We tried to get Lineham's ban reduced, so he could have played "virtually"
We failed.

Other clubs would've been successful in their appeal, should it've happened

Good result and always good to concede nil, but Patton did nothing again and we should be scoring more against a team with Salford's injury list / schedule.

Thought the ref had a stinker. I thought Patton did OK though.

Yes, Wire v Huddersfield brought forward to this Friday.

Baldrick, that was a pretty cunning plan, until you pointed out the massive flaw in it.

Sorry lads, I don't agree. SL needs to keep playing or it will lose this year's TV money, without which it will all go up in smoke. Virtually everyone anticipated player injuries / fatigue and it very unfortunate but unavoidable. Salford deserve praise for prioritising player welfare. Whether Wire deserve a 24 nil win is another matter, but appears to be the current rule. Everone has to make, do and mend this year, that's not so much a fiasco nor debacle, more like good scrambling defense.

It was a very simple plan, but cunningly conceived. Boom, Boom, Boom.

I feel sorry for Salford.
So many matches in such a short space of time with a thin squad. Its bound to happen.
We owe a duty of care to the players.

I would have allowed Salford to swap out in the circumstances

Yep, your young team did so much better against them than our young team did.

Does this count as getting the Salford hoodoo of our backs?

We were due to play;

HKR Nov 5
Hudds Nov 8/9
StH Nov 12/13

That means we have a week between the HKR and StH games and a much easier run to the end of the season.

Assuming of course the RFL / Sl don't decide to end the regular rounds this weekend.

Surely 24-0 speaks for itself ? Although I was disappointed all our points came from penalties.

A sad outcome ,all clubs should be applauded for fielding teams whenever they can. The idea of loaning some of our youngsters to Salford would have been a win for Salford & for our fringe players.

Both these younger sides should have beaten Salford. Our academy/youth policy isn't so far behind Saints, if they indeed are behind.

Yes could prove crucial.

If we beat Hudds & Hull KR but lose to Saints we will be on 68.4%. Leeds would have to win all 4 of their remaining games (4 in 11 days) vs Wakey, Wakey, Cas & Wigan to match us on 68.4%. Saints are due to play Hull FC 4 days before we play them and will be playing their 4th game in 14 days when they play us in the last game of the year.

Catalan also play 4 games in 11 days vs Salford, Saints, Hull KR and Hudds. I expect Saints will beat them meaning they have the hub cap sewn up by the time we play them. Catalan winning 3 and losing 1 would put them on 68.8%.

I guess what I am trying to say is 4th place is certainly in our hands and the Salford forfeit and subsequent rescheduling of the Huddersfield game puts us in a good position with other clubs scrambling round to play another 4 games.

Wigan play Saints, Hudds, Leeds and Hull. Hopefully they lose to Saints first up, which means they will be going all out to beat Leeds to confirm their (and everyone elses) top 4 place.

duckie's already emailed HQ, demanding 3 MotM/MoS points for Patton

who decided on 24-0? We could have put 50 on Salford if they had put out a weak team!

Pools panel, wasn't it??

Only 3?

Lets not go overboard here. Patton was Ok against no opposition and I thought it was disrespectful when he backheeled that conversion over the black dot from the touchline..

A new superleague record with Blake Austin striking 24 drop goals in a cagey affair which lacked punch in the final third by both sides.

Listening to the after match verbals Phil Clarke was very impressed with Salford's never give up attitude and that attitude could see them make the grand final

I'm a bit disappointed that we aren't playing Salford as it would have given us the opportunity of restoring some local pride (I'm not sure a victory in the run of 6 games could be considered full 'bragging rights').

I have had a quick visit on their 'Royston Vasey' website and some of the posts are RedVee-esque in their myopia. Complaining about their fixture schedule, but then complaining that it should have been switched, complaining that we could potentially get 4 points in one evening despite the fact that we haven't called the game and are willing to play someone else to fulfill a TV schedule commitment. For others it's apparently an RFL/SL conspiracy to get the Play Offs sorted with their favourites, Saints, Wigan, Leeds and us.

Whilst I do sympathise with Salford's plight to some degree, or did, but without sounding bitter, there's a bit of a niggle that they have to some extent in the last couple of years particularly 'got away with it'.

Yes Watson is a decent coach that continues to get the best out of his squad, but sooner or later the thinness of that squad will bite you and it would appear that that time is now.

I get the player welfare argument but surely that is what a squad is all about, the ability to rotate and rest players? Wakefield are a prime example of a low budget operation (no disrespect) yet I think that they run Academy and Reserve sides. If the kids have to step up now and again, any defeat (ironically like ours at Salford recently) can be put down as a positive 'close game/good experience/decent prospect game time'.

I'm not clear why some think that they are victims and in addition that somehow it's our fault that we benefit, it's not our decision and I'm not convinced that rest is necessarily a good thing.

Interesting point in the WG, will the bans for Lineham / Sita be counted for the Salford game? Had it not been for them pulling out they would have served the suspension, so shouldn't the game be counted as one of their matches?