Ok here's my two penneth worth. Firstly, regardless of the result Leeds were the better team and deserved to win today. They were bigger, stronger, faster and more skillful than us which 9 times out of 10 means you're going to win. However, that doesn't detract from the total ineptness of every one of the officials on show today. Missed forward passes, knock-ons, lying on etc are unacceptable when you have [u3[/u officials involved in a game. ATEOTD the TJ's should be there to assist the ref which should mean giving them greater powers. The TJ's are in the best position to judge on things like forward passes so let them f*cking do it!!!

I'm an Admin Manager and it's like saying to me, "well Slim you're great at dealing with Finance and Performance but we only really want you to deal with the post"!!!

The 2nd half Sinfield "conversion" from the far touchline (AT stand side) summed it up for me. One TJ gave it, the other one had a cheeky look over his shoulder, saw his mate had given it and then stuck his own flag up as he blatantly didn't have a clue

.

The bad decisions shouldn't detract from the fact Leeds were the better team but the last thing you want to be doing is walking out iof a ground seething by yet more shoddy officiating

Leeds can't pass the ball backwards, you should know that by now.

Two matters:
1. The ball as it leaves the hands does have to be going backward in relation to the pitch. The position of the hands do not necessarily count as backward pointing hands can still flip a ball forward (not easy but I have seen it done). As above the feet are a give away.
However a bigger give away was the angle of the ball as it crossed the line. A ball going backward can be propelled forward by the wind: not a factor at that height yesterday.
Yes, I was once a ref.

2. The issue of names was to wake you up to the fact that the original post was not a criticism of Leeds but a response to several comments by Salford fans at the stadium, after the match and on radio : why could the touch judge not advise the ref? You took it as a criticism of Leeds and started a flow that we were blaming the ref for the loss. Read the post. It was a discussion amongst Salford fans of the issues within the game that need sorting and we are not alone in feeling that Touch Judges need to be formally given a greater role.

We also benefitted from a forward pass but the last minute defence stopped us scoring (most other teams would have not stopped that move).