I would suggest you book summat you can cancel for nowt or a modest fee. It's not just pessimism - it's a fact that bookings increase exponentially once the finalists are known.

I was being deadly serious, pal.

My statement was referring to you not being happy if we lost by 70 odd. If they had won 70-2 today then I would still have been proud and enjoyed the day.

Absolutely outstanding and brave performance by the team and loved it.

P.s. Please don't 'pal' me.

Gritty performance by Fax, kept going to the end, there will be some tired aching bodies today and for a few days to follow.

Of course I wouldn't be "happy" about losing by 70 and I don't believe for one minute that the current Fax team if they put 100% effort in (like they did yesterday) would get such a beating by any team, no matter how good that team are. We may have had a disappointing league season but we've got some darn good players.

PS ..... Pal

What a fantastic performance that were, not quite sure where it came from. For 30 minutes we went set for set with the best team in SL and then for the next 30 minutes or so more than competed with them before they finally took a grip on the game in the last 20 minutes. The only difference in the teams was that bit of extra quality that allowed them to break us down but you would expect that from a team at the top of SL. The only real negative to come from that is on the bigger picture of the league table as it shows we should be nowhere near where we are in the league.