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Post by dixon13 on Apr 5, 2024 21:28:45 GMT
Firstly they wanted it more than we did,we deserved nothing we couldn't tackle a trifle,it was embarrassing to watch.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 5, 2024 16:58:18 GMT
Nobody wants Salford to win more than me,but in the 72 years of following the team I have have left Wheldon Road disappointed when we have lost when i thought we would have won but been elated when we have won when I thought we would lose.I do think we should win tonight but it will not spoil the Black and Tan if we do not.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 4, 2024 23:14:47 GMT
I have to say Wigan have done more to put ne off RL than any other side over the years there are a few reasons for this but mostly it's the number of one sided, big score games they inflict on their opponents. RL is TGG except when it's one way traffic RL could be ranked with any mediocre sports product. Still a nice gesture Russ.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 3, 2024 12:58:51 GMT
Agree on Norfu I'd like to see him get minutes over Cross this week. Also where is Sidlow he was supposed to be fit by Round 6. If he's not in the 21 get him out on loan to get match fit. Dudson is also a miss if the pitch is heavy and its a forwards game. JJR / Salford 1963 can we ask Dave who's winning this one The team that scores most points.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 3, 2024 12:56:08 GMT
Agree C, but I think one of the other issues is that our fb , great in attack, but wasn’t a natural fb, and doesn’t often follow the ball across..aka the sliding defence As you know if it isn’t instinct a moments hesitation and it’s gone But Leigh do have a lot of variations out wide and difficult to defend against; good in attack. Be interesting to see how Wigan defend against it Even with forwards missing I cannot see that Leigh team troubling Wigan the pies backline is much better. I am pleased Hanley has got a shot he has taken his chance, most of Leighs backline in 30 plus. I would have Hanley and Lam at Salford that's for sure.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 3, 2024 10:22:06 GMT
Dixon, what I meant was that Leigh are a good team using the edges and hard to defend against; we did well against them, especially since our spine still developing…agree re Murphy JJR, Leigh have 3 fantastic players; Lam, Asiata and Ipape. The rest are ok, how many of their backline get in the Salford team? I know you admire Leigh and the Beaumont empire but them scoring was more about our utter crap defence than Leigh ripping us to bits. Cross is a serial offender for rushing in off the wing and Ryan was caught out twice against a team bar Hanley that lacked pace. The sooner we use a sliding defence the better rather than this stupid **** or bust rush defence, it means we gift teams points. I wish we had a Beaumont at our club.if their scoring was down to our bad defense then surely our scoring was down to their bad defence.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 1, 2024 22:40:46 GMT
I think Mellor and Bourouh offer very different things and I won't be disappointed whoever starts, ecellent to be in that position. Cas and London are banana skins in waiting and just the sort of occasions that have let us down in the past so often, Agree 100% A big banana 🍌 skin so big it could be a plantain skin. The first half against Leeds Rhinos They looked more like a Top 4 team than the team at the bottom of the table with zero wons. I thought they did well for 60 minutes v Leeds never an easy place to win at Wheldon Road.
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Post by dixon13 on Apr 1, 2024 11:03:40 GMT
Don’t take away from Leigh tho, some great plays out wide by them…they’ll be a handful, when they get their big men back But great display by us…especially since we’ve got a new spine, which when it gels we’ll get better JJR if we had won by 50 points some would not have been satisfied I thought Leigh played well, we beat them As Alex Murphy always said the winners can laugh the losers can do what they want.
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 31, 2024 14:34:57 GMT
The price of gold and quality cider. Deviltalk is truly a hotbed of intellectual discussion!🧠😁 Slim never mind the cider,the next time you order make it Black and Tan Guinness in first followed by the bitter.
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 31, 2024 11:34:57 GMT
I'm disappointed in your choice of Cider. Try Thatchers Gold. It's not Thatchers but a definite improvement. Sadly there was no "choice" as it was all that was available from the corner shop near Salford Crescent!!! Now apologise immediately peasant!😁 I'm an Aspall guy if it's available.... or Westons or Thatchers.😋 Surely you would go for the old original,Bulmers🤔
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 31, 2024 10:52:43 GMT
I think their are a few on here that's hard to please.😕
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 30, 2024 20:40:04 GMT
Well done Salford well done Leigh well done the referee,for serving up a great night of entertainment,the result was a bonus.
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 27, 2024 10:14:13 GMT
Cant do that against anyone! That was absolutely abysmayl result and effort and I hope they've been brought in for extra training this week as thats not acceptable. Lot of people on here have become apologists the last few matches and God help anyone who criticizes them! BBM (I think) gave a good analysis of last weeks dreadful last 5 minutes and throwing a game away and he got shot down for it. Everyone said we should respect the effort and forget the result. Which is wrong, we lost and gave wigan the game and that needs acknowledging is crap and not acceptable. This weekend, effort and performance were shocking and now were being told to forget it and move on. I've spent all off season hearing people whinge about the club and the state its being g run. I've defended it to the hilt. I've been looking forward to watching the lads and analying the matches afterwards and praising, criticizing and discussing it. Now we're not allowed to analysis or critise. Which is just wrong. We should praise the lads when doing well, but be able to discuss when its crap and point it out. Its been rubbish the last 85 minutes and Rowley needs to sort it. End of rant Bring on leigh. I can forgive the Wigan game, 6/10 Nene catches that ball v Farrell. It was a dumb play and in sport this happens. However, those tries are embarrassing and the players do need calling out as KR was not acceptable. That Tanginao try is an embarrassment he runs through 4-5 weak defenders. A mindset shift and change in attitude is needed on Saturday. If KR was a home game some fans would have been booing. I am certain Rowley will make it clear what is expected this Saturday. I am sure the players have been told that their performance at KR was not good enough and rightly so but I think sometimes you have to credit the opposition, and that his not giving them a get out of jail free card
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 26, 2024 15:36:02 GMT
Amazing how many City fans I saw at Knutsford services a couple of years back heading South. Maybe they all got lost heading back to Stockport?😁 Glory-hunting isn't a phenomenon exclusive to Utd as plenty of people would've noticed the last 10 years.👍 Back to the rugby... a win against Leigh on Saturday would set us up nicely for April where we have 3 very winnable games against Cas, London & Wire.🤞 Home win for me. In 1935 the late great Eddie Colman's father Dick who run the team that my late uncle Cyril played for told him he had been offered 2 trials one at United and one at Blackpool who later singed him,I asked him why he didn't go to United he told me at the time they were nicknamed the rags.
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Post by dixon13 on Mar 26, 2024 10:23:26 GMT
Isn’t it good to look forward to a local derby at Easter rather than Catalan Re MU, why is the M6 blocked southbound before the end of the match😉? JJR you are awful 😁
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