With all due respect Jools, you've made it your mission to slag the Salford club, fans, owner & various players off at every opportunity on both our board and the VT so it's only fair you get it back from the t*rd you've been spouting for months now. I'm sure you're probably revelling in the attention tho tbh.

Back onto the game.... I thought it was a decent match. Broke into a cold sweat every time your big boys (I won't attempt to spell their names! ) got their hands on the ball as they are absolute beasts and would love to see them both in a Salford shirt (maybe we can offer them a ridiculous wage and tempt them away like we did with Kopczak eh Jools? ). I think your pack will compete with anyone this year if your interchange steps up and you still have plenty of firepower in the backs to cause teams problems. Leeming looks a cracking prospect and could be the find of the season. Looking at all the match stats there was very little between the teams and think both will be lurking around the 8th/9th spot come the split. Based on tonight I'd hope we both have more than enough to avoid the MPG. Looking forward to see how T Carney fits into our side when he's fit. Lui looks a little off for me so should be looking over his shoulder as he looks likeliest to make way ATM.

Finally a quick note on the Josh Jones incident. As much as I can't stand Brough and almost want to justify JJ's actions as Brough is arguably the biggest play actor/cheat in the game, I can't. It was poor and it needs stamping out. The RFL needs to clamp down and quickly before it gets even more out of control. Not sure they can do anything retrospectively about last night's incident as they'd then have to pull a number of players into the dock for similar offences but they should issue a directive to all clubs that anyone caught deliberate milking a penalty that way gets an automatic 10 minutes and it will soon stamp it out.

Good luck for the season and look forward to seeing you lot back at the AJ Bell for the return fixture.

well the salford bogey team continues for us, 4 years on the trot now so not a big surprise we got beat!

frustrating night though, got ourselves back into a few times but seemed to be always chasing the game and cant do that in those conditions

if only those finals passes went to the right man we could have got the win

both teams got 4 tries, salfords kicking was alot better, o brien was excellant

positiives in ikahihifos performance again, also leeming 2nd half and mellor is looking good at centre

hinchcliffe had some poor pass option and we seem to be sticking with this hooker/loose forward role

I see carney is charged with a grade C offence of pushing child during our game! Must admit that at the time it was unbelievable why he wasn't shown a red card for shoving the ref and everyone around us was also gobsmacked that it was just ignored by child. I'm pretty sure if Broughy had pushed child, the gonadless ref would have pulled out his red card.

I'll be honest when I saw it in real time I thought Child had just walked into Carney!

Carney appeared to raise his forearm at child and they have set a precedent of no contact with the ref so ban him. Don't want it getting like wendyball

I've seen the replays and it does indeed look like child walks at him, carney raised his forearm into child's chest -could have just been a automatic response but he shouldn't have done it -even if child tramples over him so it has to be a ban.

For me it just demonstrates the complete ineptitude of the RFL, It was so obviously just instinct I'ts a joke, On the other hand a Salford player is allowed to throw the ball forward at a player on the ground, and is awarded a penalty. What a joke of a game we have got, and what a joke child is, We are really scraping the barrel for Ref's now, Not that that is a new thing.

Child was not an innocent party- but If someone walks into you, do you put up a forearm. If it was me I'd put up my open hands. The forearm was an aggressive gesture.

rfl today has said that if a player does what jones did when throwing the pass into brough then the penalty will go the other way

rightly so, was ridiculous! forward pass too!

Quote: brearley84 "rfl today has said that if a player does what jones did when throwing the pass into brough then the penalty will go the other way rightly so, was ridiculous! forward pass too!'" Should think so! www.seriousaboutrl.com/the-rfl-d ... ised-4656/

Quote: brearley84 "rfl today has said that if a player does what jones did when throwing the pass into brough then the penalty will go the other way rightly so, was ridiculous! forward pass too!'" Should think so! www.seriousaboutrl.com/the-rfl-d ... ised-4656/

So 2 Child decisions given against us are now confirmed as 'officially wrong'

Bit of luck for everyone else, plus the teams carney is suspended against. Not much good for us though now....

Spot on on both counts Jo.

As for "Salford's #1 fan''s" comment about agressive use of the elbow..... I wish someone would demonstrate to you what this actually is as you seem extremely confused.

Fair enough jools , we will have to agree to disagree on that one, For me it was nothing, but we all see what we see.

banned for 2 matches