"Fourteen years later, we've only had two games called off, so I don't think we've done bad." is how Mr Booth followed up his statement, and again, he is correct.

If someone played rugby on my back garden every week for fourteen years it would look much worse than the Headingley pitch does right now

If Booth is stating it isn't all down to the rugby union I wonder what percentage he puts down to them, 80%?

So the pitch is a mess, not because of Union, no, no, it's because it gets played on all year.

Remind me, what gets played on it in the non-growing season?

Mostly Union but not exclusively Union as there are/were League games played December, January, February onwards as well.

I still remember a Booth comment that he had to cut the grass twice in December before the Union side played the Harlequins. I wonder if he still thinks that was an altogether wise thing to do?

That's how I read it.

There's' only one inescapable conclusion.

They've served their purpose. Thanks very much boys but ta ta and stop spoiling the pitch,

Well pardon me for not being a Leeds Tykes apologist.

As daft as it sounds, a larger percentage of the issue is attributed to the union side of the club. its not a union bashing statement from me though, its purely the fact that they are playing on it at a time of year when its a slower (if at all) period of regeneration in the pitch down to the time of year. We could blame ourselves also for playing on it now when its in such a state.

But how on earth would it in any way be a good thing if Tykes were relagated?

Whether people like it or not Tykes are hugely benificial to the Rhinos.

What difference would it make?



Are they? How?

Bless.

For someone with such strong opinions you really don't have the brain power to back them up do you?

No Carnegie in the Premiership means no Sky TV funding, massively reduced corporate entertaining and sponsorship income. The evidence of the likes of London Welsh and others this year indicates that Carnegie would be likely to suffer significant financial losses if they were relegated out of the Premiership.

Which parent company do you think would be digging into its pockets to cover those losses? How do you think that might impact on future plans both on and off the field for the Rhinos?

You willing to accept that just so the pitch can look a bit nicer for the first two months of the season?

All this extra funding has certainly turned the Tykes around from a yo-yo team to a, oh hang on, a yo-yo team hasn't it?

Did Leeds Rugby really get those 'benefits' when LMU owned the Tykes? However did we manage to win 3 on the bounce while having to dig into our pockets to fill the gap.

Face it, the pipe dream hasn't worked. Time to shut up shop.

Good job nobody around the club listened to you in the mid-90s isn't it, when the Rhinos were in an equally poor financial situation and scraping along the bottom of the Super League...

Leeds RL was a club with a rich history and massive potential. Your analogy is astoundingly poor.

Leeds Tykes rattle around in Headingley, their history resides in clubs such as Roundhay and Headingley RU. They've yo-yoed along for 10 of their 17 years now and despite all their sponsorship, sky money etc they probably still owe us plenty.

New pitch, New south stand - Do you think Leeds Rhinos side of the business will be playing for that alone?

Leeds Rugby employs 100 members of staff - What do these staff members do during the Rugby League off season? Leeds Rugby still have to pay their wages but where does the return come from?

Whether you like it or not Leeds Tykes have played a part in getting the business structure to where it is now.