Dufty
Minikin
Mata’utia
Wardle
Thewlis
Williams
Hayes
Harrison
Walker
Bullock
Holmes
Nicholson
Clark

Clark
Mikaele
Thomas
Whitehead

Minikin instead of Lynch oh come on, last game of the season Salford resting a lot why not just let the youngsters have a run out.

Just seen Lynch played in reserves last night.

Salfords reserves getting 4 against us..don't know whether to lump on us

Just can't help himself - Minikin, Holmes and Matautia get a free pass in an ideal opportunity to give us sone hope for the future and end on a high.

Does Powell genuinely think those three are the future of the club?

I’m hoping it’s guilt that he brought them at all so he as to give them game time, wishful thinking ofc.

I have give this a swerve today.

Is Akoala on the wing for them? (jokes)

Playing centre today.

I think we need to stop playing panic rugby & calm down for the second half or we could be seeing next year's potential 1st team beaten by a gang of kids.

14 - 32. All over. Thank goodness for that, finish the season on a winning note. Roll on 2023.

Time for a lie down in a darkened room .

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Yep. I think nobody really thought it would be quite so horrible.

Are we stayin up then?

Depends on when I start to try and finish off my bottle of Advocaat, it could be snoring by 10.00 pm, or a long night.

I'll toast young Mr Thomas on his first try.

Oh, I don't know. I'm surprised it has gone so well....

I'm glad we won today, I'm glad some younger players were given an opportunity, I'm glad young Thomas scored a try, I'm glad the season is over.

On a positive note the last match and a half were a positive

I've never been so glad for a season to be over yet so consumed with apathy for all things Wires.

The root cause analysis should begin right now to ensure we never sink this low again. 2023 is going to be a tough sell for the club, but some soul searching as opposed to the sounds of brushes and carpets would help.

We’ve not had a decent attack since 2013 and during that time we’ve also become physically weak. The Wire identity that I grew up with was one of toughness. At the very least we were always pretty fearsome and teams did not relish playing us.

I suppose there could be a slight return to that with the physicality of the upcoming pack and the dog of McGuire. That will be one box ticked for me, but there’s quite a few more to go.

Very true. Those teams in the 80's were hard, no backwards steps. We may not win but no one took the . We had a hard pack again with Morley, Carvell, Andersen, Westwood.

Luke Thomas really stood up today, was impressed with his direct runs & took his try very well I thought. Bullock was again very solid & direct and Nicholson shown up well on the edges too. It was a difficult game to watch at times given the amount of errors and penalties in the game, but it’s pleasing to see a lot of the younger players getting their opportunity.

There’s a lot of work that’s gotta go on into that off-season and pre-season. We’ve been miles of time and time again this year, It’s been really hard to watch this season. I give Powell 5/6 games next year he’s on very thin ice…

Was pleasing to see Jason Clark get a nice send off like that, he’s not the biggest or the baddest but I thought he always tried his heart out and gave 100% on the field for us..

JC was most certainly not one of the so called 'bad eggs'. Good luck to him on his next adventure.

Wish Jason Clark well. Agree that he was a trier, but I don't think he was quite what we needed, or need going forward, as his best days were behind him.