Sat 7th Sept: SL: Salford Red Devils v Catalans Dragons KO 17:30 (BBC/Sky Sports+/SuperLeague+)

[StandOffHalf]

1 minute ago, Click said:

Damn, Sneyd went down like he was shot there.

Selling it well. He was grabbed though, haha.

[johnh1]

1 minute ago, Just Browny said:

Moore is not only right there, he should be sending Sneyd for ten minutes for the dive and head-holding.

He hit him after he had kicked it!!

[StandOffHalf]

BBC sound man not on the job today.

[Just Browny]

It doesn't matter whether it hits Mellor's chest or arm, it hits him and goes straight into a Salford player who is standing offside.

Haha has he seriously not seen the offside there?

Wait, now what. He was bluffing all of us.

Edited September 7, 2024 by Just Browny

[Exiled red]

3hrs later we have a decision

[EagleEyePie]

This has to be given a try. It doesn't go forward off Mellor's arm.

[welshmagpie]

I hope Joe Mellor introduces himself by name to James Vell-or after this. 

[RigbyLuger]

28 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said:

I respectfully suggest he knows slightly more about the game than you? 

Just because he played it doesn't mean he can communicate about it. Faye Gaskin hasn't played in the men's Super League but analyses a game better than RHP, who also hasn't played for decades now.

[Futtocks]

Just now, StandOffHalf said:

BBC sound man not on the job today.

Assuming it's the BBC is a stretch. Part of the current deal is that Sky do all the production on SL matches.

The Beeb just overlay their commentary on the feed instead of Sky's.

[The Blues Ox]

How is that given as a try? Salford player making the tackle is in front of Mellor, its really clear accidental offside.

[M j M]

This crappy system is part of the problem for slow decisions. The poor bloke has to have sufficient evidence to overturn the live call but it's so hard in this situation. If we just them make a best call then it would be so much quicker.

[welshmagpie]

What on Earth has gone on there? 

[Click]

Isn't it offside after it comes off Mellors body and goes forward into the Salford players foot anyway? 

[Just Browny]

1 minute ago, EagleEyePie said:

This has to be given a try. It doesn't go forward off Mellor's arm.

It hits Mellor's chest and goes straight into Nikorima, who was a metre in front of Mellor.

[M j M]

Hahaha did he change his mind at the last minute then

[EagleEyePie]

Wait what the hell happened there? He literally just talking everyone through why it wasn't a double knock on then said it was a double knock on just before making the decision as if that's what he'd been saying all along? Has Vella lost the plot there?

[StandOffHalf]

Pretty long-winded look through the Ryan NO TRY.

Edited September 7, 2024 by StandOffHalf

[The Blues Ox]

Credit to the onfield ref I think he must have called that and spotted it. Or at least I am presuming he has spotted the offside.

Edited September 7, 2024 by The Blues Ox

[Click]

5 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

Selling it well. He was grabbed though, haha.

Oh for sure, he had a little grab on him - And I think him selling it so "well" is probably what made the ref not consider the 3rd player. He thought Sneyd just ran straight into the defenders that were standing there with the way he went down. 

[Industria ditat]

1 minute ago, The Blues Ox said:

How is that given as a try? Salford player making the tackle is in front of Mellor, its really clear accidental offside.

It was given as no try 

[M j M]

Maybe he got a text from Bentham just before he was about to break protocol to give it.

[EagleEyePie]

1 minute ago, Just Browny said:

It hits Mellor's chest and goes straight into Nikorima, who was a metre in front of Mellor.

I thought it went into the Catalans players foot? That's what it looked like from the side angle.

[Click]

Great DG by Sneyd there.

Glad it isn't like the NRL where that would be 2 points though !

[Barry Badrinath]

What a huuuuge dg

[The Blues Ox]

1 minute ago, Industria ditat said:

It was given as no try 

Haha yeah I clicked post when the video ref said there was no knock on and checked the grounding. They got the right decision in the end.