Haha, well like I said, very good content. I enjoyed the one about the Saints/Leeds rivalry too. I'm just surprised people on here aren't mentioning it more often, considering that 90% of posts I read seem to be criticising other people's grammar/spelling xD

If it was my choice I’d enter people into a spelling bee contest if they that bothered about championing good spelling. Most of the world gets by fine with writing that wouldn’t be fit for the Queen to read. I think this high expectation of spelling/grammar by some people does put off other people from expressing themselves on here.

Anyhow I’m glad that you’ve liked the last two articles. I’m sure most people would agree that I’ve come a long way from writing 100 reasons why Leeds are better than saints! - Which wasn't really me anyways - I had to put myself into an Alf Garnet like mind-set.

Do you have a link to that one?

Damo you have improved in grammar/spelling/use of apostrophe...and the fact that you want to is commendable.

However, please allow me to contest your notion that somehow a good common standard of English doesn't matter: the whole idea was to stop misunderstandings and make reading easier. We generally recognise words by their shape and content (their look).....if ewe start too ignor that it can get steddily harder two eazily unnderstand peeples meaning's and if ewe carnt easily reed it can tend too putt won off reeding further the more proze their is with lak off good spelling bad punctuation and misu'se off the apostroph'e the more tyresome it becums and I do'nt no about ewe but bye now the roll of reeding furt'her has becum nie impossible. Of co this is now exceptionally bad but your a brite lad ...doo ewe understand mie poynt ?

Ahhh the Tony Smith years.

Some posters would do well to remind themselves what they thought of the Tony Smith years whilst Tony was actually here providing us with them. Also, it would be pertinent for some posters to think back to how much creidt they bestowed upon Brian McDermott for the early Tony Smith years.

[url=http://viewtopic.php?p=15555211#p15555211Here is a link to a few of them[/url.

The worse writer to ever frequent RLFANS on a regular basis was fredie on the VT. He wasn’t even that bad



But I do encourage that you do pull out the odd spelling mistake. Even I had a little giggle myself when I misspelt sleigh for slay



However I could understand what you wrote with not so much great difficulty. I refer to this –



No one writes that bad do they?

Itntesrnieg eh ! D'sneot aaylws wrok tohguh

All I can remember is certain people crediting Brian McDermott with is getting rid of Danny Ward. Whatever he did at Leeds as an assistant coach, it’s what he’s done as a first team coach that counts. He made Harlequins absolutely terrible and he’s carried on from where he’s left off at Leeds. Unless a miracle happens – I can’t see Brian McDermott improving this Leeds side.

I’m not into that ‘I was right all along’ lark. I hope that Brian McDermott does go and prove me wrong because that would be the best for the team. Having said all that - did Leeds seem to slip when Mcdermott left?

You let your succesful head of youth development go to another super league club and do not adequetly replace him.
Then 3 years down the track you realise what a great job he actually did as the number of quality youngsters is not there anymore.
Leeds are now trying to find that 'lost' generation of youngsters Whilst the Head of youth development who left for another club is churning out youngsters for fun at one of our rivals.The clubs now in the position of paying crazy money for people like Zak Hardacre(who is a great talent) but we used to churn kids like him out every week.
That for me is why we are struggling at the moment.We seemed to have sat idle in our youth development for 2 -3 years after Bastian went and now we are paying the price!!