What a load of tosh. These players are paid professionals and what they produced on Friday was utter garbage. Fans are entitled to voice their opinion and booing is an outlet. The players and coaches need to know it is unacceptable what we saw on Friday. If the players get upset by a bit of booing then are they man enough to be playing rugby.



Put it another way if you paid someone to work on your house and they did a crap job would you not say anything because that is what you are saying to all intents and purposes.



I have followed Salford since 1974 though the great times and the bad. Friday was a disgrace. All the excuses about it being early season, "takes times for combinations to gell" don't wash. We were playing Crusaders, a side thrown together in a matter of weeks and yet they were far superior in every aspect of the game to Salford.



As for real fans keep singing may I suggest that real fans are far too numb and gutted to formulate any response.

I didn't boo. I never have done. I just walked out and went back to The Chandos with 20 mins to go and enjoyed a pint.



I just couldn't watch any more.

Yep, we as a group of supporters (notice i didnt say fans) need to shake ourselves and get back on side.



I dont agree in long term booing, the message has to be clearer. but ill say i was shouting "what a load of rubbish" at the end because it was and its a message which needed to be heard by the players, the players are creatures of habbit and they will look into the crowd at their usual spot and look for what our reactions to their performance just like a child looks at their parents to see if they have done good, i also didnt clap them off i did my usual when im upset about the performance of the lucky sods who have the chance and the ability to wear the red shirt i pointed to the tunnel, the usual suspects looked up and trudged off to our new tunnel knowing they'd let me personally and themselves down, if i do see them at leeds i know they will look again and ill give them my honest opinion, at Hull kr i did a hand sakey "it was alright" movement they understood.



These rough hooligan fans we keep banging on about are just that fans, they dont get behind the boys its all anti yorkshire or anti scouse its nothing positive and need to led into supporting the team, unfortunately with our supporters dwinndling due to absence, boring mind numbing play and relocation around the ground the supporters in the shed dont have the vocal muscle we once had.



Id be happy moving down the shed and start again, but you have to remember people stand down that end for a reason and might not like some of our "crazy bonkers" element turnin up and making a racket.



I agree with Mr Rossi and the red preacher there was a time when we just backed the team to the hill week in week out regardless what was goin on behind the scenes, its 80 minutes of love thats all we can give after that on the way home you can cry like a baby if you like but supporting the red shirts regardless of how bad they perform will get that extra 10% out of them which imo can be the difference between victory and defeat.



you dont have to sing the songs to be a supporter, positive attitude = positive results, im sure a few positive shouts will make you and the players feel better.



After all that i might now go to leeds

I was with Pev and also didn't boo as I'd retired as well, to be honest they wern't worth a boo I'd rather save my boo's for a worthwhile cause.

This has descended into a really good thread.

Whilst I agree that booing is a bit turd (who the hell stands there shouting 'boooooooooooo' anyway? It just sounds stupid!) you can't really equate Friday night to a poor performance only. There was just a distinct lack of effort or urgency from Salford - most of them looked as if they didn't really give a monkeys about the game. In that instance, it's no surprise that people do get irate.



Contrast with the defeat at Hull KR the previous Sunday and the reaction by the travelling supporters then. The team were clapped off. Because we'd seen a bit of effort and pride, we'd just been outdone by a better side. Friday was a completely different kettle of fish.

I agree with you totally GT



I prefer to shout at them that they're a bunch of useless ginger haired stains

You know, it's believed by many prominant intellects that we often show aggression to the one's we love or are attracted to. You've pretty much just given GT a dead arm and looked at him through the corner of your eye with an adoring but coy and slightly embarassed smile on your face...



Not that I'm suggesting you're a "ginger haired w**kstain" GT.

To be fair, I've been called a lot worse.

Red Preacher is Dr. Marvin Munroe.

I've been rumbled. Theres many a time I've tried to talk Jo into letting GT join us in a 3 some. But she always says no