Match Thread Salford

Quoted from It Bites

Conteh is a superb football . Far too good for LG2

Well rounded

Well that was good. High press working well, so let’s hope we can maintain it. Everyone looks on it. New signings much more comfortable on the ball. And Conteh is very good (despite the odd errant pass towards the end of the half). They’ve delivered good corners but not too much else.

Quoted from lukeo

That's awful on Waterfall how's he get away with that?

On a more positive note, how good is Conteh? He's unreal for this division.

The ref was probably watching the sunset.

Imagine being on the docks watching that beauty set over the Dock Tower.

The sky’s nearly as orange as Hursty after pre-season boot camp.

We are pressing really well and they are struggling to deal with it, need another goal they look dangerous from crosses.

hows that not pen on waterfall with this whistle happy ref

good game so far. the crowd (not many spare seats in the main/pontoon) seem up for it too.

the ref has been absolutely woeful. am not sure if hes keeping an eye on the play some of the time. couple of naughty tackles on rose, including where i thought he was stamped on. and he obviously doesnt understand what a foul consists of.

interesting that abo eisa's brother mo eisa has also scored tonight

Highlight of the 1st half Rose whacking the ball and hitting Doig. Rose couldn't stop laughing for the next few minutes!
On a serious note, Town playing well this first half, though not dominating. Amos playing well. Could still go either way, but hopefully a Town win.

Reckon their no4 will be sent off if he carries on.

Regards us. Wingers look much better than the last 2 games, special mention to Eisa as ive not seen much from him from a central position, looks much more comfortable out wide. Holohan is doing well, Amos in play is having a good game (dead balls have been dreadful), other 3 defenders doing well.
Conteh head and shoulders above everyone.

Not able to watch or listen to the game tonight. Judging by comments on here and Twitter it seems we've done well.

I think JS wrote a few weeks back in the Guardian that the best thing a team should do when 1-0 up is keep going as they are, or attack even more. The natural reaction to gaining something is to protect it, but there are some stats out there that suggest that's the most dangerous thing to do.

It's about perceptions, though. If we step up the attacking play and concede, Hurst is accused of being wild or too cavalier. Sit back, and he's too cautious.

Personally, I obviously wouldn't want us to concede. But if it happens, I'd rather it be for going on the attack. When you sit back and concede an equaliser, it's hard to stem the flow. When you concede on the break, you don't have to fight so hard to get back on top in the game.

Vassell and Waterfall were all over each other at their (temporary) place last season.

I thought it was going to kick off but they both rutted their way off the pitch together at full-time, slapping backs like slices of gammon on a meat slicer.

It was like Top Gun but sexier.