Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 12:53 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Aye - I bet you do.

The town lover is back.

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 12:54 pm  

I reckon you can hear cries of joy emerging from Widnes and West Yorkshire.

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:07 pm  

[quote="theredshed"]I will give you my two-penneth. After 40 years watching RL I lost all faith in the sport months ago and I haven't been to a game this year. It's hard to accept but it's always going to be a small sport with a small mentality and full of people only interested in what suits their club. I feel the sport is predictable, flat and is sadly getting left way behind other comps and sports. I think people are wise to this feud between the RFL and Salford and aren't going to be a victim of it anymore. Fortunately I'm over it all now and can't even be bothered watching Superleague on TV either.[/quote

Theredshed: I have only known you as a sensible & informative poster & supporter for many years, however having watched the club for a similar time scale I have reached the same point as you

[Wildthing]

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:10 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Aye - I bet you do.

Don't even attempt to think for me, you have enough trouble spelling simple words like 'being'.

Toddle back to the Nutjob forum you 2 faced idiot.

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:44 pm  

Wildthing wrote:

Don't even attempt to think for me, you have enough trouble spelling simple words like 'being'.

The "teacher" returns.

[Wildthing]

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:55 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

The "teacher" returns.

As I have learned with you, you can't educate pork.

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:11 pm  

Hopefully time to move on now.
Two panels have found Salford to have breached the rules. The first imposed what they saw as a reasonable penalty. The appeal has upheld this.
The club should breeze through the middle 8s (although you could still avoid this) and seem well set up for next year. A close season with more stability and a couple of quality signings and I think you will be top 6 next year.

Whilst I agree that all is not perfect with the RFL, his constant berating of the organisation that runs the game is also doing us no favours. Given that coaches are fined for the slightest criticism of referees, it seems odd that he is allowed to deride the RFL at every turn and no action is taken.

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:33 pm  

This is a comment that your professional capability will allow you to shoot me down: he has a different postion from coaches in that he is speaking as "Joe public" and they have a professional role within the RL structure. I know he is the owner but look it as this: if I had shares in Salford, would the comments I make in public (e.g. on the terrace) mean I could be fined whereas if I did not have shares I could not be fined?

As you say: please a period of quietude. I don't think we've had one since 2009. (and it could have been 2008: Alkergate was when?)

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:37 pm  

Marwan was at LSV last weekend boasting he had found the missing email in relation to this matter and would get the six points back. What a clown?

Re: Points Appeal : Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:54 pm  

Hillbilly_Red wrote:

This is a comment that your professional capability will allow you to shoot me down: he has a different postion from coaches in that he is speaking as "Joe public" and they have a professional role within the RL structure. I know he is the owner but look it as this: if I had shares in Salford, would the comments I make in public (e.g. on the terrace) mean I could be fined whereas if I did not have shares I could not be fined?

As you say: please a period of quietude. I don't think we've had one since 2009. (and it could have been 2008: Alkergate was when?)

Nothing is ever straightforward. I also wouldn't want a culture where those involved in RL were prevented from speaking out if they felt the need to.
If my memory is right, there are specific rules against criticising match officials but not criticising to governing body, but some of the stuff he says is touching on the slanderous in my opinion.
Of course, the RFL would then have to prove that what he says isn't true. Which it probably is!