another shambolic first half,22-0,just not good enough

i dnt know what they have been doing all week in training all week,but they havnt learned anything

stood here watching this e,what a waste of money!it is as my headline says,embarassing!

lol. are you on your phone or summet?

yeah on my phone,although its nearly been smashed a few times tonight watching this!

comebacks on,weve scored!

hang on,castlefords scored again,50 up!

Gutted for you, been listening to it on radio, what happened to Cashmere, said he got wacked in a fight with Huby and when he came back on he bottled it every time. Was this true or just bias commentating?

Its simple cant tackle dont perform for 80 mins and i would say we aint fit simms and mcrae said we good enough for play offs more like the wooden spoon

I'm hoping Jordan Turner gets a start next week.

i think he went missing after the fight!summed his night up when he went charging in at the end lost the ball and they scored!you would have thought we'd learnt after last week but this was worse,a total take by the players!

Didnt think the scoreline would be as it was.

Good turn out from your fans though. Shame about the idiot that threw the smoke flare on the pitch though.

I know you're team were bad but not good that some element amongst your fans went silly and started throwing things on field. Not sure if these were meant for your team but a bottle narowly missed Richard Owen's head. I hope the decent fans amongst you point out the morons and your club ban them!!! It was an absolute disgrace

No need for anyone to do that it gives are club a bad name i hope someone reports him for that brings shame on all salford fans who are mostly great and well behaved

Every team has their own set of idiot fans, cas included. But throwing a smoke flare just takes it too a different level. Its something football hooligans do.

Embarassing on and off the field. We can't even do the basics right and some of the tackling or lack thereof was pathetic. Painfully predictable and too slow in attack. Leuluai had another decent game.

Those who were throwing stuff on the pitch are a disgrace.

Wern't may Salford fans there if you ask me expected a lot more from fans which must have thought they had a chance of getting their first win tonight. Was stood at the railway end in the second half and the idiot that threw the flair deserves banning for life ! obviously gearing up for s*** at Wembley tommorow.

For the true fans that support Salford though just stick with your team, sometimes they may look poor but believe me you could shock one or two teams like we did last year. That Salford side very much reminds me of us at the start of last year, stick with it and things will come good

Tonights game showed how far behind the pace of Superleague we are. I though Castleford played really well, and had one of those days when everything stuck.

I wonder if Salford are only focusing on home games, if so, perhaps they could put an ad in the paper so we know not to bother travelling away.


As for the idiot Salford fan, i (like many others) wish to distance myself from that type of behaviour. The sooner he gets banned the better. He is a liability and could do some serious damage, plus, he spits a lot when he's shouting!!!!!!!

I thought he threw the flare etc because when Owen scored he threw the ball into the Salford & Castleford fans and mabye he thought owen threw it at them ? either way it was shocking and there was no need, keep it to football please !

I know who you mean .. and it wasnt him that threw anything. was stood behind him

Well can't remember since i list committed finger to key board - probably refelcts a reasonably satisfied fan however having just returned from Cas i can honestly say that has to be one of the most inept and embarrasing displays i've ever seen.

From the few first minutes when their stood Littler up and walked round him the writing was on the wall. We are simply not good enough and our early promise shown in the Celtic game now looks unfounded.

Tonight was a catalogue of errors but a real cause for concern is the general naivety in attack and lack of appetite for a game these palyers are being paid to play, there were a few exceptions in Alker, Paul and Big Phil.

As I say a catalogue of errors, to metion a few:

Wilshere - stepping inside on the defensive line to leave the wing completely unoppossed and simply unable to vary his kick off, their receivers must of thought it was Xmas.

Henry - why kick on the first simply because a lack of true speed prevents a decent run for the line.

Smith - dire, his hospital passes to the runners was at best dangerous

Nash - not yet ready

Talau - not sure he ever wanted to come to Salford the way he doesn't perform.

Parker - gotta feel sorry for this guy, he came to Salford to play and has had the captains job thrust upon him, the task is too big.

Fitzpatrick - when will he learn to catch a ball on the full and not let it bounce - a schoolboy error

The Pack - we look awesome but fail to deliver, at times we had HBs taking the ball up with our suppossed big hitters out in the centres. If we are to cross the gain line we need to be moving onto the ball at pace not taking a flat ball whilst walking on to it.

Littler - unable to operate 1 on 1 marking and his lack of speed is leaving the back line far too vulnerable down the flanks.

Now I know this is early into the season and super league is a step up with no relegation this season however it is not unreasonable to expect a spark of ambition, to vary our options and see more of an appetite and pride in the shirt. We were a laughing stock today and embarrassed by a side that finished bottom of SL last year. I dread to think what will happen when we meet a higher quality side - no disrespect to Cas. I suspect we will be making unwanted contributions to some SL records

They have already won a game, I'm still unsure whether Jacksonville-gate is still running through the team and after seeing tonights result I'm glad I didn't go.

Salford are going out to win every game they play in - home or away - but they are finding (and will continue to find) it tough this season. It's a hard one to swallow but if you want a bit of solace go back through Cas' message board and check out the stuff we were saying at this point last year. It's pretty much the same tbh.

Keep at it. Week by week just doesn't matter - you're in this for (at least) three years, and I'd bet the house that this year is going to be by far your worst of them. Even so, Mr Pringle's a pretty good coach and I'm sure you'll pick up an unexpected result or two this year and build on those rare highs for next season. Just like Cas did.

Just hope you turn Saints and Rhinos over like we did last season, it was the only thing keeping us going last season lol.

I think the title of this thread sums it up for you guys on and off the field tonight. You're players just seemed to lack passion and they looked knackered after 20 minutes (Especially Talau). As for the first 20 minutes Cas did come out like a house on fire and played very well, unfortunately you didn't rise to it. Thought Robbie Paul helped a bit when he came on and stedied the ship a little, and Leuluai was your best player by a mile. Basically I think you have some decent players in and amongst, they just need to gel and work out some set pieces and McRae certainly needs to sort the fitness element out!

I stood at the Salford end in the 2nd half, and I must admit I was (for the 1st time) embarrassed to be a rugby league fan. (I know this was only a minority) but throwing objects such as a glass bottle and a flare onto the field (at your own players too!) is completely unacceptable and apalling behaviour. I really couldn't believe it and there is never a need to bring footballing behaviour into our game! We all have our off days! Terrible, I hope your club sorts out this minority of idiots!

I hope you pick up from this both on and off the field and get some good results this year!

A Halifax Fan