Quote reffy="reffy"You are correct Fred, I feel it is my duty to support referees but only when it is justified because some of the flak thrown at them is from habit rather than reason. The point I am making is that there are people on this forum who (in my opinion) overreact to any criticism, and I mean any, of the team, coach and in particular the BOM. It is damn near paranoia from one particular member.
The other point is the fact that new members are jumped on if they are critical, they are accused of being at worst trolls or at best not leythers. It isn't as if we are overrun with members since most have migrated to the adulation, heavily censored fans group on Facebook. We could end up we half a dozen members saying, "aren't we good" everyday.'"
I agree. Some are massively positive, some are much more negative but everyone should be allowed an opinion. I don't agree with the people who seem to feel anybody who has a criticism of the club deserves to be slated.
However, if you join a Leigh Centurions forum full of Leigh Centurions fans and your 1st post is:
"The most inadequate fans on the planet and I am a Leigh fan. So clueless about the game of rugby and everything surrounding the club.
The majority of you who post on here are an embarrassment to life, let alone the club. 86 - 0 and still people moan.
The worst thing about the club? The pathetic, dull and insipid fans."
Then you can't really expect to be taken seriously or made welcome. Especially when the rest of their posts continue in the same vein.