Lol. I see what I did now.
I of course meant Franco.

Though to be honest, Hugo looks like he can shift too.

It was clear to see what we had missed all season until Fifita and Gale arrived and that is leaders. Whilst I appreciate what Ashurst/Pitts etc do they are not vocal enough nor the personalities to be captains. Proctor albeit very experienced doesn't know the club and may not give the influence hoped. Fifita understands the club and has the personality to bring the best out (Probably helping Atoni with confidence too) and the way Gale shows and tells where to set up has made a huge difference and begs the question of what if had we brought Gale in in preseason as much as people disliked the idea.

Here's hoping things continue with the main focus on trying to win as many home games as possible now we have 2 in a row

A good performance all round.

Even the usual suspects who have, in the past, been criticised, and rightly so, all stood up and played their part.

My son mentioned after the game, that given the way Huddersfield are struggling, that if we were to turn them over in 2 weeks, then they could easily get sucked in.

That's confidence, I told him to take it one game at a time

Superb effort from the boys last night.
Salford had a few bodies missing but, we pretty much dominated for the full 80 minutes.
Fifita was superb but, Battye certainly put a shift in and Atoni actually looks like a SL prop now. Fifita seems to have brought out the best in him and long may it continue.
Gale was immense but, there has to be a big shout out for Dagger.
Many, including myself, were horrified when we swapped Hall for Dagger but, I actually think that we may have done some shrewd business.
The lad has played in most positions in our backs in the last couple of months and he's been good in all of them.

If we can beat Cas at home, its game on for survival, something that looked impossible a few weeks ago.

Shudds away looks like being a huge game for us

A much needed win off the back of a good performance, Salford were missing some quality but we can only do the job asked of us and we did it well

Excellent performance from 1-17....even the much maligned players stood up and all of them put in a good shift including Hood (his best game for us so far IMO), Lineham and Lyne too, but can I say a huge thank you to Saints for loaning us Alex Walmsley for the evening but despite Trin's best efforts at hiding him in Atoni's shirt we could still see it was him from the way he played




The guy was outstanding.....Have we found the new Tanginoa ??

Mash's thoughts on it.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/66032372

Mash's thoughts on it.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/66032372

We almost got over a few more times and made a few breaks down field. The performance was pretty good and it was an entertaining game until Fifita got sent then it kind of petered out.

Great to see that most of the tries were created some distance from the line and not the usual forward barging over the line from the 10m line. Some great breaks during the game and Max Jowitt showing just what a class full back he is. Hood's best game since the trouncing of Cas last season. The addition of Dagger, Gale and the return of Big Dave have been really inspirational moves. There seemed to be an air of "We're all in this together lads". There may still be a glimmer of hope.

One of the pleasing things was seeing a fully committed and strong defence. Everyone moved up and everyone really put 100% into every tackle. It was very pleasing to see the effort and application of every single player. Added in with a pretty good execution we looked what I would say a ‘well drilled’ team.

Fifita leadership, Max coming back, Dagger playing well at 6 and Mash simplifying the game plan have all helped us these past few weeks.
But ultimately for me, Gale is the difference to us suddenly playing fast open rugby.
From being a confused rabble, the same players are running good lines with confidence.
Getting a pass to hands so you don't have to check your speed suddenly gives everyone room. Max in particular benefitted from this.
Gale never stopped shouting telling Atoni where to stand and even calling Kershaw over from the far wing to take the ball in when some players were struggling.
And even the simple stuff like putting the ball in touch when we needed a second to regroup.
He defended well too but we need to protect him as he'll be targeted now we've shown our hand.

It was nice to see moves that consisted of more than just one pass, I think we scored from the first.

Actually thought Lineham played well yesterday, some hard runs.

Great to see the comments before the game ,it’s almost if our own fans want us to lose to, to prove their point . Dagger in the half’s , Kaye at loose , their both becoming outstanding utility players who can cover a multitude of positions with aplomb, and something that our club are finding indispensable in our small squad . Roll on Wigan I say next Fri ,prefer Sundays but Fridays are fine with me if we continue to play like that . Atoni finally showing some form , Hood having his best game this season , dagger having a wow and all orchestrated by Gale who rolled back the years and showed Sneed how it’s done . 1-17 take a bow that was a cracker and told Mash so when I bumped into him in marks n sparks this morning . Long long way to go but we might just nick it and will certainly do ourselves no harm playing like that .

I gave my face a smack, I thought I was watching Billy Conway scampering away then realised it was Hood. Atoni. WFT!! Where has it been.
Take a bow Luke Gale.

For me, given the difference since Gale has been on the pitch, the only way Lino gets back in now is either A) Gale is injured or B) he swallows his pride and agrees to play hooker. Got doubts about option B….

One of the things that I noticed last night was that we spread the lineout from wing to wing marking them man for man. Unless I missed it, I never noticed an occasion when Salford created an overlap on either wing, The defence was excellent and we've even greatly reduced the handling errors. Well done lads. Keep it up.

The difference I noticed was the number of players backing up the break, in one try there was half the team in support.

A few comments have been made in reports about Salford missing a few - well that doesn’t wash with me at all.
How many games have we played this year with a full compliment - none!
The lads won last night because they out enthused Salford and credit to their coach who acknowledged that.

Salford broke away twice ,Max made two great tackels to stuff out the attack. Seems Max get stick when he missed a tackle .Was my man of match last night

There were several stand-out players for me..I thought Atoni was outstanding (where's THAT player been hiding all season ??), Jowitt, Kay, Dagger, Gale, Hood and even Lineham put in a very good shift




Also, big raps to Fifita who was clearly playing through the pain-barrier and could hardly walk off the pitch at the end, I'm told it was due to sciatica (??)

Now available to watch on Trinity TV.

Watched the game on Trinity Tv this morning. Gale played the game in a dinner suit, what seems simple as a spectator is obviously a lot more demanding playing the game. His kicking game, organising and pass selection is something we really haven’t seen all season. He literally never shut up talking all game. I know Salford were missing Croft and Ackers, but we’re missing players too. 1-17 have had a huge confidence boost and our forwards ie Fifita and Atoni allowing our backs to play on the front foot. Pleasure to watch.

Someone quoted on RWB Army, that with two back to back improved performances, Atoni could be like a new addition.

Granted he's improved to where he was, but I think that was a bit of an over reaction, and maybe a bit premature.

I don't! - he's not been SL standard up to now and literally a passenger making the numbers up!
The last two games have shown we do have a SL quality player, so it is like getting a player we didn't
have before!
The big question is, can he keep it up? I hope so because having another quality prop, alongside Fifita, Bowden and Battye IMO, is the key to survival or not.

I agree. I was happy to replace him a few weeks ago.
If we'd replaced him with the Atoni who played the last two games I'd have been overjoyed.