Think Ukuma'a problem now is he is been marked out of the game by opposition coaches, they have probably seen the videos, seen how destructive he can be so are making sure he is hammered by 3 or 4 straight away.

Crabtree is targeted by the opposition , yet he doesn`t lose the ball in the tackle . At times it seems like the players have lost faith in him , against cas it was 20 minutes before he got a pass . On Sunday he was used as a dummy runner more often than not, can`t imagine it fooled the opposition too much .He`s a large human being and takes some pulling down , yet he doesn`t run hard , and can`t seem to hold onto the ball . Not sure how a full pre season will change the latter .

Agreed. Josh Johnson was excellent in the tackle and also seemed to bring some good controlled aggression. Looking forward to seeing much more of him.

Loved JJ's first tackle ball and all one man tackle and he really creamed the Salford lad, Koppy gave him a massive pat on the back/head, must have been a big confidence boost for him. Salford stuck at it with such a patched up squad, good warm up and another week of rest for Crabtree and Ferres before Wigan.

said the same thing, give him a good pre season...just like ferres had just gone.

Just like to point something out to those saying Bruno does nothing in attack. 13 carries 108 metres, ferres 13 carries 102 metres, taai 12 carries 101 metres.
Tackles mike 31, ferres 20, taai 14.

Looks like Bruno was just as good in attack and better defence!

I wasn't referring to 'stats' i was meaning he doesn't seem to break tackles, assist in tries, beat opponents anymore - maybe i should have worded it something like visual attacking stuff, things that make the crowds sit up and take notice.

Players that make crowds sit up and notice do so for good and bad reasons! Bruno is mr dependable- not mr flashy, all teams need mr dependables- eorl is a mr dependable- he certainly doesn't break tackles try assists beat opponents (even zak hardaker!) etc- but we wouldn't be without him!

Exactly, i wasn't complaining about Bruno, just stating that he doesn't seem to have that attacking flair he had when he was playing in the backs anymore.

That's because he's put on weight and is up against the bigger blokes, get him running out wide and things could be different!