I'm fairly relaxed about the sky. Whilst I can't prove it *won't* fall, I take comfort in the fact it hasn't done so previously.

However, I take no comfort from the history of Rugby League 'World Cups' and from the fact that even if by some miracle it turns out to be well organized ( don't build up your hopes on that one ) there'll still only be three competitive teams in it.

The WC will be a tremendous success




























Mr Wood will say so

how is the sport to recover from such a loss to the game

Ah your right, we should just abandon the international game altogether, I'm sure the developing nations would appreciate not having to take part in such a fiasco.

I'm prepared to give it a chance, yes the track record isn't great so far but at the end of the day, we are gonna have the top players in the world playing against each other live - it always has a chance to be great.

Whilst I cant prove 'chicken licken flatcap P+R fanatic RFL criticising nonsense botherers' like you are arent right, i can take comfort in the fact your havent been so prevoiusly.

It is up to the fans to make the WC a success. However most will sit at home then complain about low attendances.

This is correct.

Did anyone care about Bryn Hargreaves last week? Why should we care now? He's not even going to ruddy union!!! If he was good enough, another club would sign him. He obviously thinks he's worth more than the market suggests. Tough.

Who cares about any Rl player except tomkins?

The challenge facing the WC is motivating people disillusioned with the game to support it, we do not have the 'we are in it together' spirit anymore as we had at the 1995 event.

You don’t.

Don’t presume you speak for a majority of the game

That's spot on. And it's worth noting that the RFL have managed to sell the TV rights in spite of the apathy of many of those who profess to care about the sport. Who is, and more pertinently who isn't, playing their part here?

Well said bryn Hargreaves. SL has been slowly falling apart. Superficial stats like record attendances cover up the fact that things are bad.

Any one who can't figure out why it's record crowds shouldn't be boasting how good the sports finance is. We have 14 clubs, which is more than we have had in super league before. And instead of having crusaders we have Widnes, a club that attract more fans week in week out. We also have a couple of new stadiums. Which means people will go to see them in the first year an might not go again (both home and away fans). This is superficial growth. In fact, I am surprised that people have actually fallen for this, it seems so obvious to anyone who thinks about it. I actually feel sorry for the rfl that they have to use this as a massive win for them.

As for the tv money, we get much higher viewing figures than the aviva prem, take a guess at who receives more money from tv?

People need to wake up and smell to poop the rfl are feeding you. They are a governing body who don't even know what kind of trouble they are facing. They are turning a blind eye to problems because they are to big to think about, and instead feed us some stupid stats.

How many clubs are either dependant on a sugar daddy, or in financial trouble. I can only think of 3 or 4 who I can say are being run with no problem.

The cap has been at the same level for god knows how many years. As a player you are becoming more and more poor each year as inflation rises, and there is no chance of earning more (if you take the players as a whole) as the cap prevents that. The fact the cap hasn't risen, and we still have so many clubs unable to reach it tells you this game is in massive trouble.

But don't worry, we have more people at the matches this year so everything is good.