on sky sports news the other day the presenters were all laughing because even they had no idea who would be playing who.

i beleive one of them said "this system is like latin, only a few understand it and non really care".

Only those of us who know nothing about the history of the game. The 'first past the post' was only a brief experiment for 20 odd years. On the other hand, we've used play-offs to decide the champions for the remaining 70-odd years of our history.



Only because they're fools who and spent all week's build-up saying "and on Sunday we'll tell you exactly who's playing who next week" like it was some mystery, before realising it was obvious.

I would suggest its the hapless presenters that are stupid and not the playoff system.

So after years of Wigan winning everything, then the 'big 4', we now get to a situation where teams like Rovers & Hudds are in with a shout of glory and in true RL style it is somehow a 'joke' or 'a farce' or 'lowering standards'.

I genuinely believe some RL fans are not happy unless they are complaining about something...there can be no other explanation. And anyone who doesn't agree is somehow a RFL puppet or Richard Lewis' best mate.



Lets look at football: AFC Wimbledon are (I think) now one division below the Football League. If they were to gain promotion back into the FL, would this mean soccer standards were lower? Because you can guarantee you will only hear stories about their brilliant revival, not about how Barnet or someone have had to move out to accomodate them.

Incidentally, I met a AFC Wimbledon fan in Edinburgh this year (not at a game, in the pub after) and he was a great admirer of RL. Not necessarily a fan, but as he put it "it's real, it's supported by real fans". Clearly some non RL people think more of the game than some RL fans.

Hasn't that got more to do with them being vacuous bores who can't make it onto a decent television channel?

Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington says he will help decide the defending Super League champions' semi-final opponents.

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'[iSunday's historic press conference will be broadcast live on both Sky Sports News and the BBC at 1.30pm.[/i'

Impressive television attention.

I find myself hoping it'll be like that Pokeymon thing, and Hetherington shouts "Skints! I choose you!" and then throws one of those little balls at Mick Potter, which Rob Burrow then falls out of.

Potter could lob one with Eastmond in it.

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BBC Radio Leeds, Humberside and Manchester with the national highlights put on at 02:33 unless the repeat of Have I Got Old News For You overruns in which case you will find it by standing on one leg and directing your aerial towards to south east at 11:56 on Monday night on the 31st of September.

The 10-8 game at KR in 2007 was a terrific game - that bored you senseless?

It was one of the toughest and most intense super league games ever played!

And still stands alone now as one of the best leeds saints games.

utterly utterly redundant