HEAD coach Stuart Littler was well pleased with what his squad offered in their behind-closed-doors training run-out at Salford.
“We definitely got out of it what we wanted to get from it, and so did Salford,”
said Stuart, whose Roughyeds continue their preparations for the forthcoming Betfred League One season with a friendly at Keighley Cougars next Sunday, March 6 (3pm kick-off).
YEDS, our new Supporters’ Group, are running a coach to the match, picking up and dropping off at the town-centre Fox and Pine real-ale house on Greaves Street, and you can reserve a place at the YEDS website.
Back to the run-out at Salford and Stuart went on:
“It was a good initiative for the boys.
“We need to play more as a team so it helped a lot in that regard. We got footage for future reference but, above that, we saw one or two things we can work on this week.
“There were a couple of things we can focus on in the next couple of weeks as we build towards our first league game, also against Keighley, at the Vestacare Stadium on March 27.
“It also helped as part of the preparation for the friendly at Cougar Park next Sunday.
“Things will be ‘upped’ a bit this week ahead of a friendly against a team in our division.”
A few bumps and bruises were recorded after the Salford experience but at face value the initial thoughts of Stuart, Chez and their backroom team was that we had emerged pretty much unscathed.
Said Stu:
“We don’t believe there was anything to worry about, but we’ll know for sure before the end of the day. If anyone does have a problem, they will ring the physio by 7pm tonight.”
Prop Jack Arnold, our latest signing who is recovering from appendix surgery, has moved a step further the all-clear by stepping-up his training, but he is unlikely to be ready for the next challenge at Keighley next Sunday.
