is there going to be anything worth getting in the ground early for today or is it a case of turning up a couple of minutes before the main event?

Is there ever?

The dancers we have really do have to be the worst in the league. The music selection is dire from them.

they are far too young as well.

we need them to be 18-25 with real good assets

I didn't want to lower the tone, but yes, you have a point!

i fail to see who the younger dancers entertain apart from themselves.

I don't mind the young kids who they bring on every now and then, as it is just like the kids playing Rugby on the pitch. It is a chance for them to get involved, and their parents get involved too.

If you are going to have a proper dance/cheerleading group though, there are basic rules that you need to follow, which we just don't adhere to.

a) Decent music
b) Be able to dance on a decent scale, rather than 10 people in a little huddle on a huge pitch.
c) May sound sexist, but look good.

edited for accuracy

Totally agree are before & half time entertainment is really bad!

Professional dancers/entertainers can't be hard to come by & don't think it would break the bank & if they were on say 30mins before KO every game surely it would attracted more people earlier which means shorter ques & more money behind the bars!

Just a thought

Exactly, either have no dancers or some who are over 16.

The singer we had a few weeks back, the one with the cracking pins. I want her back, every week.

Didn;t see her, but a decent singer is the one thing that is well appreciated, whether it is a tenor or the girl from the talent comp.

If they had a very good singer on each week (not somebody singing their own song which nobody has heard) then people may make the effort a little early to watch it.

It's one of the reasons I moved to the MD Stand this year, so I could go in at the last minute and not have to put up with the dross inside.

We need to get some local bands/talent in to cover well know songs that will get the crowd singing along. Something that everyone knows, not just the old folks, or just the kids.

The young lass I mentioned looked so good through binoculars (not my binoculars before anyone starts)

I don't even want to be entertained though. From the moment I get in there, I watch the players warm up, when I see them go in pre-match, in my head that's 5 mins to go. Then at HT, I stand there, think about a few things that have happened, talk about who's been good, moments etc, then they run back out. That's it.

Any singing & stuff, just means that I have to speak louder to the person next to me.

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that, but the odd time when they have had a decent act on, they have gone down really well, and it is good.

Watching the warm up is quite stressful at the moment, as you have to keep an eye out for the ball coming towards your pint. Can't they sod off and do their kicking practice at the other end!!!

I used to like watching the junior rugby at half time. I don't know why they stopped doing it. The kids must get a massive boost from playing on the haliwell pitch.

Shame idiots like RL Lover can't see that aswell, and just pass off Junior Rugby as boring.

The quarter finals of the schools cup competition is on pre-match today.

Come on St Philips!

We need music over the tanoy, just music, no singers. What happened to the old kill bill style music we used to have pre-game, we used to play better if we played that before the game

i didn't even mention junior rugby

Problem with bands is either, they have to play to a backing track which alot of half decent bands wouldn't be happy to do so.

Or, The band/artist isn't very good and nobody cares to them playing and it just looks like Karoke.

It’s a public-address system. Tannoy is a brand name.

I'm finding the dancing (if you can call it that) really boring now, don't think it's the dancers it's the routine they have to do looks like some fitness exercise, theres no poise or flare at all.

You said:



The last few home games have had junior rugby on before the Super League game.

It all falls into the same bracket.

BASTARD!!!!!!


beat me to it.