You don't know your history of Super League that well either do you?

Widnes got a crowd of 5,000 or less on something like 4 occasions in Super League. There will be about 7-8,000 in weather permitting.

I'll have £20 for a charity of admins choice with you on that one.

Given the level of ignorant bile you've spewed all over this thread, I don't think I'll be entering into any financial transactions with you; thanks all the same.

Meanwhile, I hope you find something productive to do with your weekends once you've cancelled that Sky subscription; perhaps some adult literacy classes or a community day centre?

The RFL tried the big bang theory last season and while I enjoyed it at Cardiff, not enough other people turned up and so that was the end of that experiment. A shame really because it was a belter of a venue and a great atmosphere. Really felt like we were at the start of something big!

There is no alternative to that really. Any choice of matches for the first weekend is going to feel like a 'damp squib' by comparison to a full round of rugby in a great stadium with a real festival feel.

In the absence of that fantastic event, I can't understand why some people are complaining about the matches Sky have chosen. Widnes should be on the TV for that first weekend as they are the competition new boys and it's a welcome to Superleague for them. Given that Salford will be starting life in a new stadium then it is spot on that they get a headline deal too. Saints get their day in the sun the following weekend (although if it's anything like being at Knowsley Road, it will rain).

Any two teams can produce a great match, especially at the outset of a season when all the teams are just sussing each other out and injuries haven't started to undermine player availability. There is no reason at all why the matches during that first weekend can't be absolute belters. I'm looking forward to watching them both.

WGAF what you think, IDIOT!

On what basis do you make this bet?

I think they'll be decent games, but even as a Wakey fan I cann see how they don't seem like "must watches" for an opening weekend. But then again, it was Hull KR v Wakey for the first game when they came up.

The Salford game surprises me more. You would have thought they would have wanted a bigger attraction for the first game at a new home, in the same way that Catalan got Wigan and Crusaders got Leeds when they went to Wrexham.

All i can say is,,we havent any games on from now till Febuary 2012,,and when it comes on there*s still moaning,,Running down Sky and their choice of games for the opening to the season,,just remember,if it wasn*t for Sky,,Well where would we be???

You mean by the team that got edged out in the CC Semi (unfairly imo) and the team who were doing well in the league until we got half our team and a potential England prop injured with about 8 games gone you mean?

I really hope we stay injury free this year, you'll all be in for a shock.

ignorant?

what is ignorant about what I said, I think you'll find I have just put forward my opinion

when attempting to insult someone you really should be in a position of strength, not some nobody from a hick village in Yarkshire... prat