Runcorn Viking wrote:Good atmosphere then , imagine if it was Widnes playing you's today, that end would be full

Runcorn Viking wrote:Good atmosphere then , imagine if it was Widnes playing you's today, that end would be full

just_browny wrote:Get lost.

Anyway, I think some posters are being far too generous. If Celtic had scored at the end (and they could have) there'd have been a six-page thread entitled "Shocking" or "Pathetic" and with some justification.

Have no idea why Briers is getting so much praise: he basically didn't want to know in the first half. Getting another rocket from Smith just about did the trick, but it all shows again why we need to get rid of the lazy get.

The Andersons are stealing a living.

Our ball control has been terrible all season and we have no kicking game to speak of. Higham is not nearly as effective without being spelled with Clarke.

I thought Wood, Rauhihi and Johnson had decent games. Morley was much better but, for God's sake, let's find a proper captain. There's just no-one taking command out there.

Sadly, today's game was like so many before. We still don't have enough players with enough drive to go on and spank a team. Our players think they can cruise through and let someone else finish a game off, and we end up being dragged into these dogfights by average but committed sides.

FireWire wrote:We were awful today, thought Celtic deserved to win and they may have done but for Smith going off injured at a crucial stage of the game.

JWP wrote:Lots of positives & negatives really.

Briers was excellent, defensively I thought he was rock solid. I thought he was impressive throughout, much better appetite of work. I'm not happy with Gleeson at six though, he's not got good enough hands to play there for me. His passing is slow & inaccurate and you lose the threat he poses from the right. Hopefully Monaghan will be back shortly, if not, I'd like to see Bridge given gametime back there. He showed near the end, a cameo of what he's capable of in setting up that Hicks try.

I thought Mitchell & Johnson were great, really good yardage from the pair of them. PJ out of acting half is a handful. Shame that Harrison left they field, I know he came back on, I thought his work ethic was excellent, really looks impressive at the minute.

King was very good, did his work well, Riley waas good. Between them, two great chasebacks, Rileys especially.

Defensively, it was a bit like the old days at times, and much better at other times. Credit Celtic, they came to play, good ball movement, and I was genuinely impressed with them. Louis Anderson stank, he's crap. Penalties, errors, missed tackles. He just annoys me, he really does. I think he's lucky to be in the team right now, when Westwood is fit, he might not be so lucky.

Solid win, against a plucky Celtic side, too easy to say we weren't very good, they were good at times, We could have set our stall out early, 6-0 up and we bombed a few chances and invited them in etc. Anyhow, two on the spin, Salford next in SL. Looking up not down at least.

Tony Catsmith wrote:it never has been previously, not even half full.

El Camerero wrote:At the start of the season we wouldn't have the back bone or the enthusiasm to get back into a game like that.

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