On fire, reckon they'll have a big say in the play-offs

Aren’t they just,took apart Cas with real flair too credit to them

Grand Final winners 2022 if they play like that again

Whatever happens this coming weekend Salford are assured of being in the playoffs. Assuming Leeds beat Castleford (which looks a foregone conclusion) then Salford can decide by their result v Warrington, whether to go to Huddersfield or Catalan. I know which I would choose so Warrington may yet win another match.

Said in pre season I thought they had a backline as good as any and it’s now probably better then any in the league given our centre issues and Saints absences. The worry for them has always been the forwards and in the play offs I think they’ll struggle to live with the top 4 in that area.

Agreed, Salford have a game tailor made to beat us in terms of pace and expansive rugby. However come the play offs the intensity raises and its whether their forwards can do enough to contain others.

Genuinely starting to think they could win the GF now if they can keep key players fit.

Out of all the 6, they are the team I'm most worried about.

Snap

Rowley deserves a lot of credit, he has turned Salford around in short order.

I mean if you want to give us the trophy now I'd be happy not to have to sit through 3 potentially stressful play-off games?



It's a very strange time to be a Salford fan. In 2019 there was never any expectation from the fans even though we'd gone on a great end of season run (similar to this year) as I don't think any of us genuinely expected to make the GF. This year we were written off before a ball was kicked/thrown but I was quietly confident we could make the play-off's based on our recruitment. However, I never expected some of the rugby we've played and just how good a certain Mr Croft would be (hands off in advance!

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The problem we now have as fans is genuine belief that we have the ability to beat any team in the top 6. Saints are a shadow of themselves without any sort of backline (interesting to see what they can cobble together for the play-off's) and we've thumped Catalans twice. Hudds backline again is devoid of pace and Leeds have improved massively but, dare I say, not a team you'd fear?(famous last words!)

For me, whilst all teams in the 6 are more than capable of beating each other I'd like to avoid Wigan. With Field & French you've got ridiculous pace in the team and the ability to cover any breaks we make, whilst also posing a massive threat at the other end.
We've also got such a loose style of play that we're susceptible to a fair few intercepts and if you do that against a team with F&F in your ranks you're taking some big risks.

I'm not worried about our pack at all. They've shown they can stand up to, and dominate, much bigger packs and with Ackers and Atkin dovetailing beautifully we've got plenty of running threat at the PTB.

Based on current form etc I'd have Wigan as favourites to win the GF and probably Salford 2nd favourites. Seems crazy to even see myself write that tbh and I still think Saints will somehow manage to get 3/4 bodies back and have a massive say in things.

One thing is for sure though, whoever beats us will have to earn it as this Salford team won't roll over and have it's tummy tickled!

Great post - enjoy the ride, been a pleasure to watch you this season.

If Croft won MoS I don't think there would be many complaints , even with how good Field and French have been for us.

Nilled Hudds today and could win GF on that performance

A shame for them that Brodie Croft misses Saints. He is the difference maker for me, plenty of pace and loves to take on the line.

Tough ask to beat Saints at Saints in a playoff semi final.

Tough.
Not impossible.

If we can overcome Leeds then Saturday's match will be very enjoyable to watch.

Salford were pretty good today but Huddersfield were appalling. It would have to be a hell of a turnaround in the off-season for Toby King to be a success for us next year.

Excellent performance but they will need to improve next week. Brodie Croft is a terrific RL player and if there is a better Hooker in the competition than Ackers then I haven’t seen him.

Ackers was good at the DW last time, I remember. It's funny about Croft, I didn't think he was really first grade in the NRL, (compared to, say, Bevan French, Peta Hiku, Corey Thompson) but he has blossomed in SL as one of two others have done, and looks a much better player now. It'll be tough for Salford at Saints without him, but I'm sure they'd have taken that at the start of the season.

You keep writing Saints off just how we like it

"I still think Saints will somehow manage to get 3/4 bodies back and have a massive say in things."

Yup I wrote you off!



Saints have struggled without Dodd and a number of their 1st choice backline for a while. I'm not saying anything controversial here... your back-up backs just aren't very good (even your own fans have been saying it).

With Croft in the team Salford would be underdogs next week for a number of reasons.

1) Saints have won the last 3 GF's (I won't use the phrase because it's cringey AF!

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2) Saints are this year's league leaders.

3) The game is being played at Saints where Salford haven't won in almost 40 years.

Take into account the current form of both sides and you could argue a decent case for Salford to get a result..... instead of it being the usual 95%-5% in Saints favour you could reasonably say maybe 60-40?

However, with Croft now out that's a huge loss so I expect the bookies to give Saints a reasonably comfortable handicap advantage. I'll take a 25% chance though as a Salford fan as this team has mineral and backbone aplenty and we ain't just gonna roll over and hand you your rightful GF place. The Scousers are gonna need to earn it.

Wish they were Scousers, they'd be easier to understand as opposed to the flem ridden amalgamation of dialect they use.

Seeing as you're playing Saints at Saints, I wonder if Mr Wilkin's comments will play a part in your pre-match prep.

It’s such a shame Croft is out. Had he been available I think Salford could’ve got the job done but not now. I still think their spirit and class elsewhere will possibly take the game deep but Saints defence will be too good.

Whatever does happen, it’s been a fantastic season for Salford and one you feel they can build from. All their best players are tied down and they’ll add players for next season. It certainly doesn’t feel like that last GF appearance they had, when they knew they were losing a number of their better players after it.

You said Wigan are favourites and Salford second favourites oh and how original calling us scousers