correct

I shouldn't bite but I will.



And thanks to all those well-wishers on here it's nice to read people appreciating such a ty little club like Salford.



Hastings is a superstar, he really is. Along with the great Garry Jack he's the best player I've seen in 30 years of supporting the club. However.... to call Salford a one man team is disingenuous (will you say the same next season if Wigan get to/win the GF?). Our pack has been immense all year and rarely been battered. Dudson and Mossop have been outstanding along with Jones, McCarthy & at times Flanagan. George Griffin has put in some stellar end of season displays and shocked a lot of our fans as we didn't realise he had it in him.

L Tomkins and Lussick (who will be back in the NRL before long) have dovetailed superbly and both Lui & Tui have complemented Jacko in the halves and allowed him to do what he does best.

Throw in arguably SL's best full-back this season Evalds and some huge displays from Inu, Bibby, Welham & Sio and this has absolutely been a massive team effort to get us where we are. Every team needs some stardust and Jacko is just that but he'll be the first to acknowledge that his teammates have played a huge role in his own success.

Well said SaleSlim. From what I've seen of Salford this season backs up everything you say. Looking at the last few matches Salford look like a well drilled and organised TEAM (not individuals). There are few big name signings but there is a squad of more than competent SL players who are doing really well.

I've rated Watson for years and let's face it he may have a tougher challenge than Chester with budget limitations and constant loss of key players.

Good luck Salford for the weekend. It is stories like this which would bring in sponsors and media interest, rather than just the one dimensional (we must have Toronto) view that McDermott spouts.

Chuff me, the way you're going on, you'd think that Salford had got to the Grand Final

I don't buy this one man team stuff - aside from the fact that it's virtually impossible in RL for one man to win a game, Salford are way more rounded than just Hastings; Bibby, Jones, Inu and Evalds for example, would improve most teams in SL, with perhaps the exception of Saints.

I give them full credit - they've been through real adversity since Koukash did his level best to ruin them, and appear to have become stronger for it; with Ian Watson proving to be an exceptional manager of men, and tactics.

They'll be in the $4it next year of course, when most of the above named will indeed be improving other SL teams - but up to and including Saturday night, I'm a fan; I'd love to see them win the GF.

well done for the season, good luck in the grand final, a fit, determined team with a very knowledgeable coach who adapts a game plan to play against each team not the same tactics over and over and over and over

What I don't get is why have all these stars bailed out?

Don’t think even they were expecting to be in the grand final.

Well it seems like a lot on here aren't surprised.

I had them as my dark horses at the start of the season, but was thinking more in terms of 6-8th place instead of bottom 2 that everyone seemed to have them down for at the time.

and a nrl quality halfback

Yeh a redundant one !