21 Feb: SL: Salford Red Devils v Widnes Vikings KO 3pm

[Old Frightful]

Salford 12 - 0 up after 5 minutes

Glad we got them out of the way early.

 

Steady on now you Reds.

[Padge]

Salford in again in the corner 16-0

[tonyXIII]

22 - 0 now.

[Padge]

22-0

[Old Frightful]

Doesn't bode well for our last SL representatives later on this evening.

[tonyXIII]

22 - 4

[Padge]

Widnes pull one back following a 40-20

 

22-4

[Padge]

22-8

[tonyXIII]

Fight back on. 22 - 8.

[Futtocks]

Another try for Widnes!

[Padge]

Silly mistake from Salford let Widnes in for that second one.

 

22-10

[Old Frightful]

Salford gone off for half time?

[tonyXIII]

We really can't afford to do that just before half-time!

[JonM]

Salford barely got to the sixth tackle in the first half; either they scored, made a mistake (pretty strong, swirling wind), or Widnes conceded a penalty at the play-the-ball. Robert Lui looks superb, Carney also on top form other than throwing the ball away behind his own line. Widnes need to sort out the number of penalties they're conceding to have any chance of getting into the game.

[Farmduck]

Robert Lui was a very good NRL player. His unwantedness was directly down to off-field matters.

[johnh1]

Listening to this on Radio Merseyside. Can't get Radio Manchester. Ray French really needs to go and sit in his slippers with his cocoa. Every 2nd word is 'er'. Every player has 'er' as his middle name. And he keeps coughing and spluttering into his microphone. He mispronounces players names and insists on calling Salford the 'City Reds'.

[Futtocks]

Listening to this on Radio Merseyside. Can't get Radio Manchester. Ray French really needs to go and sit in his slippers with his cocoa. Every 2nd word is 'er'. Every player has 'er' as his middle name. And he keeps coughing and spluttering into his microphone. He mispronounces players names and insists on calling Salford the 'City Reds'.

He was coughing a lot last weekend too. At his age, with a cough like that, commentating in Rugby stadia in this weather is not a good idea.

[Futtocks]

22:14

 

Game. On.

[chuffer]

Widnes in again! 20-14

[tonyXIII]

22 - 14

[Padge]

Widnes get first score of 2nd half

 

22-14

[johnh1]

Sounds a great game.

[Padge]

He was coughing a lot last weekend too. At his age, with a cough like that, commentating in Rugby stadia in this weather is not a good idea.

 

On radio Manchester we have got the adequate Trevor Hunt and the bumbling buffoon Alan Hunt.

[Old Frightful]

 the bumbling buffoon Alan Hunt.

Who, after a fairly ordinary spell with Hull FC, earned the nickname "Isaac".

[johnh1]

Sounds like a dreadful decision to give Widnes the scrum near Salford's line.