It has all the hallmarks of a boring game I’m afraid thanks to what Catalan have represented this season and Crusaders have last season. However I’ll give the game a chance later on tonight and I hope that I’m wrong about my prediction.

About my unemployment my name must be blacklisted

well this has really put a dampner on my night, i ASSUMED that there would be saints v wire, i know the games were planned a while ago, but ive known sky to change schedules at the last minute, they did it at salford last season, now before all the "cos no one watches salford" jokes (we were all thinking it) it has been done. any chance of this tonight?

In my experience, two evenly matched teams will not make for a boring game. It's only when one team comes up with suffocating defense that RL loses its luster.

Great point.

However every game is different no matter how many evenly matched teams play against each other that weekend. It could well be a bore fest between Warrington and Saints whilst the game on TV becomes one of the best of the season so far.

there could be more kicking in this game than your average RU game.

Another reason why sky subscribers should be up in arms is because of the inconsistency. This is an absolute disgrace that should be frowned upon to demonstrate our severe unapproval.

To answer your question it won’t happen unfortunately. Manchester’s (Oldham, Swinton & Salford) bad luck in rugby league is only seconded to Cumbria’s.

greater manchester

Such a shame you had to choose... if only you were sufficiently evolved to have the cognitive powers to listen to the Leeds game on the radio while watching the Crusaders game on SKY!

I tried multitasking on a job once. I’ve been unemployed ever since. Think I’ll stick with listening to the game.

On a more serious note - if I had to choose, I would take the Saints vs Wire game but I must admit I'm looking forward to the Cursaders game more with Thomas' debut than I would be without it

Who's to say Wire won't smash Saints and it be a boring one sided match? Of course, Crusaders could just wallap Catalans and it will be a snorefest. You just never know! Anyway, I tune in every Friday regardless of who is playing, and I am really looking forward to Gareth Thomas' debut. Don't watch much union so no real idea what to expect, but it's a big RL occasion and lord knows we need all the publicity we can get. Biggest of it's kind since Jonathon Davies put on the black and white for the first time? Could be - lets hope he has a similar impact. If he puts on a good show we'll all be glad the Sky cameras are there to showcase it, because if he scores, for example, it will be all over the news and much better to see Sky footage than the club videos.

I'm sorry …

Are you trying to introduce reason and common sense onto

a) a VT thread?

b) a Damo thread?

Snobbery of the highest order. I’ve got a few official match day DVDs that have been produced by the professional video service for the Rhinos

Both of them sit proudly with what little is left of my DVD collection. Same can’t be said for sky DVDs though that have been left to attract dust in the attic.

Thomas didn't enjoy his baptism. At least he got up and carried on

Damo, instead of moaning about whats on sky and having to listen to leeds on the radio,why don't you try going to watch leeds instead.