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DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER IF THE GAME HAD TOOK PLACE ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT ?

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so much for switching back to Sunday - we'd have got more on a Friday (although obviously not last Friday though!!)

I witness some special play yesterday once we'd started playing. Holdworth's move to set up Sibbit Was very Neil Baker-esc and Broughton's scorching try (Which was a proper wingers try) was something I don't think I've seen since Offiah against Hull FC a long while back. Stuart Littler was immense and was M.O.M by some distance (for us anyway).



But why oh why do we have to go behind every week before we start playing, only twice this season have we been behind at half time and gone on to win and only once have we lost a game when we've been in front at the break!



Salford 6 Castleford 22 – Lost 22-28

Hull FC 18 Salford 12 – Lost 34-12

Salford 6 Warrington 16 – Lost 10-27

Catalans 2 Salford 12 – Won 14-22

Salford 22 St Helens 18 – Won 42-34

Salford 12 Warrington 38 – Lost 16-68

Castleford 10 Salford 6 – Lost 30-12

Salford 4 Wigan 6 – Lost 4-18

Salford 16 Huddersfield 0 – Won 30-18

Warrington 10 Salford 2 – Lost 32-2

Salford 12 Hull FC 16 – Won 27-20

Wakefield 28 Salford 0 – Lost 36-6

Harlequins 12 – Salford 4 – Won 22-26

Salford 12 Catalans 8 – Lost 12-24

Salford 0 – Bradford 4 – Lost 0-7

Leeds 6 Salford 4 – Lost 22-10

Salford 12 Crusaders 14 – Lost 16-36

Hull KR 18 Salford 6 – Lost 30-12

Ha you all but relegated us in 2004 & 2006!

You very much did relegated us in 2002

No, imo its alot better playing on a Sunday for a number of reasons, Better quality rugby in the summer with the sun. Fans from yorkshire find it hard getting there on a Friday night, plus alot of our fans work late on a Friday too. I also think the atmosphere will be alot better because half the people are bladdered on a Friday and are more interested in slagging the players off rather than getting behind the team.



Cant really explain why it was so low yesterday though. Possibly because it was fathers day, as I only just made it myself

thought the few muppets that booed mcrae off at half time need to take there head for a wobble! He wasn't the one missing the tackles in the middle of the park, and the exploited our right side in the first half coz our sliding defence was terrible! What was said at half time seemed to work, and as i was saying to a bloke i was standing next too, after we scored first in the second half, they looked knackered! They were there for the taking and guess what, we get back on level terms and take our foot off the gas. Whether that was down to J.Smith coming off and alker coming back on again i dont know!

I was behind the sticks and didnt hear the booing. Dont tell me the muppets are at it again??

anther game that we where expected to win!!! we just cant get up for these sort of games. if we where sitting near the top we could say complaceny crept in... what do we say when where down there? jewitt wasnt injured im led to believe!!!!!

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IF LEE JEWITT WAS NOT INJURED



Then why did he not have a run out in the reserves on Sunday then?



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I've no idea but coaches seem to have the final say if there's a penalty in a kickable position.Shouldn't the coach be offering guidance and sending messages down to the players at 22-22, after all we have lost a fair few of these games by a 6-8 point margin in the last few years and i've lost count of the number where we've been camped in the oppositions 20 and come away with nothing, especially after taking a tap penalty. Let's try something different and see if we can win a few of these tight games. If it doesn't work then revert back to plan A. Get in front, get the ball back and let the other team play catch up. Having come back from 22-6 down the psychological advantage of going in front could have been the gamebreaker.

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