There's no emoticon that nods approvingly, but rest assured, that's what I'm doing right now.

No they haven't. They've paid to watch Leeds RLFC and its' constituent players tackle a designated opponent on any given matchday. They paid in the hope that they will see their heroes victorious, that they will be entertained and that their lives can be enriched by the successes their idols achieve.


If people have contributed to the club for the same length of time as I have, or longer, they will have done so for a very large proportion of their time whilst they club has failed the main criteria I set out in my previous paragraph. Matt, and other players who have been slighted by such pitiful testimonial attendances, have played an integral role in turning that around. They're provided those cherished memories you talk of and have provided the success many of us have craved for so long. They've done so by subscribing to an ethos of club first and they've done so by remaining within a set-up where they earn less than they could do by moving on, as some of their peers have.

Yes, you can find reasons and excuses to justify a "supporters" failure to appreciate players like this but, IMO, its' frankly unforgivable.

Let me tell you something about our supporters. They will find reasons not to turn out for players like Matt, JJB and Sinfield etc but they flocked in number to Cummins testimonial match so they could see departed "hero" Iestyn Harris, who had deserted the club to earn big bucks with the WRU, come on to the pitch at half time and wave to them.

Our fan base is pathetic.

Most apt thing you have written yet on this subject.

You do realize that you sound ridiculous don't you?

Of course you will be at the Crusaders game in a couple of weeks to support the lads wont you?

As ridiculous as being unable to understand the difference between being and been ?

By buying a ticket and contributing towards their wages?

Since when does away games contribute to the away teams wages?

Desperation response duely noted.

If the ticket is bought through the Leeds ticket office, we get 10% of the ticket cost.

HTH

Please can you give a link to where it says this goes towards the wage bill.

If I don't attend a specific number of away games do the players get paid less?

Didn't think so.

Its' a non point. Gotcha can make a fool of himself without any other idiots helping hand.

Its all sales revenue which comes to the club, no doubt some of the ticket sales will go towards the wage bill at the end of the day.

I'm not trying to help him at all, just pointing out that going to away games does help to fund the wage bill.

The club have a set wage structure and a salary cap to adhere to. revenue from commissions on tickets sold for away fixtures will be completely irrelevant to this completely irrelevant point Gotcha is making.

Still your assistance has helped demonstrate how pointless the point is so thanks.

Unless, of course, you're privy to a players contract and it contains a clause that increases/decreases salary based upon my attendance at away games then I will happily concede the silly non point you have embarrassingly latched on to.

But if the players care more about the club than the cash and it's all about the memories as they are so keen on reiterating, what's the problem?