At least we get a nice wedge of TV money for being belittled all afternoon by that numbskull Eddie Hemmings.

Oh, hang on....

After their recent demolition of the Bulls, and Salfords most recent history, I was expecting a comfortable win for Fax. I can only assume they were saving themselves for some future match.

Eddie forgot to mention that we were without our roofers and labourers who play on the wings and at scrum half...

Great credit to Fax today - Marshall seems a good lad and a good coach - some good offloading throughout - good pack too & wish you well for the future.

I thought we played very well. They had two break away trys from our mistakes. So, I don't think we were showen up. One side reffing again (I don't like to slag officials but this was due) off side, laying on,,,,,,,

you were all there watching at the shay. We are a good team. Bring on Leigh !

I couldn't make it today, due to working, but what's happened with our defence? We were superb against Widnes but have slipped up badly since. If we can sort it out for next week I am sure we can get our first win in these qualifiers. Magic Rock Tap, Ringmaster 3.9 % Mmm!

For the most part we defended well. Conceded some long range tries when coughing up the ball on the sixth tackle and a couple of sloppy tries.

It was closer than the score suggests, the main difference was the lack of pace in the backs we have and lack of spark at half back. Certainly our front row won the battle, Mitch and Adam were outstanding

Spot on. We lost the game today, but we were in no way out-classed. Pace on the wings was our major downfall.

Credit to Salford, they did what they needed to do.

A couple of odd interpretations of "holding down" (Adam's in particular), but tbh, the ref was Ok. I was calling things out at the game like any biased fan would, but there were quite a few blatant forward passes from Fax that went unpunished......

I certainly hope that Johnstone is back for next week and also get players back into their natural positions. Up The Fax!

We matched the Reds in a few departments today and I thought our pack went well but got punished on a couple of wrong option plays and soft tries.

Martin, Eccleston and Adam Robbo who came in did their best but looked off the pace for this sort of game.

Thought we more than matched them up front but as is the usual case we were outdone by pace, there is no substitute for this I'm afraid and we didn't have it today. Centre on the wing meant not being used to the positional play cost us 1 if not 2 tries, poor last tackle options another 2.
IMO the game was far closer than the result indicates but that is probably where the extra SL money makes a difference.
Oh and I thought Cobb was very poor but will watch the game back to confirm either way.
If a try is not given and it's a double move,net is that not a penalty?
If the ball comes loose forward in a tackle is that not either a knock on or strip, not ' have it back lad and carry on'?
Oops, sorry I did say I'd wait until I'd seen it through again.

Wasnt much difference between the sides to be honest. We gifted them atleast 2 tries by poor execution of last tackle kicks. And another easy try was scored when we fell a sleep defending our line and Salford scored their third try. Thats 16 Points we gifted them right there. No real spark at Halfback except from Murrells excellent kicking. Our Wingers are simply too slow and need to be better in defence. I personally dont think Saltonstall is a winger. Saxton I feel will leave at the end of the season. Think we need a solid winger for next year maybe 2 as Potts is a bit injury prone. Tangata, Mitch, Moore and Manning thought were better than most if not all the Salford pack who failed to stop us offloading and did nothing really in attack. The score flattered Salford and they really didnt impress me as they basically scored from our mistakes rather than create anything. Great effort and hope we get rewarded with a win soon.

aye. 2 quality bits of play

Was unable to get to game today but watched it last night. I thought we played well and well done. What happened to Lizzie Jones I thought she was leading out the teams today?

The announcer apologised at half time for the 'mix up' with Lizzie. She came out at half time to do the draw, but unfortunately, half the crowd were away getting beers or cucumber sandwiches in hospitality, so we were not able to show our full appreciation to her and the twins.

I thought Fax played with good intensity and targeted quick play the balls with forwards using power around the ruck. It was quite effective, however I didn't think you offered enough when your forwards tired and the tactics had to change. Both sides gifted tries to the other, and the difference for Salford was a very good kicking game and having a lot of pace in broken play. I thought Cobb reffed it well. Salford were more canny with how to slow the ptb, and the tactics that Fax employed demanded quick ptb's so it's not hard to see why Fax fans thought Cobb wasn't reffing well. Even so, Fax won the penalty count 7 - 6 so there can't be too many complaints. I think a couple of quality outside backs could really see you go well next season. You've certainly got a really good pack to build on and I don't think you're far off.

Best of luck in your remaining games.

As a tv watcher it was played at a very slow pace in comparison to the other 8's games - PT ref?

I know this won't please some Fax fans , but we are simply not good enough , to concede 50 points to one of the worst teams in SL , they were without their main player ,is not good enough , nobody at Salford has scored a hat trick this season , they come to Fax and 3 get hat tricks.
Our pack did OK , I thought Mitch , Dane , and Tangata had decent games , but our backs were woeful, I know we played a few inexoerienced players , but Tyrer and Heaton must be the Heaviest centres in our League, not fast enough,Salty had a decent game as did Muzza who tried yo gee up the team , but we may now not win a game in the 8's , next week we will have to improve as Leigh will be desperate to win.COYFAX.

Oh come on, there is always going to be a gulf between part time and full time teams, you have to just think how Salford will have spent the last two weeks preparing for this game against how fax prepared by going to work and training several evenings. I for one thought it was an entertaining game as we pulled back to within 6 points. The biggest difference was the lightening pace they had on the wing. As I have said previously it's still a successful season if we stay eighth.

There was only one Championship club that ever got mentioned as being capable of getting promotion and even they got trounced by Salford. The other 3 were completely under the radar. All we've learned is that SL clubs have better players and that their regular season has prepared them better as a team. Nobody really expected much more than a respectable performance and Fax didn't fall short by much.

Really disappointed with our defence yesterday, switched off too many times and got punished. We're better than that. We gifted them too many scores.
Trying to find positives, I don't think were too far off, a bit of extra quality on the flanks and in the halves and well be fine next year.
Salty is making too many mistakes at the minute and I think Ben Heaton needs to keep switched on for 80 mins.
Robbo tried his best but was chasing shadows for much of the game, Adam Tangata played well, never stopped trying and deserved his MOM and try.
Theres a few lads that might have found SL pace a bit too much to handle and have gone as far as they can.

can't believe nobody has mentioned Jacob Fairbank when discussing our packs performance yesterday, thought he had a blinder

Had a great time at the shay, thanks for informing me about the Danny jones applause at 6 mins so we could spread the word, great banter and if you go full time (resources permitting) you will be pushing for super league. Well done

Agree, would also give Ben Kaye a big wrap. He tackled his heart out and his go forward was good too