Quote Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino="Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino"Thing is, times move on, McLaren has moved on to his painting, Oldham has bagged a great job with Wish FM, people have grown up and moved on to other things.
I have spoken to a few "younger" posters and the reason they don't come on here anymore is a combination of a few things, mainly that any thread can descend into the usual slanging matches etc and the other is the rise in social media etc.
Although why someone would want to put themselves through some of the brain melting nonsense spouters on the "official" or "Elite" FB sites is beyond me.'"
I would agree with you as I believe that is a factor too.
At the risk of taking the topic somewhat on a different course, the standard of domestic RL has been on the decline for some time, there are seldom interesting things to talk about which have not been covered before for instance - with the exception of it being in 'our blood', RL in 2017 has very few talking points and is a much duller, manufactured version of its former self, for instance 2003-2007 where I believe the SL at the top of the tree was at its highest standard.
Players and coaches have "media training" and how to play with the straightest possible but it has made listening to players and coaches a mere waste of time. Interviews are the same old regurgitated soundbites time after time and what should be RL's most marketable asset (the players) are mere foot state soldiers - perhaps that was why Macs interviews in the last couple of games were so refreshingly captivating to listen to. The game has very few characters these days and very few things to talk about. As a result, the element of engaging fans is far lower than what it should be.
