You're not alone in thinking that about Patten, though credit does have to go to every player.

Hard to not get carried away too much by that performance but I really hope it's a sign of things to come for the season.

Absolutely. Considering we seem to have re-acquired our Dad's Army/retirment home tag with some fans from other teams, those are very impressive stats. An all English bench with three academy products and a 20 year old nicked from a local rival is really good to see too

I think we have scored some absolute crackers so far, two great efforts also against Wigan. Personally I believe this is the best attacking Salford team in years, if the lads can defend as well as last Friday on a regular basis then in the words of Yazz the only way is up!

Ain't no doubt there's a lot of positives we can take from the game.
Hopefully we do continue this because we want to put distance between ourselves Crusaders, Wakey & Catalans and try and rein in Quins and Cas who have made better starts than most would've predicted.

We figured that it would take a little time for the team to start playing well togther, and Friday really was a complete team performance - ain't nobody expecting us to win in that manner before the game. I hope that the upsurge in form wasn't a flash in the pan like some might say - let's hope our revival is the real thing and, as TC says, we can keep up with the teams above us. We've been fairly fortunate that the league has been competitive, and despite our poor start, we've not been left trailing as there are a few on 4 points.

Plenty of excellent performances from the likes of Patten, Ratchford, Holdworth, Bolye and Wild, and really positive debuts for the new boys. As for the officials, pretty decent display from teh men in black, though a bit lacking in consistency with the offside at times.