The issue of how famous or talented Russel Crowe is, is irrelevant; since we're not fighting off international superstars at the gates of most SL grounds every weekend, of course the sport should consider itself fortunate that Mr Crowe is a super-fan of the greatest game, and chose to bring his mate Samuel L (or someone who looked just like him) and the eyes of the entertainment media, if only for a brief period, along to a game.

What I found cringey was the pathetic 'we are not worthy' fawning by Eddie and co - couldn't we have been a bit cooler about it?! A better attitude would have been, "Rusty has come here instead of going to the Oscars, and who can blame him - it's the greatest sport in the world!" Then move on, and don't embarrass yourself by constantly panning to his face and making uncomfortable references.

Is it because of my style of posting, it's content or a bit of both?
Genuine question by the way, because I believe that RL in England/Europe could be so much bigger and better if run properly, that the game has become far to beholding to SKY, that London being relegated could and should have been avoided, that the NRL isn't the holy grail that a great many posters on here believe, that comparing/laughing at Union does RL no favours as it rarely comes out looking anything other than insecure, that International RL is the best tool to grow the games popularity, that the RLIF needs to be a more powerful and totally impartial organisation, that the NRL and SL need to play by the same rules, that Russell Crowe is not one of the greatest actors of all time, that Saint Simon may have been a little premature, that the RFL needs to do more to attract more fans to games, more sponsors and corporates, that the past should be left where is is and not trawled up at the drop of a hat, that French Rugby League is not a basket case because of events 70 years ago, that the RFL need a total change of personnel, that London should have and should still be a centrally owned club like Melbourne storm was and pretty much all the other stuff that Gutterfax posted over the years.

Genuine answer. People get fed up with you because no matter what's being discussed, when you join in you'll try and shunt it over towards one of your repeated topics.... which you listed above.....with your often repeated answers that we've heard several dozen of times before and we either don't care for or are completely not applicable to the thread being discussed.

In all of the many posts you've had on here, it's always been 'marketing'......to which it's easy for you to claim from behind a keyboard that you're the dogs-go-betweens at in NZ, which is unprovable and could be a massive exaggeration. Not once have I seen you display any real or even basic knowledge of the sport of RL.

Perhaps that's why people really think so little of your posts, even if you like to convince and lie to yourself that people are upset with you because you're 'fighting the party line'

oh ffs!

Without reading all 7 pages of this thread, the one that's been annoying me this season is
"We're only two weeks in and already we're talking about the officials"
Well guys, stop talking about them.
There's very few blindingly obvious referee gaffs, but E & S jump on every decision. If a border line forward pass is penalised and its 50/50 whether we agree, that's just part of life. Eddie's on every decision - When Jamie Ellis clearly knocked the ball on over the line t'other week, Eddie wouldn't shut up about it. Commentators should be like the players, they should accept they can't change a refs mind and move on, not bang on like nitpicking the ref is the main event.

When Graham allegedly bit Slater in the GF, the commentators hardly mentioned it after the event, because they had a game to concentrate on.