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?

You are Nigel Wood and I claim my £5

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.

The record attendance is an average figure which accounts for the increase in teams. We have more people, per match, as well as more people as a whole. This was the case prior to Widnes replacing Crusaders aswell.



Fans of RL must be the only set of fans in the entire world who will ignore a fact that shows the game in a positive light and make one up to show it in a negative light just so they have someone to criticise. Its like some people would rather the game suffer and they were proved right, than have the game grow because it means they were wrong, the RFL were right and they would have to praise them. These are apparently fully grown adults. Its embarrassing, If RU joined forces with Goebbels they couldnt hope to spread negativity and mistruths about the game as well as a certain section of the games supposed fanbase.



Never has the old adage been truer than in RL, With friends like these…………

Brilliant! I laughed out loud in the office when I read that line.

You are victor meldrew and I claim my £50!



Seriously it's all well an good to ask the questions that need asking but this site is going to be investigated under "websites that encourage suicide" legislation.



Take your doom and gloom and stick it where the monkey put the nuts!