1. Smith
2. Leuluai
3. Piggy

Special mention to Hock and Feka.

1. Leuluai
2. Smith
3. Prescott/Hock

1. Piggy
2. Hock
3. Lockers

Smith for me was non-existent in the 2nd half.

think smith got a little tired

piggy
lockers
smith

big raps for feka and micky

Leuluai - Created alot tonight.
Piggy - Looked better when he was on.
Phelps - Thought he was excellent in defence and came in well in attack, if he carries on like this he can have the number 1 shirt for me next year.

Leuluai
Riddell
Smith/Lockers

O'Loughlin
Leuluai
Phelps

Richards
Leuluai
O'Loughlin

Special mentions: Hock and Riddell.

O'Loughlin
Riddell
Hock

Special mention: Richards and Phelps. Phelps has that Dallas-esque-will-run-into-a-brick-wall attitude - no fear that guy.

A lot of people have rightly mentioned Piggy tonight and it was surprising just how different a team we were with him on the pitch. He was instrumental in our run away lead at the start and moved well for big guy when he scored.

1-Piggy
2-Smith-when he’s controlling the game like he did in the 1st half there is no better 7 in SL
3-Feka punched holes all over the park and owned a few players in defence as well.

Carmont looked dangerous and Tommy looked a lot more creative tonight as well and through some good passes out. Also Phelps is one of the craziest players I’ve ever seen nothing he does you could class as text book but it almost always comes off. Could be our one for a good few years to come

Agreed. With Phelps you worry he is going to get himself killed the way he puts his body on the line for the team.

He goes in head first

Crazy boy! Technique aside, glad he's playing for us and not against us

Piggy - controlled the game from dummy half (again)
Tommy - kept the backline moving
Timmy - some great passes

What was wrong on our right hand side, we seemed obsessed with kicking when we had clear overlaps.
Gleeson is not firing yet, although he doing the defensive job well.

Goulding did well for Salford and looked really sharp.

Phelps deserves the plaudits he gets and deserves the fullback shirt next season imo.

Thomas Leuluai
Feka Paleaasina
Gareth Hock/Sean O'loughlin

Mark Riddell's try in the first half was fantastic. A real glimpse of what the pig is capable of.

Leuluai
Palea'aesina
Smith

Phelps is hit and miss for me. Basically the choice is for next year Ainscough or Phelps for a front line shirt.

I appreciate on a couple of occasions Phleps has linked really well from 1, but in defence he is technically shocking and i see no reason to praise that. In the end his lack of technique will cause him a major injury or a crucial miss.

Made some great one on one tackles tonight.....

Phelps is the best option at fullback. So his selection is nothing to do with Ainscough. Ainscough has to fight with Roberts/Richards for his place.

You are forgetting that John rarely goes to games..............


Frankly, if he spent the time in English classes it would be understandable, but it appears that he spends the time elsewhere.................

How is it between Phelps and Ainscough? Phelps is better than Roberts, Richards and Ainscough at fullback. So unless we sign Billy Slater, Phelps should be our fullback. The other 3 can fight for the wing spots.

Not see my post



But fwiw, I agree

I quoted it, made a brew then typed

I agree with you too

Salford broke our line about 3 times from deep and Phelps put try saving tackles in each and every time.

He's as brave as they come and is doing a fine job at fullback.

Maybe long term we'll need to look at the position but at the moment i'm more then happy to keep Phelps there for at least the rest of this season and probably next year aswell.

Exactly, it certainly isn't a priority in the next year or two.

We've got bigger fish to fry haven't we.

A prop for 09, a halfback for 09 and then another prop for 2010 before we look at the fullback position.

Maybe we'll find a longer term solution from within. How highly rated is Josh Vievers?