Utter class - loved his marshalling of players verbally around the park. Reas' biggest mistake not allowing him on ten minutes earlier when he was gagging at the bit to get on, could have saved two scores and a different ball game all round.
A totally different beast to Gower.

No doubt he is a class player but he also showed what enthusiasm can do.

He even tried to get into the punch-up, he really is Action Man. Loved it!

The defence in the first 25 mins is the worst I think I've seen, a big claim when watching Broncos but it was unbelievably bad. Problems out wide again but I do think that the players in the middle don't help out enough, they don't seem to have the desire to drift along the line.

missed tackles! missed tackles!!!! missed tackles!!!! utter trash!
However, agree with everything said about the new fella!!! how on earth can one bloke make such a difference, the whole team stepped up 2 or 3 notches when he walked out there!!
Did think for the first 20 minutes of the second half they had just swapped shirts at half time!
Overall though a shocking display from a squad that showed no pride, passion, enthusiasm, desire!!!!
Salford were not that good, but made us look like a team that deserve the wooden spoon
Bet Eagles are quaking

Rea is a complete chump for waiting until we were 28 points down before unleashing Soward. Crazy decision. Salford will have come into this game very low in confidence and it's well known that though they have an effective attack, their defence is very brittle. We should have done everything we could to get on top early on. Soward should have been on from the start.

Rea out!

Gower.... who's Gower

His replacement today was wow, wow, wow. Forget the first 25 minutes when he wasn't on the pitch just watch the last 55. This bloke was superior to everyone else on the pitch today

Just hopin' it continues as it seems he has a point to prove before he starts with Penrith next season. Shame about the result though.

I'll second all that.

Jamie Soward showed what class and leadership is...something that Rea totally lacks.

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Soward is a cross between Shaun Edwards (attitude) and Dennis Moran (play) with the looks of Sid Domic. The last few weeks of the season now have something to look forward to.

Jamie Soward took to the field with effectively the game gone and his teammates demoralised and who would be strangers to him.
He spoke to each one throughout the game.Encouraged,assisted,shouted and pointed while playing a masterful game himself.
Best performance I have seen for years and it was professional in it's truest sense.
He was brilliant.
Good luck for the remainder of this year and beyond.
Enjoy watching a maestro at work.



They should be queuing for miles to see that side,once he gets to know his teammates

Unbelievable that Soward didn't start. Game was already lost when he came on. What was Mystic Tony doing???????????????????????

Gutted

and as for having a defensive line

I think it's obvious why Soward didn't start. But Rea shouldn't of waited as long as he did. I noticed during the interview Rea did with BBC London after the game that Rea had worked on trying not to concede so many tries in the first period to effectively put us out of the game before we were ever in it. Clearly that didn't work during the week.

You could see Soward was looking up at the gantry and keen to get on earlier.

Exactly, he was pestering Danny ward pitch side after 15 to get on.
He even looked he was barking instructions to relay on the pitch.

First what does go on in the week? nothing seems to be learned at all but One Talented Player! can come on and virtually turn the game on it's head for a period. Why was Jamie Soward able in minutes to start working with the players, positioning them, encouraging them, all something that Rea seems totally unable to do! Well done Jamie just wish you stay was more than just a few months.

Did we get carried away far too quickly with the return of Rea at the end of last season, was he given the role without thinking seriously, no it's time for Rea to leave for the last time, he simply can't do it any longer. We accept we have a lot of raw young players, who need direction & encouragement simply something that Tony does not seem able to deliver.

Told that Jamie has many media interviews set up for the next week, if only we had the team, we may draw in some fans just to see him!

What I struggle with is the fact we can't tackle one on one. Wheeldon, Sargison ...... are utterly useless.
Its like watching local park rugby.

TR should just have them tackling all day every day until they can do it. If they dont improve in this area we will continue to chase games. I've said it many times the tackling technique of our youngest is poor and its now flowing into the first team. For some reason we dont tackle with our shoulders, it's just arms

Defence is utterly pathetic

The amusing fact is that Rea first left us to be a defensive coach


He should feel ashamed.

Hopeless. Soward provided some inspiration when he came on but really, the damage had been done within the first twenty minutes.

People might say 'look at Rea has got to work with' but I'm not seeing any progression, any sort of response from him. The same mistakes being made in 2011 are happening now. He's just as hopeless because his coaching clearly isn't having any effect. We've got all these players who are apparently off at the end of the season, well if there's still a club around then, he absolutely must go too because he simply isn't up to the job.

Just watched the first half tries from Salford, and it was more painful than live! how can a team keep going on the pitch week after week and defending like that, what does Rea do at training, does he do any coaching, we got too carried away with a few weeks at the end of last season and now it seems more a holiday for him as well. At least Jamie was showing players their positions and encouraging them!

Completely agree with you, rugby league is a business and not just jobs for the boys, you have to be Ruthless! Rea needs to go now before we start looking at any recruitment, but as you say that is IF we survive!

I spoke to TR in the bar after the débàcle at Gillingham, he looked and talked like a broken man who didn't know what else he could do. Time for him to move on.
Jamie Soward's biggest contribution, by a country mile, was the way he marshalled the defence. Yes we have lots of poor 1-on-1 tacklers, but that is compounded by the lack of positional awareness. It doesn't matter how good your tackling technique is, if you're not close enough to the ball carrier to make contact, you're never going to tackle him.

Jamie Soward showed us exactly how bad the coaching is. The coaches job is to get the best out of his players. The fact that a bloke who had just stepped off a plane and only seen the team play for 20 mins could have such an impact on the energy level and organsiation of the team is telling.

+ 1

Did anyone see Soward's celebration after scoring his try... blowing smoke from his pistols & holstering them? He must have thought he was Billy the Kid... fantastic. We need a cocky, confident player in our squad big time & we now have one.