Mossop

Think it shows reality. London player had a go at him on the ground, he got up had to push the guy away who wouldn't so tapped him and the guy went down like a Premier League, over paid princess.

Its RL and bits like this happen. Got his 10 min,which he deserved. The guy who started it also got a warning. Good reffing Child's, who I thought had a good game and not his usual long string of penalties for bits of stuff round the play the ball.

Be good when the 2nd ref comes in and the offside at the p t b is sorted.

I thought Child did well on Sunday but he definitely missed a high tackle by Hastings in the 1st half. Not that I'm complaining 😁

Always been a bit like that.

I remember decades ago, a couple of regulars in the shed who stood at the same spot every week. Without fail, they would call every pass forward and every opposition scrum was a 'feed in!'

Literally, every. Single. time. Week in. Week out.

Also remember an old guy who heckled and spouted as much vitriol as possible every week, to both teams. One day someone obviously got fed-up with him and said something along the lines of 'Well what do expect on the fifth tackle?' The old guy looked blankly back. 'What do you mean?' he replies. The guy literally didn't realise that the six tackle rule was brought in in 1972 and was slagging everyone off because the game wasn't making sense.

Some RL fans are priceless.

I started in The Shed in 89/90 season as an 11yo and tbh pretty much all the abuse I remember was dished out at opposition players!(as it should be😊). Refs have always taken stick but some just go way too far. One South Stand guy (just to the right of the sticks) stands with a large group of mates and as soon as he starts his rants his sheep-like mates all join in. It's embarassing. I almost moved on Sunday because of it making my ears bleed. Half the time it's directed at our players as well which is bang out of order. If someone's having a 'mare you need to try and get behind them. At the end of the day they're pulling on the shirt we all want to wear and we should back them. Calling them a "useless C U Next Tuesday" or similar really doesn't do any good.

No longer having to tolerate the deranged outbursts of Salford fans - just one of the advantages of being deaf!

Re: Child - I generally don’t enjoy games when he’s in charge but he was bearable on Sunday. He still missed/guessed a couple of decisions but at least he wasn’t blowing up every two minutes.

Child did miss a couple at the weekend, but most refs will. I don’t really mind that, that’s life. My criticism of him in the past was that he blew the whistle far too much, whilst simaltaneously failing to get a grip on discipline. Sunday was a fast, flowing game and if that’s a consistent improvement from Child then credit where credit’s due to him.