Thought the first half was one of the best Ive seen Salford play for a while controlled the pace of the game and made Saints very frustarted in the first half.



We knew we couldnt go toe to toe with the forwards so used out wide extremely effectively, with our centre/wing partnerships we have the potential to score many trys.



Moon was very impressive as was Williams who put in some big hits for a winger.



One down side for me was the kicking game, Longy needs to pull Smith / Holdsworth to one side for a good talking to, as we lost plenty of yardage on the last tackle kicking it straight down the FB's throat and allowing them to run half way back up the field.

Salford were outstanding in the 1st half.

Some big positives to be taken from that game, despite the 2nd half.

Very encouraging performance, we should get better as the season goes on. Pity about the disruptive injuries and referee Silverwood who just does not like Salford (fact) and a V.R. who did not want to upset Saints. He is always the same for the BIG clubs, you watch and see

That rule has changed this season , if the ref calls held and the player passes or runs off with the balll and the ref feels he didnt hear the call its not a penalty but as was done last night , tackle count continues from that. it happened during the Widnes Wakey Game as well.

the problem you had was that you had the cheek to go in front when you should be getting rolled over and not spoiling saints opening night but the ref stepped in and made sure you upstarts were put back in your place

think Salford big weakness is your lack of pack strength.



Both Cas and now Saints have worn down Salford then physically dominated them in the second half.



The backs you have are fine. Not much wrong there. You have pace and some decent quality. You just need some added beef in the pack.

chair maker, you say what we fans have been saying for some time... we missed Fekka last night (and last season I never thought I'd ever say that).

big question is whether we can show that kind of skill and performance against the lesser lights of superleague

Impressed with your defence first half.



Kicking game was as bad as it gets.



Also imo there is a distinct lack of conditioning in the Salford Squad, 10 mins into the second half you had guys on the their hands stretching hamstings and two weeks on the trot you've fell away at the end. Shame that, as conditioning is something even the less talented squads can get right.

OK I admit I didn't go to the game or see it on Sky, but when a qualified referee makes a point of stopping me in Aldi and making a comment about how biased silverwood was and the pressure of sky to get the right result seemed very strange to me. Even the Sts fan at Old Trafford today thought Salford were given the very short straw.

Ok,the refs bent,but it was`nt him who missed the tackles,he did give some great passes out to create their tries though and he foolishly went to the vr when he was positive Makinson scored in the corner,you know to even things up like,come on,i was there and i thought it was a try.Silverwood was seen pleading for forgiveness from the sts players and was giving obscene gestures to the v.ref . On a serious note i do feel v.refs should be employed at every game and not just on the tv games.

Thought we were ace, just ran out of gas! Amazing what momentum can do! They ran away with it, but very proud! Love my club, love my team! Think widnes are in trouble!

totally agree VR at every match but if we look back a few years when we played Hull and 2 no trys were given by the VR and SL introduced sound to the VR after that game because of the total cock up, it just makes me wonder why we have them. If not at every game then SL is unfair but if they can not get it right when they are there then get rid. Currently Wigan, Leeds, Warrington et al have a better change of getting a VR than Salford so it makes the league unfair.