"I pretty much agree with Ted Forster. Given we finished second, had home advantage, big crowd, better players (on paper); we were favourites and you'd have thought we'd have come out really fired up and going for it. I thought we came out looking like startled rabbits, Ramsbottom looked the more comfortable from the off, and, putting aside the dodgy ref's decision early on, I don't think at half-time anyone could say Ramsbottom did not deserve to be ahead.

Thompson was just as effective in the second 45 minutes as he was in the first. Given he was sent off when he was, this is not a compliment! He can't seem to do it on the big occasions against the bigger teams.

MG has known for weeks we were in the play-offs, so the mental as well as the physical preparation of the players for the big games is down to him. I don't think he did the job at all well for last night. However, given that MG started from scratch two years ago, and we've finished champions and then runners-up since, I think it's too early to talk about replacing him. Hopefully he'll also learn from this and improve as a manager and improve Darlo as a team next season.

Given the suggested recent investment in Salford it may well be that we'll be in a similar position next year, so he needs to get it right.

Come on Darlo!"