Strange as it may sound, it is highly probable that Mick is being factual in his first sentence.

Mick did say to me at the Halifax game that maybe it was time to retire this internet persona. Might be worth thinking about, Mick? See how long before folk twig?

As Gill and many others will vouch, sometimes we all get a bit childish on here, a sort of it's playtime feeling, so don't read too much into what I type on here.

Although I've let myself down by having a dig at the Leeds - Featherstone result over on Sub stand. Well it's always good to see the Rhinos get a good thrashing

I listened to Mick's commentary today.

And, people, I'm sorry to say...it was very very good indeed.

Would have put BCB and some so-called professional commentators to shame, IMO. It was interesting, varied, articulate and accurate. Showed considerable knowledge of the game, and was only a bit partisan! And he never ranted at the ref once...

Just my opinion, although one shared by the users of the service that I spoke to. They are chuffed to bits, and a couple said what a big difference it has made for them.

I believe the guy has found his vocation. Full credit where it is due Mick

I was sat right bang in line with it and although it pains me to say it, the ball did go forward.

I am led to believe that Stuart Duffy stands behind Mick with a hand ready to clamp his mouth whenever the Ref makes a dubious decision! Stuart Cummings has already offered a rota list from his squad to help out!

Mick, do you have to be Visually Impaired to listen to your dulcet tones? I wouldnt mid some commentary..
Maybe it could be an extra season ticket package, first club to offer live commentary?
And did you get the fax game yet?

Re: Silverwood.

I won't go into too much detail about the Silverthon and his 23 penalties but Jesus wept if this what we are going to be used to during the new season then expect plenty of ref bashing threads on here (not from me) because to be honest he was poor from the word go and I still can't get over that he gave Wakefield a penalty for us not playing the ball with the foot, which he then never enforced for the rest of the entire game.

Apparently over at Craven Park, Mr Childs gave 25 penalties.

Hi Phil.

Re: Halifax 26-30 Bradford (1997) DVD

The person who has the Halifax dvd is called Ian, who is one of Matt's friends (The Mat who posts on here) but he hasn't been to any of the pre-season games yet so I haven't been able to get the dvd back, but don't worry when I do I'll arrange to meet you with it.

That's an interesting idea Phil.

You don't have to be visually impaired/disabled to listen the commentary, the service is open to anyone if there is a headset available, but obviously the impaired/disabled supporters must have priority with their usage.

Another example of how this can help the visually impaired supporters is that yesterday I noticed in the first half an elderly lady sat two rows in front of the media tables struggling to make out the players, hence her use of binoculars.

At half time I phoned Gill/Richard (I wasn't squeezing past Connor and the laptps again ) to ask if there was a headset spare for her to use and luckily there was one.

For the second half she didn't touch those binoculars once and instantly knew which player had the ball, or where one of the 11 new players had played previously etc and she gave a big thumbs up to the commentary at full time.

It'd be great if the club continued to do this free for those who need it but as a paid service for everyone else. Mick FM could be a nice little earner.

But that doesn't mean it was a forward pass. The next time you are on a train to KX doing 125 mph, jump out of the window towards the back of the train. I guarantee you will land a fair few yards south of the position you jumped from.

True. But that one was a forward pass. Easily. Sykes massively overran it and bombed an easy try. All he had to do was hang back a little, but no, he had to go full pelt and give Sibbit a choice of either taking the tackle or passing it forward and hoping to get away with it.