I have worked out in Afghanistan as a comms contractor for almost 4 years (after 23 years in the army). I will attend Simons repatriation ceremony in Bastion over the next few days - wearing my Salford top.

Unfortunately these ceremonies are getting more and more frequent lately - they are all equally as sad. My heart goes out to his new wife, his family and friends.

I hope the Club change their mind about the minutes silence, it would be a nice gesture if they could.

RIP

I'm not having a go at BBM. She's just the messenger. This could be done - like I said previously it was done for Princess Diana and she had no links to Salford at all. Its not difficult. Email, telephones - wonderful inventions and the RFL would not refuse permission. Time we got rid of the ridiculous red tape and got it sorted.

I am also not having a go at Shirley, after all she is only quoting what the RFL stipulate. However it is still indefensable for the club and the RFL not to arrange this.
Instead of the Red Hot flames (as someone has mentioned earlier) we should have it then.Put it on the scoreboard that it will happen and put notices up at all entrances to the ground that it will happen at that time, now what is hard about that.
We must show appreciation to what our soldiers are doing over there.

I'll be there on Friday and I think it would be a disgrace if the minutes silence won't be held because of red tape bull$h1t. I think the club should do all they can whether they have the nod from the RFL or not. I mean are the RFL really going to do punish us if we do it? Even they couldn't be that insensitive and I don't think they could do with anymore bad light being thrown on the game at the moment.

RIP Simon

Wakefield weren't able to arrange a minute's silence at such short notice when they were in the same position a few weeks ago.

RIP simon and condolenses to your wife and familiy, from a fellow salford supporter and ex service man on lords street.