Brown was our best player.

Mellor was/is our most influential player.

Last year Brown was involved with 22 tries, Mellor was involved with 29 tries.

Brown isn't that big a loss.

I am really hurt by the criticism i receive on here from some posters like ccs so i dare not criticise Griffin whos overall play in his early days with the club has flattered to deceive but he is defensively weak for such a big player.
If you watch his attempt to tackle Heremaia it was not just poor it was pathetic
Its his achilles heel and was pointed out by several Salford supporters when he signed for us but you normally take their comments with a pinch of salt because they are losing a player but they are correct from what we have seen so far.

We were poor against Catalans due to awful discipline and ball retention not purely Kelly's absence.
When he went off last night the game was already won.
We had the 3rd best attack in the league last year without a genuine 6 and it's early days.
All teams have influential players that can be targeted, that's sort of how it works. Investing all that energy in "worrying" about it is your choice, obviously, won't make any difference. Personally I just look forward to seeing him play.

Thought Widnes put up a good effort for the first half. Be interesting to see how they get on when they get some of their injured players back.
Kelly was sublime. Easily NRL standard. Fonua also impressed with his go forward. Can't wait to see how we go when the grounds firm up.

fonua was like a battering ram for most of the game.