and we didn't asked Salford enough questions defensively but maybe that will improve with time. And the less said about the kicking game the better. Unless we recruit to solve this area we will go down, simple as because it is way off where it needs to be. Hicks was Hicks and to be honest wasn't great but we got a couple of calls in our favour as well. He's the same every week and whilst he didin't help he wasn't the reason we lost. The improvements have to be tempered against who we were playing though, Salford are the second worst side in the league and like us had key players missing and to be honest i never felt like we really looked like winning the game, they always just had enough. We have a long way to go but its a step forward.

Tim smith was garbage ..end off

Again.........

If you read what Brian Smith said in his interview today was a success of sorts.

Yep Salford are an average team and todays game reflected that. We can't pretend, we were still poor.

However we did hit the small targets Smith set. Completion was ok, tackling ok and we lasted the full 80 without complete capitulation. We managed to not lose the second half, when did that last happen!

If we continue to improve gradually like this and have a few players return and maybe some new blood we could be in a position to at least compete in the bottom 4 play offs - and at the end of the day that's what we really need and all we can really expect.

Probably the biggest positive was that the rot might not be as deep as we feared.

Thought the much maligned Miller ran his blood to water - I'm afraid the lads not much of a laker but it kind of summed up the general improvement.

So well done Brian don't think anyone else could have done better after 10 days.

Improvement? Where? We employ and fly a top coach halfway round the world and still no response. Can nothing motivate this bunch of clowns? We played Salford with half a side out. Shows how far we've sunk that we regard an eight point defeat as some kind of moral victory.

A pity we didn't play them with a full side out then, we might have won.

Has anyone said "problem solved"?

Did you really expect Brian Smith to fix everything after just 4 or 5 sessions in less than a week?

Do you honestly believe that the players confidence can magically go from none to full in the space of a few days?

It was an improvement but we're coming from a long long way behind even Salford!

Very disappointed to lose because I thought Salford were very ordinary. That said, the tackling was much improved. Tim Smith is not the player he was for us and seems to be going through a rough patch. Just a pity we don't have anyone else to play in his position till he finds some form!
We desperately need two capable centres.

here is my 2p worth..
We were an improvement, not a big one, but a step forward.
In defense we were improved, better line speed, chasing back etc.
In attack we ran in harder than previous, but we did lack some real punch and never really looked like breaking their line. we were never fluid in attack, but we did not lack in effort.
Millers performance was one of the best from a full back this year, although that is not something to shout about.
Simon took some stopping + good to see Kirke on the field.
Tim Smith was "mixed" at best. i am not jumping on the Smith out bandwagon as i do know he can play, just needs confidence.
Our kicking game is atrocious though = so is our reactions after we make a mistake. I know we should minimise our errors, but when we did make one we sat back today and 2 tries resulted.

overall an improvement. small steps on the right path.

. Well said Bang on the money small improvements across the team good coaching is to set small goals it then move onto the next and that's exactly what brian is doing anyone that's played will tell you confidence is the hardiest thing to build in sport and that is what he's doing Miller did okay playing out of position in difficult circumstances A little bit of time two or three import some players back Will be okay

A definite improvement today. Some hard tackling and the side played for the full 80minutes. Can't remember when I last saw as many penalties in a game though. Hicks was typical Hicks I'm afraid. A bit disappointed in the amount of "one man rugby" in attack at times. My two biggest disappointments were Tim Smith who will just not go forward and is just passing along the line. Another disappointment was Danny Kirmond who I didn't realise was playing until about 10 minutes from the end. Congratulations to Simon and Kavanagh for some good straight, hard running.

Kirmond worked his booty off today. I wish we could get him running wide again but when they broke after we dropped the ball near their line he was the one who sprinted from the far side to stop the try. If the others had done the same we'd have stopped the try on the next play too.

This.

A big improvement more confident now going into the middle 8s than I have been in recent weeks. Good to see them come over to the Northstand at the end.

That's Salford who had half a side out. As for improved line speed, chasing back, tackling and work rate it's a given for a professional player. Nothing to earn extra praise for.