Your issue is your communication style, and your inability to surrender some positives within your overall message. Any valid points you might make get lost. Ireland v Aus in Munster, stupid I agree. 60k pre-sales for a likely non-England final, an achievement to celebrate. Unless you concede where things are signs of progress, nobody will take you seriously. I'd suggest you know that deep down, and that this approach has also limited your ability to persuade people in the real world in the past.

I agree on the RFL leadership, but don't extrapolate that to cover everyone involved or everything being done. I was interviewed by Nigel Wood and that other joker Gary Tasker for the Marketing Director job at the RFL a few years back and despite being prepared to cut my pay in half when I considered the role in the first place, I just couldn't face going back for another stage so idiotic were they. So believe me I know what I'm talking about, and the trying environment people like Sally Bolton will be operating in. Her and her team have done alright with those and other structural limitations, so give them some credit when there's some good results to celebrate.

Fair enough mate.....I do have unique sledgehammer to crack a nut style

seems to be working a treat gutters!

Still haven't received my England - Ireland tickets.... leaving for England on Monday :\ hopefully they can put some aside at the stadium for me to pick up, or I can get another pair sent to a different address

I think the world cup is going to be a great success, despite what england may, or may not do in he tournament. I think we will better all our previous attendances, both overall and average from the last world cup in this country and I think it will make a decent profit. You can't ask for much more than that.

I think with the drain and dilution on overal talent and star quality in the super league over the last 5 years I think fans are genuinly hungry to see bona fide world class players in the flesh and this shows in the reported sales so far.

William eve is a huge fan of the game, from grass roots to international level, but he is also a very very accomplished troll and always finds an angle or agenda which really pushes people buttons. Would this thread be a 100+ pages without his input? Nowehere near.

In general life you will always encounter negative people, it's best to ignore these types, never underestimate the power of a positive mental attitude and positive outlook.

Nigel Wood interviewing someone for a marketing job. Horrendous. I wouldn't let that clown interview for a window cleaner.

One reason a lot of people aren't inclined to 'be fair' and point out positives now and again, is that the positives often amount to no more than acheiving what would be expected of someone in the job. Mediocrity isn't good enough, but it seems like Wood has a job for life should he want it. It's hard to see what would shame that lot into resigning. Against that background people get very frustrated.

So basically what you're saying is that when someone achieves something in their job, it's not a positive because it's what they get paid for anyway?

The only people to blame for the paucity of this site/thread are the ModsAdmin - they have clearly made a decision that they do not wish to actively manage the site.So be it.The two in question have both been banned from other rl messageboards.

Right, putting aside the ego contest and getting back on topic...

Just bought two tickets for Cardiff, it was difficult to find two seats together in the Catagory 6 tickets. I still need to buy tickets for Wembley and Hull, waiting to hear confirmation from mates who have expressed an interest in attending the games, they are from Birmingham and Nottingham respectively.

To compare this World Cup to international RU shows a complete lack of understanding of the other code. Let's not get hung up about seats and just enjoy the competition.

I think people might be surprised by the crowd for Ireland v Australia. Having been to Limerick and spoken to the locals about RL, the place is sport mad. If a team wearing the Irish colours turns out in their town, they will be there to back them.

I don't know how much publicity the game has got out there, but with a little bit of effort in the coming days they could easily hit 5 figures. If the Aussies arrive early in Ireland and get about in the town, even better.

Oh dear.