A bit light in the pack? a massive understatement I think.Their forwards controlled the game for the full 80 minutes.The amount of ground they made on every set of six was unbelievable.This,plus a really good Kick and chase,and our forwards struggled throughout.
I've defended McRae several times on here,saying give him time etc,but I think his position should be seriously looked at.After all he's been at the helm now for a few years and this is his team.This is almost a repeat of last seasons opening few games when we were like a rabbit caught in the headlights,we appear to have learnt nothing.
Any coach Salford do employ however is under a big disadvantage of having little money to spend on new players and can therefore only really sign players nobody else wants,therefore he has to get the best out of what he has and to try and improve them gradually,something I thought McRae could possibly do,and still might do. It's his apparent inability to alter things during a match that worries me.
By the way,you say he doesn't give a fig about the club,neither do the people of Salford judging by last nights attendance

Very tempted to make that post my new sig.

If I knew for a fact that tha majority of Reds players read this board regularly I definitely would.

I too was bitterly dissapointed on Friday night.I looked at the size of our team against the size of Crusaders and thought straight away we were going to be in trouble.I agree, why on earth after the first try in the opening minutes did the alarm bells not start ringing. To concede one try to the bomb into the corner was bad , two was terrible, but five is criminal . It was painful to watch it coming [ if we could see the bomb coming, why didnt the coach I have seen no progress what so ever under SM in two and a half years.
Is it his coaching , or is it the players he is working with ?
All the other teams will now spot this weakness and try to exploit it, you can bet on it.
You need somebody who can at least jump to try and diffuse these bombs.

Just to let people know.

I looked at the weight of a few other packs in super league and if the super league website is correct we actually have one of the heaviest in Super League!!!!!

Think somebody else hit the nail on the head pointing out we didn't come up in a line at all and we didn't hit the ball at pace until LULU and Boyle came on.

I have yet to see our new pack in action - not long though until the Harlequins game. However, it's not just about weight. It's also about presence and what you do with it.

Correct. Also, an 18 stone fat lad is always going to lose against a 16.5 stone muscle bound athlete.
Furthemore, don't be fooled by the stats. There's about a hundred reasons why the could be wrong. Far from scientific.