Yes a Cup that the players, staff and supporters would have loved to have compete in............................

not all supporters. Rather take the hub cap or WCC. Don't know where the cup losts its magic for me but it did.

It didn't lose its' magic for our players according to Burrow in today's YEP.

Of course it never. It only loses its magic for those bitter Leeds fans who cant take losing to the better side on the day. The professionals know what it means to compete in the challenge cup.

I've been saying it for seasons.

Nice signature. Why not add Leeds attendance on it?

Maybe because Leeds arent in the north west of england and maybe because Leeds arent our rivals you douchebag

If getting knocked out early in the cup winning at old trafford again so be it. The cup has lost some of its apeal I don't care what anyone says since the start of the SL era the cup has become a very dull comp. I'm not one of the "Micky Mouse cup" brigade but I certainly think the CC needs a revamp.

That's a sizeable if there but it should help Leeds stay in the hunt not having two focuses for the remainder of this season.

I think the tweak they introduced last year was a great idea.

There was nowt wrong with the cup at Headingley on Sunday. 17k crowd (boosted, of course, by the tweak I referred to earlier) big game and great atmos.

If a RL supporter doesn't get a hard on over events like Sunday I suggest they watch another sport. It reminded me of the Bulls QF from 2004 or, going further back, the Widnes cup tie from 99. Sadly, the match itself and the let down was more like the latter.

challenge cup still starts too early, the gaps between rounds prevent any sort of momentum building for publicity and excitment, there should be no more than 2 SL rounds between each CC round

And the final is now way too close to the play-offs causing a potentially damaging conflict of interests for the participating teams.

Because you struggle to debate at my level please don't make things up. I never said that.

Oh, and, I fail to see what obscure point you're attempting to make regardless.

Wasn't there a thread started (or an existing one extended) after the Wigan game that said something like 'tell me again why we need a new centre' or something like that?

bingo.

and in that thread do I say that Watkins and Gibson were "the reason we beat Wigan"?