Given the squeeze on incomes and the competition for leisure £££, you'd expect the RFL to be doing everything it can to maximise the attractiveness of its product. Instead, through the MRP, it is doing the exact opposite. Folk will vote with their wallets and RL will be the loser.

tbf they're consistent in banning as many Leeds players as possible each week

I'd like to see them focus on "deliberate foul play." I know you can never say for sure if a player did something deliberately, but you can make an educated judgement. We're seeing players suspended for getting high speed collisions slightly wrong. Seems a ridiculous way to carry on. I'd love to see them survey season ticket holders at all clubs. They are the people who fund the clubs, at the most basic level, and their opinion should be heard.

It's damaging the product at a time when RL needs to be both holding on to its core support and attracting new fans. The current set up is doing neither.
I agree about a survey. I think we already know the results, which is why it'll never happen.

Agree AC.
As usual the RFL have taken everything literally and once again are behind the NRL in handing out bans for accidental offences.
Again I`m sure other players have been given 1 match bans for tripping yet the default if you play for Leeds is 2 games (Prior and Sezer)

dont forget Bodene Thompson getting the same, despite having no other charges this season

Yep forgot that one.
I said it before that a decent Solicitor could/should be able to put a case forward comparing the same types of incidents, the length of ban and the individuals previous record for Leeds players against other teams players.
I`m sure our own statos could do it on here.

Hardaker
Tindall
Sutcliffe
Newman
Handley
Austin
Myler
Oledzki
O’Connor
Tetevano
Bentley
Gannon
Smith

Dwyer
Walters
Donaldson
Thompson

If Austin and Donaldson are fit I think that’s the 17 with Zak kicking goals. Maybe Sinfield plays .

I bought tickets on Sunday but would not have bothered if I’d known we’d get 3 more fairly random suspensions.
We are down again to last men standing.

I'm going too, but the bans have also flattened my anticipation somewhat. In terms of the team I would bring Mustapha in for Walters. Think we'll need so oomph down the middle and Muizz would give us that.

And therein lies the problem.

There's plenty of other things for folk to spend their squeezed incomes on. If you don't know what you're going to get, product wise, then you may well decide to spend on something with more certainty.

It's a problem entirely of the RFLs own making.

Yeah that could be worth it. If Donaldson does not make it we are in even more trouble.

What’s Hull kr’s line up likely to be? They struggled to get a win against Toulouse, so we should be beating Hull kr imo
(I know Toulouse beat us but we now have a stronger team out)

There's no wonder crowds are down... people are seeing a poor product on the field (in general) and staying away.