NO!!! You do not need a lovin drum of any lovin description.

I don't usually like drums but what's happened to the St George mascot with his drum? He helped get an atmosphere going at the world cup games in 2013.

I don't get this not cheering a player from another team gubbins

I cheered like mad when SO'L scored yesterday, in life I'm not his biggest fan but he's our captain in an England shirt

Really flat at the KC yesterday, which is unusual.
Been there plenty of times for internationals and its never been like that, it was like a library.

Maybe folk were too sober, t service at the bar at HT was so slow e gave up waiting



Seriously though, it was flat in there, lets hope for a bit more life next week

I think most English RL fans are quite fond of New Zealand - they are, after all, not Australia - so there isn't the level of animosity or passion in the crowd that you'll see in a big club game or for England vs Aus. Club loyalties would definitely be put aside for that one.

Now that I really just do not get. Wally behaviour. Leeds and Wigan seem the worse for this dick swinging at the moment, though plenty more are known for it.

I went to support England, if Wakefield happened to have anyone playing for England they'd probably get an extra cheer from me bit like Hodgson got yesterday from the locals. Some proper divs follow this sport at times.

I'm a Saints fan and whilst not at this match (I'll be going to Wigan). In previous games that I've been to there are people who can't get over someone in their team not being picked.

They just need to grow up. There are plenty in this team that don't play for any SL team, so there should be even less of a reason to get on their backs.

The whole club bias thing is strange - I was sat next to a family of Wigan fans yesterday, and the father was a bit of a joke. Everytime a Wigan player got the ball, he was up shouting their name in support no matter how mundane the play was - 'Go on Lockers, Go on George, Go on Faz, Go on budgie', but not a peep whenever a non-Wigan player did anything positive - though he was quick to berate any non-Wigan player for any negative, or for not giving the Wigan lads enough options..... It was getting really frustrating..

And then just to show I aint just tarnishing the Wigan lot, there was a fella in an England shirt, with 'Rhinos' printed where usually there'd be a players name across the back of the shoulders.... Ridiculous.....

I do often look around at the crowd when I'm at a game and think 'what a weird breed' - there are so many 'special' folk watch our game.

its a RL thing, the Yawnion boys are more interested in internationals sometimes than club games, as a sport we are very club based.
To be honest for the first 20 or 30 the england team never really did anything for anyone to get excited about.
Bloke I was sat next to did make the point that we as a nation tend to have a soft spot for the Kiwi team unlike the aussie team.
Personally I think a mexican wave shows disrespect to the guys on the pitch.

For 80 minutes or so they're all England players to me, and get 100% support
I even supported Leon Pryce on international duty and IMO he's a nasty dispicable piece of t!!

Going back to my post on Page 1, it's because we hardly ever play any big games. The team is not important enough to enough people often enough. As I said that was our first big home game for two years, if our clubs played at home that often we wouldn't cross the road to watch them. We need more high profile games to build interest in the team to make us forget about the club v club thing. We need good Wales and France teams to play mid season and have a really good tussle with so that after the Four Nations next year we aren't waiting another two years again before we have another big home game after the FNs.

Where I'd shove that decking drum would liven you up - most go to watch a game not listen to some mindless chimp banging a drum, has no one any empathy for other people these days.