You suffered with exactly what I posted here last week. Which was your ability to play a different game plan and adapt when things don't go your way. Your team is excellent at playing broken-play and 'desperation' RL. Not many better. It's been enough to carry you through the Championship but you'll need to have more brains when up against SL opposition when it counts. Or know how to grind out a result when it matters. It's all a learning curve I suppose and beating SL opposition in the cup earlier in the season probably did you no good in the long run. Winning one-off games can bring a false sense of security under these circumstances and I think you can be forgiven for having high hopes going into the 8's.
I'm sure the last two games will bring lessons for the team and you need to be careful not to drop down the gears when you play other Championship sides. Remembering that they've also learned valuable lessons playing SL opposition. You can't afford a slip-up against fellow Championship opposition if you have designs on that important one-off game.
As for today, Salford are strong at home with a pretty much full strength side in comparison to last time you played us. When Chase performs, it doesn't really matter who plays against us. Your forwards couldn't get the better of Salfords for pretty much the full game, and along with Dobson, Chase managed the game in a better fashion.
Chin-up fellas and lasses. Long way to go yet.
