Oh dear. We must help these Widnes people.

The fine was £10k and it is now £5k which means - at a stroke the Doctor has saved £5k with his appeal. 3 x One Way Tickets to Australia for Goldie & the Chuckle Brothers would cost about £3k so seems a good deal for the club.

I know! What is it with these Widnes people? It raises a "what came first" type question: Is the chemical industry the cause of mutants like the capital letter deprived "year of the viking", or did the chemical industry move to the Widnes area because the mutants were already there? I genuinely don't know the answer to this.

On the points deduction: Meh. This season is about performances (and the lack of) for us, and seeing young players coming through. The points are irrelevant.

Does this really matter, you can't blame Salford for lodging an appeal as it is a given right to do so.
Ok so the RL have slapped them on the wrists and "punished " them for their mistake. The two points deduction is in itself pathetic since due to their current league position and season so far does absolutely nothing, fair enough if this Super league actually had a meaning to it when in the lower half then fair enough it can then be seen to be a punishment as it is it just seems a total waste of time for those concerned.
I think most fans would agree that if the same had happened to their club you would want to see the officials of that club look to get a review of the case by appeal.

Time to move on and forget about it just as the clubs who bent the salary cap rules have.

A fair post, Marshy.

I will be keeping a sharp eye out both on Sky and at live games in case any other teams make this mistake, and I hope all Salford fans will keep a sharp eye out as well.then we will see how the RFL deal with other teams in the future.

Was the touch line official held accountable in any way for the mistake? Was his name mentioned when the RFL made statements on the matter? It's pathetic the RFL just make it up as they go along and protect their own.

Yes the two points and fine is irrelevent to Salford from a league standing aspect but it's the damage and embarrassment these power hungry people cause the game. And another question, do we know or will we ever find out who was on the panel that came to this latest conclusion?

The one thing that really infuriates me is the fact Jordan Tansey should have walked much earlier in the game for a shocking head high tackle on Williams. These Cas supporters go on about justice it's a joke. Let's be real Tansey only got off with a ban because of the 14-man issue.

No wonder the Salford/Manchester public won't buy into rugby league it's an absolute eef-in joke run by total amatuers with ulterior motives.

I know it's not in my best interests as a Salford supporter but If I was Koukash I'd be very tempted to tell Nigel Wood to stick his Superleague up his fat ar$e and let it die of a slow death in the shadows of RU and the NRL.

I can see why the club appealed. The fine was unprecedented, and 100 times what the last club to make a similar mistake received. I can't help but question whether the consequences would have been the same if this occurred last year, and we didn't have a wealthy owner. The fact that this makes no difference to anything of any consequence show how petty it all it. Personally, I hope it frustrates our players enough to spur them on for the rest of the season, something needs to.

Was anyone aware that Bradford had played for a short time with 14 when they beat us at our place a few weeks ago? We did not make a complaint and therefore no sanctions eee made.
How is that for knowing my operational rules Tigerade???

Well done. Maybe you should have complained ?

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Dont talk wet. He got 'off' by staying on the field!

Also, how long as a high tackle been a red card? There's several debatable decisions every game. Either way, Tansey didn't avoid a ban because you guys put 14 on the pitch, he avoided a ban because he used his early guilty plea.

A deliberate high shot is a red card and Tansey's shot was a deliberate head shot. Doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things for Salford but I personally think the RFL have set themselves a dangerous precidence with a points reduction for an innocent technical offence if say the winners of this years competition was found to have deliberately broken the salary cap where would they go?.