Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:01 am  

Prince Buster wrote:

Grix is a strange one, I thought he was going great and then he earned a 'rest'. since then he has come back a worse player.

On the other hand Jowitt stepped in to give him his rest and had a good game and must know be seriously considered to play again and give Grix another rest

I suspect Grix is a confidence player so what do you for the best, pull him from the firing line or give him the chance to play his way back into form. We all know the sort of player he is, but I recall the first game of the season against Hull in driving wind & rain & I was shocked at how good he was at the back. Imagine my dismay at last nights showing, I appreciate he brings a lot to the team but if he's struggling under the high ball then Max deserves a crack who also brings a lot to our attacking structure.

Not singling out Scott for the loss or performance of the team.

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:04 am  

Not sure if it has been mentioned already, but the one of the biggest issues for me was the passing out of dummy half. There were quite a few times when we had a good attacking line and the pass from dummy half went nearly over head or to ground and allowed Salford to move up and close anything down.

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:11 am  

[quote="ry21"]Not sure if it has been mentioned already, but the one of the biggest issues for me was the passing out of dummy half. There were quite a few times when we had a good attacking line and the pass from dummy half went nearly over head or to ground and allowed Salford to move up and close anything down.[/quote

Yeah it's being mentioned a few times mate, if Wood were to be injured we'd really be in the mire! Hadley works his socks off in a number of positions (he was doing the kicking at one point!) but Sio just ain't good enough at this level. He was a good signing at the time as we were awful at times but the team had improved massively since then & he now stands out. The halves needed a step ladder at times, coupled with the speed of the Salford line, who I thought were probably off side at times, they got murdered & couldn't even get a kick out at times.

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:13 am  

Think last night showed up how slow Grix is on hard pitches,Max would have got to them.Do not understand why Max was dropped after is last game

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:24 am  

Big lads mate wrote:

And how do you come to that conclusion big man, watch the game back and watch his work rate for someone who has only played 15mins all season at SL level. If only all the players had the passion for their club that he has .

Exactly

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:34 am  

alegend wrote:

Think last night showed up how slow Grix is on hard pitches,Max would have got to them.Do not understand why Max was dropped after is last game

It's more to do with confidence. Max takes responsibility for every bomb and expects to take them. Grix is happy to let someone else step forward which then creates indecision.

This was always the worry when the signature was announced.

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:42 am  

Well, having slept on it, heres my take.
First of all, a great following went over, more than a fortnight ago, which was a great effort.
As for the team, we looked beaten before we started.
There was a lack of intensity in the warm up and then the game started.
Salford were faster quicker stronger in ALL departments and dominated from minute 1.
To not take a kick off on the full or, at least attempt to is unforgivable at SL level and we failed 2 or 3 times.
After going 2 scores down, the second looked a bit harsh, we completely lost our heads and panicked and we were desperately lacking some leadership.
Our senior players let the younger lads down and our completion was mickey poor.
I dont care who played or who was missing, if we cant complete 75/80% we wont beat any SL side and in the first half especially, it must have been 35/40% ??

And, although it hurts to get beat, you have to give credit to Salford, who were at the top of their game and looked every bit, a top 3 SL side.

Grix looked a broken man and looked very, very low on confidence and some of the basic passing was awful.

Let's hope that we can get back on the horse quickly but, an in form Hull next week, is going to be one hell of a test.

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:46 am  

charlie63wildcat wrote:

Give Jowitt a run at Full back and Miller a go at 6. Bring Williams off the bench if required?? Just thinking

I presume you mean Grix at 6 with Miller being injured? If so, I'd go with that. Max at full back, Grix to 6 and Williams on the bench.

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:55 am  

charlie63wildcat wrote:

Depends who we have back on the pitch

Wonder if Hadley will play?

Re: 19 for Salford : Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:53 pm  

Grix at 6 lol we be slower in the haves than we are now just drop him