PREPOSTEROUS

At the end of the day it wasn't a try, and we still scored in the same set. It's time to move on and file that performance as a bad day in the office. Those little things we've needed to smarten up on show no signs of improving, and our defence has gone soft too, until Faatili came on. A lot of work to do if we are to get anything out of the next two games.

You put Pratt and Scott in the centres then. We had the same earlier in the season trying to squeeze Trueman, Russell and Lino in the 17. On the game itself, we were far too lateral, and that doesn't work with 1 half, as soon as we straightened up and went direct we got some joy. The intensity in both attack and defence needs to go up a fair few notches. Cas out enthused us tonight, and we're much more aggressive in defence. The game in Newcastle is wide open, and we need to improve massively.

He got away with that selection tonight. Chose two of the three centres, not all three. If I'm honest Scott hasn't earned his spot since his return from injury. Whilst we have only Lino, Jowitt should play 6 and Rourke full back. Walmsley is a much better option on the wing than Scott, and it's a bit of a slap in the face for him tonight.

Watching it live I didn't think Lino grounded the ball.

An undeserved but welcome win. I'm not sure I've seen Trinity play worse but still come out on top.

Although I agree with Simon Johnson's sentiments, it's ironic to see him commenting now he longer involved. Perhaps had he shown some strength in his tenure he wouldn't have been ousted. As for the notion of kicking Catalans out, this whole thing is a shambles.

Disappointing but not unexpected, perhaps too early in the club' rebuild and perhaps a with the injuries mounting a few weeks off will be good for us in the long term.

FC game to, 1 forward pass away from winning it in the 78th minute, but sounds like you might have missed that!

20 years ago mate, you might as well have gone back to the 1930s when 37k were crammed in (god knows where). Re Salford, they nearly lost their licence because they were/are a financial basket case. Had Toulouse won tge GF rather than Trinity, Salford would likely be defunct right now rather than hanging on. Of course it could be improved and financial projections should feature heavily, but while other factors can mask such matters, in the short term anyway, it wouldn't make a difference here. Besides Salford could've said we have a billion pound advertising screen and a consortium lined up to take over so all things are tickety-boo.

You said Trinity were shrinking their stadium, you were wrong.

But that's obviously nothing to do with the standards that IMG criteria is driving! Yes the new stand was in planning, but all the other bits Matt Ellis has paid to do wasn't, and it's that's what's put the cherry on top of what's been done so far.

Capacity pre-redevelopment was 7k, it's now 8k with potential to increase that further when the safety certificate is passed. I'd guess it's roughly the 9k mark. The idea is to drive up standards and for each club that will be relative, the Wigans and Leeds pushing 20k, the Saints and Wire and Hull FC/KR 15k, Trinity, Cas etc 10k, Huddersfield 3501.

This, there is no other option, short of the Tongan rapper and the Swiss banker coming up good.

No team in their right mind will step up at such short notice. As for Salford, this has been coming for 5 years or so, the council in loaning the club money have allowed the situation to manifest to this point. Now the RFL with the advances are doing the same. It's like giving money to a homeless gambler who basically has chanced their arm hoping to win big. For the fans, they've had some good times with the GF and CC appearances, and a great season last, but time has caught up and sadly the ones responsible are gone, and they are left with the aftermath.

Maybe unfounded, but I think Cas might sneak this.

True. It's one of the reasons why I think this is a sticking plaster while the NS is sorted out. Ideally we could do with purchasing the houses behind and demolishing them. I've got my Euro-millions ticket for Friday!

Of course that's not saying it won't be, the NS reprofling was a surprise.

To me it just looks like the west is having a roof put over 2/3s of the terrace. The terracing doesn't look like it's getting touched.

To be fair, they were asked. West Terrace needs a complete overhaul, but the plans should be sufficient for the time being until the stars align and a full redevelopment can go ahead.

Much like the HKR match, we perhaps should've won, but didn't quite have the smarts to do it. Hull FC strangled us out of the game second half and took the chances that presented themselves. Was disappointed with the Johnstone no try, normally in that scenario the ref signals for a try and asks to check offside, had he given the try on the field it would likely have been awarded.

Wrong thread mate, Cas-Cats thread is here: Judging by the amount of interest it looks like those 30 freebies will be needed.

Scarcity of tickets isn't something we're used to, perhaps Trinity fans didn't think they'd struggle to get a spot, hopefully this will encourage them to purchase sooner next time.