Had to work for result but dug deep and didn't give in.

Well deserved result.

Thought Briers was brillaint. Best I've seen him play in a while, like we know he can play.

Am I reading that right praise for Briers NOOOOOOOOOOOO cant be!!

I thought it was an ugly win, But a win is a win and i cant fault any one player for their effort. i think Tony Smith has his work cut out to bring them up to their potential but grinding out results is a good start.

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

Top win

If we'd have played like that against a good team, we would have been spanked.

However, I'll take a win anyway we can get it and if it means playing ugly, then so be it.

5 players out ,playing against 14 men as Smith was soooo bias it was ridiculous ,it was a ground out win ,games like this in the past we have lost so hats off to the boys today, thought Louis Anderson had a nightmare of a game and can see him being rested as soon as Westwood returns his brother Vinnie was poor as well nobody really shone for me in our back line , Hicks needs to work on the way he attacks the try line he is to upright and needs to be lower he missed at least 2 tries today due to poor body positioning thought our front row and replacements were the best part of the team again well done lads but improvement needed !!!!!

My mom was Rauhihi Excellent effort never a backward step him and Morley were immense ,Wood did a good job as well

We were very flat in both attack and defence and we look short of ideas near the line.

Awful game but pleased with the way we stuck at it.

poor poor and poor must do better horrible 1st half no effort by any one

couldnt agree more...

riley wom us that game when he got out of the ingoal and ran about 60 yards and then their player getting binned, very well played, and that tackle in the first half, thort he was brilliant, but rah again my mom, hes playing awesome

Poor game and never seemed to get in second gear, we're lucky it was only Celtic. But a wins a win.

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.

Well done to Matt King, never put a foot wrong and well taken try. Should hopefully silence some of the critics.

Oh and Gleeson cannot play at Stand Off.

Did Celtic have any away support

amen to that.

Seen a few of them knocking about, my guess would be 50 - 100.

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.

Good atmosphere then

, imagine if it was Widnes playing you's today, that end would be full

I was thinking the same. This could and should have been Wire V Widnes, which would have been a much better event IMO.

And we would have scored 60+ so the atmosphere would have been better you are correct !

If Widnes were to be there, it should be in place of Wakefield or Salford.

Thought both the Anderson brother were very poor today, Louis was making errors and giving away tackles, while Vinnie was falling of tackles at times and trying to push the pass to often.

A win is a win at the end of the day, very impressed with Briers. Best game in while, as Tony Smith said on GMR he came if with some good plays at important times, e.g. One on one steal. Mitchel and Wood were also good off the bench.

it never has been previously, not even half full.

enjoyed the match today! we did not play that bad at all. celtic was much better than i thought they would be

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.

Agreed. I don't think we will miss Morley too much next season to be honest.