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Yes grandad

but if we got Des Oconnor in we would lose money and fans as well

I know just the scrote, i'll bring him down friday,, you bring a battery.

first half thought we played some real good stuff,realy threw the ball about well defence looked good and we made salford look second rate. second half thought we went down the route of up the middle running into brick walls too much and if wed of continued on from the first half wed of killed them off. with the loss of grix it meant drew was closer in and for me it was scrappy second half

It wasn't just Grix that got injured though, although his was the worst. At one time we had Hendo off through injury and both Blaymire and Drew limping round. Hendo came back on later and the others stuck it out. The 2nd half was always going to be a lot tighter. The penalty from the kick off was the worst start possible, compounded just after with Atkins getting penalised for moving off the mark. Job done in the 1st 40 I think and not thrown away in the 2nd 40.

A promising first half, aided by a favourable penalty count and the wind, led expertly by Drew and Grix. All the forwards looked fresh and made good yards. Stosic impressed me with his first stint and so did Wilkes. Ball retention 100% improvement from not only Wilkes but across the bored.

I really thought the team should’ve scored more given the amount of possession they had and yards they were making and thought Wakefield would pay the price in the second half. The loss of Grix was a big blow and it was no coincidence that with no half back on the field Trinity lacked any cutting edge or direction. There were plenty of opportunities to finish the game off before they eventually did but a mixture of poor play and rash decision making put paid to that. Grix is now out for a reported 6 weeks with ruptured ankle ligaments so I can only hope Obst will be back on Friday otherwise it’s going to be a long night.

Salford did up their game in the second through with an ‘offload at will’ game plan, sometimes they were blind offloads. All it needed was one of the Wakefield players to move behind the tackle before it was complete and cheap position could’ve been obtained. I was impressed with restricting Salford to just the two tries given the lack of possession and the amount of defence work the team had to do in the second 40.

All in all it was a great first half with a satisfactory second half performance.

Get the Quo to the ground

Although we didn't make tons of noise today we were not the quietest set of fans in Belle Vue yesterday.

I thought that your boys only opened their mouths once when you scored your first try and apart from that never heard a peep.

PS - you obviously haven't played Wigan at the JJB yet, they made even less noise than you did yesterday, despite proudly declaring their supporters as their number 18 in the squad list.

Why was George Sampson there

hes rediculous lol

Dus my head in he ws born in birchwood, warrington but now he says he is from Manchester

and he is trying to get with Lauren from eastenders

Would you want to admit to coming from the same place as Kerry "Im not stoned im on medication" Katona?

Good first half performance. controlled the ball well, made good yards and tackled superbly.
2nd half looked like we went to sleep thinking the job was done.
Salford couldn't have continued to play as badly so got back into the game slightly.
seemed to try to push things to much in the 2nd half but i always felt we were in control.
2 out of of 3 is a great start with the injuries we have and i for one am a happy trin fan this morning

There'd be no point in that though - young up-and-coming bands wouldn't add floating support onto the gate. People like to see those they've seen on the telly, not some no-marks, however talented they are.

When we got acts the level you'd see in 'Clubland' they added nothing for anyone, at least George Sampson, Journey South and however else we've had do add a little something to proceedings - not for everyone of course, but certainly those who see the posters and become curious...

one of the big plus points for me so far this season,

a bit OTT, i felt sorry for the lad, he's only a kid and was getting loads of abuse from some young lads stood behind me, at least George Sampson is making something of himself which is more than what some of those idiots who were bagging him will ever do

who's your new avatar

Yeah harsh that he is only 14/15? Most of them will end up on dole no doubt.

Snowmeister I still have memories of a bloody good set up that day,we should learn from Barrow and get a resident band in

theres plenty of local bands about and some watch trin was with one of them yesterday

But if they don't add any numbers on the gate, what's the point?

Creating an atmosphere before kick off at a guess

For whatever reason, i've always thought, Friday night games tend to have much more of an atmosphere than Sunday afternoon.

I'm sure everyone will be much more pumped up on Friday and there'll be plenty more noise!

Unfortunately due to being double booked i'll be in 'the box' in headingley cheering the mighty wildcats on!

From a crappy covers band? Might as well just update the CD collection!

Like them or not, the pre-match stuff we've had from people who are vaguely 'famous' at least attracts some outside interest to the games. It serves a purpose from that respect.

really enjoyed the game i came all the way from middlesbrough and was well worth the trip. i took my 5 year old cousin today it was his first game. thought the lads showed great spirit when times got a bit tough in the second half and rallied together for a great defensive effort. saw sideshow in the crowd yesterday as well he was looking good think he will be a good signing for us in my opinion hasnt had a real enough chance to prove himself yet.

Dont get me wrong i like george sampson but knowing him before he was famous and now he has definatly got very cocky and has needs to never forget where hes come from

Like it or not the lads at Barrow did a sterling job in entertaining the crowd covers included. (probably a fraction of the cost)