The cost of living is down to peoples own expenses, I'm fine so don't need a band wagon excuse.
But I do agree regards the standard of SL and think teams need a chance to grow instead of panic buying to survive.

It is a Rugby mad city, not far off 20k fans turning out each week...but both clubs and fan bases have settled for mediocrity for too long, too many fans happy with a mid table finish as long as there is a derby win.

The academies merging didn't work, and the clubs merging will never work. SL is either stuck with us both clogging up the mid table or they flip a coin and pick one of us for a franchise and send the other to 'SL2'

Good that you are doing ok but many wont be able to afford the heating on this winter never mind a trip out to the Rugby.

I hope I am wrong but as a working class sport RL will take a hit, and Saints running away with a 4th title in a row while the rest slip further behind isnt helping matters in getting people through the gates. We also of course have a new TV deal to win.

Is that because your parents still pay everything for you?

I'm a 51 year old grown man who has worked hard all my life to have what I have, my parents have also done well and worked hard but I don't rely, now jog on with your silly comment!

That’s a yes then.

er, except 2006 when they er......made the Grand Final, right?

I don't know when it happened but at some point Hull just seem to have become one of those serially dysfunctional clubs. So something terrible or chaotic happens and it no longer surprises you, like at Bradford or Leigh or somewhere.

Pearson seems a bit of a difficult bloke to work with/for but the main off-field problem seems to be that he's never been able to find anyone with real money to come in alongside him so they are always quite close to the bread line, if not over it with the way crowds have gone.

The signings that Hodgson has made during his reign arent helping. They are absolute head scratchers.

He has to go, he is clearly out of his depth

So Leigh helped SL by becoming the 12th team last season with a lot less funding! also the best players were snapped up, and a short pre season due to being admitted in late, and you call us dysfunctional? NO! I'm not going to swear at you!! I'll just say you come across quite a few times as a very sanctimonious person!. No need for it.

I reckon having 40+ points put on you away to a team you tipped (again

) to finish bottom is far more embarassing wouldn't you say LeBron?

Some of the score lines this season, and every season to be fair, raise an eyebrow.

But hey, we cannot expand super league because it will lead to blow out scores… (btw I’m not advocating bradford of course, but Leigh, Fev, Toulouse despite likely losing and going down I don’t see as dragging the standard of super league down alone)