Much better last night Andy and has been very good recently. last week hopefully was a bit of a blip. The week before with the coaching sessions was excellent.

......and you're not kidding me. The cold weather is the reason for your non appearance you old fart. Get yoursen back up.

In all seriousness chief, I'd just stopped enjoying it over the summer.

It had got incredibly tedious standing around listening to the same voices whining about every decision that went against them, while those of us who prefer to play a little wider of the ruck got an insight into how it must feel to be England wingers under Tony Smith.

Soon hopefully, I won't be working every Monday, so I may pop up again. I'll try and pick a warm night but I will no doubt turn up on when the temperatures hit minus.


What are the numbers like nowadays?

Who are you again?

IIRC there were about 20 there on Monday!

There does seem to be times when things do get a bit serious these days. Certain people occasionally get ty when other players try something a bit different, or perhaps don't do exactly what is being shouted at them (e.g. pass to one side when a particular "playmaker" is calling for it the other way) surely training on a Monday night is exactly the right time we should be trying different things, throwing the ball about (but not on the first/second tackle!!) etc. and not supressing peoples' natural flair(?!)
When we all get talent spotted by professional scouts and end up playing for our own beloved Superleague clubs (or Hunslet in Scotts case) that's the time to take things a bit more seriously.
I believe this (seriousness) is partly to blame for the questioning of refereeing decisions.
i.e. player A gets annoyed because player B passes the "wrong" way
player B is p1ssed because player A has had a go at him.
Referee C makes a dodgy call.
players A and B have a go at the ref because they're both already wound up!!
it's a vicious circle.

And it all comes down to you not running forward dad

I'm going to get my dad to give me a lift, so he can talk to you at the end, instead of ringing each other at work and talking about anything but work related "stuff".


Do Aiden (and his brothers), and Jimmy still turn up?

Nope, you're quite safe now