Whilst I agree with the OP' sentiments. After the disgraceful booing at what is already a young team full of many brit players. Why would you want to bring in the young salford lads so they can have their confidence wrenched from them at such an early stage in their careers?

Our support ( well the majority of it from what I heard last night) is to stupid to understand that with youth comes inexperience and as a result we would lose the vast majority of our games.

I would not say I was TOO stupid to understand that but I remember last year a kid called Myler running us round the park he was only a youth the same could be said about Ratchford, but from the first two games he has had all his off the cuff stuff coached out of him.

Last night was like watching a team of Coleys

Sorry, didn't word that particularly well.

What I meant to say was while it's admirable to play a 'young and hungry' team I hope the likes of the two players I mentioned can help out the young wingers outside them. McGilvray in particular was peppered last night and could perhaps have benefited with someone more experienced to help him.

"Hopefully when everyone is fit we can strike a balance between youth and experience" was the point I was unsuccessfully trying to make.

[iIt would be great to see our young lads given a chance in the first team.

But not at this time because as we can all see the Reds are a beaten team and I feel throwing young kids in now at the deep end may destroy them for the future.
[/i

Apparently, some of the younger/newer players couldnt believe the "booing" & when told from some of the longer serving players that can be the "norm at home games" they were quite shocked,

The booing was and will always continue to be a disgrace. They surely new they wer playing cack and didnt need mindless idiots in the crowd haveing a go.

The same drop kick near me year in year out singles out one player each season and baracks him and i'm waiting with baited breath to see who he singles out this year.

I can honestly say after 20 years of supporting Salford I can never remember being so ashamed as I was last night by the actions of a large section of the shed. At the final whistle I just stood there numb after what can only be described as an utter shambles. I have never booed my team and never will regardless of their ineptness. I saw Matty Smith shake his head as he looked at the shed before going down the tunnel and I saw at least 3 fans giving the players the "v". Totally unacceptable behaviour from "so-called" fans which is counter-productive and shows some of our fans up to be the n0bheads they obviously are.

Well said, let's hope the younger lads arent affected and show the utter fools in the shed thier own metaphorical V sign by playing out of thier skins. Sharn't be standing in the shed any longer as I was utterly ashamed to be stood near them and would hate to think I get tarred with the same brush.

The people booing are not Salford fans, or at least not the type of fan that the club or the players want.

Sadly MR they are :
they pay and feel they can behave as they want!

How many fans know what the role of a touch-judge is? Yet they abuse such for not giving a forward pass.

etc etc

Perhaps the club were expecting this to happen and thats why they bought the extendable tunnel

I can honestly say after 18 years of watching them i was never so ashamed of a performance on the pitch.

The role of every single TJ IS defined in the Rules of The Game - available on the RL Website - the relevant bit is this:

Enforce Laws 2. The Referee shall enforce the Laws of the Game and may impose penalties for any deliberate breach of the Laws.
He shall be the sole judge on matters of fact except those relating to touch and touch in-goal
(see para. 11 below)

So the TJs role is VERY limited - the TJ may also draw the Referee's attention to an infringement if the referee has not seen it, but has no authority other than that.

Now, some refs (the good ones) will actively use their TJs to assist in getting decisions right, but I think what HBRed was referring to was the screams you hear from the spectators for the TJ to "open your eyes", "wave your flag" etc. when the rules of the game forbid them from doing so

Spot on SalfordSlim - the TJ ONLY gives decisions on Touch and Touch in goal!

So to all those spectators shouting abuse at tem - IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT!! They are abiding by he rules of the game!