How did he get on ?

Didn't go (getting over a bad cold / hay fever)

But from the commentary it sounded like he had plenty of pace and promise on attack, but his defence sounded pretty poor...

MOM

Only one that looked like doing anything with the ball really, bit dodgy in defence. Lad played well though, just a shame someof his senior team mates let the side down.

Showed plenty of promise in attack but looks a bit suspect defensively, however that's usually the case with young outside backs and it is something which should improve with experience.

Plenty of effort, odd mistake, two tries. If the rest of the side had shown the same effort for half the game rather than the last 10, we'd have won

Two tries on debut is a great effort from any young player. He played the full 80 minutes with some energy and made good yards. He made a couple of errors defensively but he's a young lad and it is to be expected. His performance was probably the biggest positive to come out of today. Just how quick is Jodie Broughton? He left us for dead several times today.

Did I miss something? I thought he looked pretty ordinary. But then he was probably the best of the backs which says an awful lot.

Obviously so. I thought he did well for his debut, he ran the ball in hard and came up with some tries. I'm not sure you can ask much more from a professional debut. I don't think anyone is claiming he'll be the next Offiah or a GB cert but I thought he did well in all honesty.

Both his tries needed a bit of scoring. He looked keen. His slight build hampered him a couple of times but overall he did ok. The miss on Broughton showed the difference between a kid who I think has only just gone full time and a player who's further on in development.

A sloth with bunions could do that at the moment.

After 1 match Vinny Finnigan is the best winger at the club. For a part timer it was a debut and a half.

Also Sykes should stay were he was today. Reardon had his best game at Full back (although the missed takle on Broughton was a joke) and kearney is the best Stand off. All it needed was orford although if we could tackle it would have been a nilling. i would say 26 of salford's points came from their own half.

now you see THAT's the spirit that I like, if only the team were as bloody-minded

You know its bad when MBBB has to resort to "serious" mode...

I'd say so.

Thought he was definitely our man of the match. Whenever a kick went through, he was always chasing it and trying to get on the end. Whenever he had the ball, he was nippy and difficult to get hold of. 150% effort from him too. Great debut. Should be in the side next week regardless of who is available.

I obviously didn't watch very closely. Mind you, I couldn't see much with my head in my hands.

I thought he went well for a debut. Got himself a brace and was always looking for work. Wish the same could be said for other players in the team.

Agreed. Bags of enthusiasm, looks to have decent speed. How he played today you really couldn't ask anything more from a young debutant.

pretty impressed with finigan. took his tries well and neither were particularly easy ones. couple of mistakes aside looked decent defensively and looked good both at wing and fullback. will only improve with experience.

A bit of polishing and he could be a very good player.

Ben Hellewell is the better prospect but is 2 years younger.

Is it me or have we become too used to big hulking backs?! I've noticed it mentioned a few times in various posts and I'm not sure whether it's just us or whether it's other clubs too when they introduce a smaller (some might say normal sized!) player. I know a player needs a certain amount of bulk and strength but I've thought before that we might take it a bit too.

I know a smaller player might struggle when it comes to big one on one hits, especially in defence, but at the end of the day if your technique is right you can still tackle a player! Get round his ankles - even the biggest player can't run without his legs!

I love seeing smaller, nippier players taking on and beating the big guys and it makes for a much better spectacle than having two sets of giants steamrolling each other.

His old man, Michael, grew a cracking beard, but he didn't like the Odsal wind.

His old man, Michael, grew a cracking beard, but he didn't like the Odsal wind.

He looks to have plenty of raw talent and an instinct for joining the line at the right moment. He loked much more dangerous at fullback than on the wing. He needs to be handled carefully though. He didnt look as if he had played an awful lot of rugby, his defensive positional sense was poor. I can see him being targeted in defense once opponents get word of him.

It's a big ask of any 18 year old to step up in a game with a fair amount of expectation and pressure from fans. It's an even bigger ask or expectation to expect him to be the best player in the side. That he was by some distance along with Kopczak, is a credit to him.

Yes he got licked for pace by Jodie Broughton, but that boys got wheels and would make most full backs look stupid in that same position. Finnigans ability to be direct, attract attention from defenders and offer something different make him a threat with ball in hand; something the rest of the side bar Kearney, Manzies and L'Estrange are significantly lacking.

That other senior players didn't step upto the plate was the bigger disappointment. I lost count of the number of times Langley tried to take on the role of Ray Price with his passing instead of making than pumping the legs and making the required hard yards.

For fear of repetition, yesterday was a game Glenn Morrison would have relished. We continue to regret his release.