To true and lets hope we do the same to salford

I thought Mika went well in the first half, two (especially the second one) booming hits that we haven't seen since the days of Makali.

Craig Hall went well at off half although his and Heil's defence down that right channel was particularly dodgy when combined with Caro's backwards running and watch them run past technique.

I was glad to see Heil get some game time in what could be viewed as a "safe" match, but he really did have a bit of a shocker. Hopefully he'll learn and his game will grow.

My MOM would probably have been either Walker or Lovegrove. I thought Walker really stood up, he put three or four really good hard tackles in in the first fifteen minutes that set the tone, he did however give away a really stupid penalty for laying on that could have proved crucial if Widnes hadn't been such utter minge.

Lovegrove just put in a performance that is typical of this lad now. Solid, body on the line, committed and power packed. He just strikes as a really good honest pro, I'm not sure what deal he's on but whatever it is he deserves an extension. Rarely has a bad game, just gives it his all and leaves it all on the pitch.

My MOM was the much maligned Mika,he played more central and was involved constantly,defensively he was massive and his drives were impressive. Hopefully this will give him some confidence moving forward,a close second was Ferguson who is a workhorse and certainly got under the oppositions skin.
Paea coming off the bench of which i have been asking for for a while, gave us some real punch along with Lovegrove.
All together a big improvement in desire,we will always score points but still our edge defence is scarey!

I'd have to agree with the sponsors choice for MOM yesterday. Thought Paterson had a very good game yesterday along with all the back row.
Lovegrove had a typical Lovegrove game, very hard running and never shirks anything.

As bad as Widnes are, it started coming together yesterday. Hock dragged us down to his game a hit yesterday and played extremely well himself, that coupled with the game being in the bag at ht and we were never going to be the same team in the second half.
All in all it was a promising game.

Hard to really pick a stand out performance head and shoulders above anyone else. As others have said Mika did very well and set the tempo early on. Cory P impressed - his link up with Dobson looks a real threat. Hall too I thought stood up quite well and defensively didn't take a backward step against the impressive Hock. (He did shoot out the odd time, and miss I think). J Hodgson quietly goes about his business. Good minutes from Ferguson. Caro, pace wise can be such a weapon for us. Good solid performances all round really, despite Widnes being almost as bad as last year’s performances @ CP - first half anyway.

With Eden in the side, structure wise we looked a totally different side and so much better for it. It may only be 2pts against a pretty poor Widnes side that offered little fight until Hock came on, but hopefully it’s now something to build on. Travis Burns is another game closer, Eden/Welham hopefully now edging towards full fitness. Bit of luck we may be able to field a settled side, with no drastic changes needed for next week.

am i right in saying Travis is now free for selection?

No, 1 more game

Ah right ty. Shame would have been a good way to introduce him

He will play against warre

It will still take him a month to get upto match speed and fitness I would imagine.

Match speed yes fit he should be match fit i hope so

Backed Salford at a nice juicy 9/2 yesterday.

And got 20's about you coming bottom after your Widnes victory.

Happy days.

Huge game London away after Warrington pummel you.

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