First and foremost I like rugby - League first and Union second. There was a time when I liked to play, then there was a time when I liked to coach, then I had a time in rugby management. But during all this time I have always enjoyed watching rugby skills as a form of entertainment.

Having been brought up in Headingley, naturally my league team has always been Leeds and I have been coming to Headingley since I was a boy (195icon_cool.gif win or lose.

Sport is competitive so of course I want to win every game. But realistically this is simply not possible.

Therefore many moons ago I realised that it is the performance that counts more than the winning. If my team gives of their best and provides some good rugby and tries to watch then it is good value entertainment. I can also enjoy creative play by the opposition.

There are those supporters who can only be satisfied when we are winning. I am sorry for them because they will spend their lives frustrated and will miss many good things to enjoy in a game. Over the lean years there have been some truly outstanding rugby moments from a host of talented rugby stars who have graced Headingley - many in Leeds teams that won little or no silverware.

Some of those moments have matched, in entertainment terms, any of our silverware successes.

Overall I enjoyed our performance on Friday and applaud the improvement against the Champions and IMO one of the top 2 sides this year.

the problem for me is i haven't enjoyed many games this year. it's been bloody dull at times tbh

You don't half make me laugh when you come out with the stuff in bold.

LEEDS were the first club to go full time. Wigan and Widnes followed their example. Still, let's not let facts get in the way of a good urban myth eh?

lie

No, you couldn't go fully pro as that would have been breaking RL bye-laws, wouldn't it ?

Not a very good disguise!

Don't let the fact that this is complete bollax stop you from claiming Leeds were the first to be FTP. I was around at the time and very very clearly remember what happened. I also remember what "other" job most of the Leeds players did, such as Roy Powell being a Plasterer for example.

Shall we see if you can back up your ridiculous claim with fact?

good on yer

course he can't. he's full of sh*t

Maurice told them, so it must be true, "Its not fair" he said, "all these other teams are full time professional, so we have to be" and they believed the Messiah and it was so.

And then they had to sell the temple to pay the wages.

To a supermarket.

And not a northern super market either....