It is always pleasing to beat Wigan. We looked organised, composed & together. Lui looks very good & allows Dobson to play wider. Jones promising in the centre but looked unfit. O'Brien at full back did well, taking many kick & looked comfortable.Pack played well as a unit as well as running hard & tackling ferociously.
Wigan lacked some first teamers but you can only beat what is in front of you. It was 32-0 until lots of changes were made by Watson. Johnston has really bulked up & Caton-Brown is still rapid, catching Manfredi when he was clear from the opposite wing.
I hope this performance can be taken into the real season.

Good win by you guys. Hope to see a few journey over to Hull in a couple of weeks as we looked impressive today too.

Tell the Hull FC planners they would get 5 x as many if played on a Sunday

Agree with the above. Some big improvements there for all to see - liked the much deeper lines in attack and our half backs were excellent. Team spirit has returned.

But we would sell less hospitality packages. I agree with you though, Lancashire teams on a Sunday, Yorkshire teams on a Friday night would be fine

Think the squad depth if good, though not sure some of the backs would appreciate a visit from the out of season testers.

Could say the same about the reverse fixture, last few seasons the games have been Fridays and Saturday evenings

Anyway, hope to see a good few come over

I prefer that we play on a Friday because it gives us more time to rest up for the Saints game the following Thursday and it means waiting two less days to watch Salford play.

Hopefully take a few over to Hull, an early look at this years grand finalists...........

Were you that good against Wigan

booked my GF and CC final tickets on the back of it.

I watched the full game on Wigan TV, I was very impressed with Adam Walne, Ryan Lannon & Josh Jones.

It was a good solid, well structured, spirited team display by Salford, against a Wigan side missing a few first teamers (but then so did we).
I was impressed with everyone TBH, but from the new boys;

1. Obrien made some great kick returns and looked comfortable under the ball (even though he looks like he's made from biscuits). Good to see we've got decent back up for Niall, It will be interesting to see who we go with on the bench Tompkins as back up hooker or Obrien for his versatility.
2. Josh Jones looked good and when fully fit will be a real handful. Also refreshing to see the winger actually getting the ball.
3. Carney just built on what we know he's capable of and will score s lot of tries this year.
4. Lui looks the business what more can you say.
5. Chicken Tikki Masala I think may become a new fans favourite with his storming runs, he is one big fella.
6. Flanagan / Sarsfield both steady neither put a foot wrong.
7. Lannon deserves some praise aswell as he had a very good game going forward.

I was shocked just how big Jones was, one of those players I never really took much notice of at Saints, quality competetion for places can only be a good thing.

MCB and Johnson seem to have bulked up considerably and mean our squad is in better shape than many realise.

I've said it for a while but the Walnes have everything needed to make a real name for themselves, for me both of them and Lannon again offer back up for the forwards.

Anyone think Wigan tries where avoidable? Didn't realise at the time but look as if Evalds back out of a collision for a try, then someone slipped in far corner to allow easy to touch down. And Clubb shouldn't of been allowed get the ball with in goal line defence. Maybe I being over critical?

The most impressive thing for me is how all the lads played for each other and it looks like Sheens has developed a well balanced team. We always looked composed and organised in both attack and defence and I honestly think if we can keep everyone fit we may surprise a few people this year.

Having said that playing against a big Hull pack a week on Friday may pose a much more difficult challenge to our forwards than we saw against Wigan. We need another experienced Prop.

I wouldn't read to much into that mate by the last 13mins we had 8/9 players that started the game on the bench.

I'm with you Devils2015, 20 mins in the 2nd half numerous changes, plus the fact they knew they had it won some eased off.
Hopefully come the competitive games the coaching staff will have drilled it in that it's an 80minute game.

A lot of us know just how good they were at academy level a few years ago. The time is now for them both to mature as first team players, in a better spirited environment, and show what they are really capable of at superleague level. One area the Walne brothers need to work on though is their discipline, far too many silly needless penalties over the past couple of years that have been costly.

This.

I think the Walne's need to step-up this year. They've been given enough game time now to be over the nurturing period and need to start making an impact that doesn't involve giving penalties away. We've got a decent amount of young forwards competing with them this year, so hopefully that will kick their backsides to up their game, or lose out to the younger guys.

Isn't it possible that he'll start with O'Brien at full back ?

What's your reasoning behind that.

Correct me if I'm wrong but GOB isn't a out / out FB, so why would he drop Evalds based on last seasons performances?
Id have thought he's been brought in for his versatility to cover numerous positions during injuries?

Surely the idea of the GOB playing at FB for the two friendlies was to give him some exposure, so that if needed he wasn't just being thrown in the deep end?

Just my thoughts.

I'm not arguing that he should start.
Just thinking out loud,really.
I rate Evalds.

I was impressed with how trim Sa'u looked.

Jones,
Vidot,
Griffin,
Sa'u,
Carney,

Can't think of a bigger back line than that.

That's some back line.