I'm not off, won't go to the final either as in both cases I'll be spending the time with my daughter, making the most of it before she gets old enough to answer back and give me grief....

I'd be more likely to go to the final though, Wembley is much easier to get to for me than anywhere on the M62 corridor.

Taking the grandson to the coast. To be honest i've been bored this year. The sky games and the leeds home matches have, odd one apart, have been dull. Like a lot of others i speak to i'm losing interest in the game itself. Nothing to do with winning or losing, just the general entertainment and standard of games

So im not the only one

I would rather go watch wetherby bulldogs. Its a shame as i used to look forward to games all week and wembley was a great weekend.
maybe its me

Ive barely been to half of our games this season and I dont feel as though I have missed anything

Thanks for that.
It's looking like a journey up from Donny then tomorrow.
Good support is often referred to as an extra man. We need to get behind the team in adversity, not all decide to hide behind austerity at the first sign of a heavy loss

That said I can understand if people aren't enjoying the general quality of the product on offer as I have felt the same to an extent this year.

Tad random, but does anyone know if we're playing in home/away kit tomorrow?

Both.

I feel exactly the same, kinda depressing the realisation, as I love the game.

I think rugby league fans can sometimes almost have this complex, that the game should be growing bigger and better every year, because at it's best, theres nothing better.

But like many things it goes in peaks and troughs and the current state most certainly isn't a peak.

I think a few things have contributed to this, but the big bucks are in the NRL now so you don't get same quantity and or quality of overseas players bulking up the league, we don't produce enough quantity and quality ourselves so theres been a decline in the overall quality IMO. Add in the fact theres 14 teams now and this has magnified the situation. These type of realisations are stinging for many because ''the game should be growing, making progress, getting better'', it's that complex many rugby league fans have.

This takes years and years to turn around, the franchise system is almost much maligned these days but it at least (in theory) gives weaker teams the opportunity to invest in the infastructure and to begin producing quality players of their own rather than relying on queensland cup castoffs. Whether that is actually taking place, I'm not so sure.

Well well, according to the likes of G1 and Richie winning is the only thing that matters and fans only care about that. Seems some fans want to see elite sport played to elite standards.

I'll be honest, it's the only thing that matters to me. The quarter final in 2010 against Wigan was hardly played to elite standards, but beating them in the manner we did was as satisfying as any victory i've seen. An elite team is classed as the best in their field, that is only ever judged by silverware. Fans react accordingly, if your winning they're supporting, if you're not they're gone. There are a number of purists who would happily see their team defeated in a valiant and flamboyant manner, they are in a minority. Most people want to see their team lifting the trophies.