Nice to see the letters in the RLE from tools such as John Clark, from Stockton on Tees.

2nd worst discipline in the league? The survey said...

Huddersfield could spoil the spectacle and actually win, which would be a bad day for the purists? The survey said...

It's really annoying when opinionated know nothings see fit to write in ridiculous letters and they actually get printed. Defence is just as important a part of the game as attack, and when half wit no marks like John Clark finally realise this it will be a glorious, sunshiney day! I wont be holding my breath though.

I saw that too Danril, the RLE is, in my opinion, becoming more evident in its Bias against the giants, not just in the letters it prints but also the way it edits reports and suchlike.

Also the copy I had today was so badly printed I am actually considering asking for my money back, half of it is unreadable (and the other half I almost wish was)

I'd take it back, my copy is spot on for the printing even if the content leaves a nasty taste!

For £1.30 you want to be able to read it, even if some of it is rubbish!

To an extent I think there is some bias there but it's only certain reporters. There's some good stuff in there today in a couple of articles IMO. The letters page though, some times it drives me nuts.

Empty vessels make the most noise though, don't they. And, it seems, write garbage to the RLE. I suppose the only way to combat it is to write in as well.

True enough, our match report just got me though. Why make sure there was space for Potter to whinge about the fact he was outcoached by Browns assistant - sorry, that we slowed the PTB down - and not give any comments from Baloo?

As for us slowing the PTB down, 50% of Saints drives were called as surrender tackles, the only ones slowing the game down were Saints. If they had run to break the tackle, it would have been a faster game.

That's it, they surrender because they want to play the ball quickly but if they surrender then that allows us an extra second because we have won the collision. If they really want a quick PTB they need to win the collision and you don't do that by surrendering.

i know this isn't really relevant to the point you're making, but on this bit, can i just apologise in relation to said wire fan who's the biggest bandwidth/oxygen knocking about at the moment. It was cringeworthy when i saw he'd been spamming the boards, and does appear to be one of them people who really doesn't 'get' either partisan message boards, or the internet.

lol i felt embarrassed for him aswell when i saw it

keep an eye out next week

I just remembered the other thing that annoyed me about RLE this morning

page 2 it has an article about a Wire fan coming from Barbados to watch the game, some 7000 miles.

How far is Hotpidgeon3 coming?

Stick it to 'em meast!

The bottom line is there is a small but rather loud percentage of Rugby League supporters who don't like change! Any change, be it the style of play, the clubs league position or a smaller clubs success, it causes a kind of whining hysteria with a touch of the green eyed monster disguised as a crusade for the greater good of the game, when really it is nothing more than a cover for a few stale brains out of their comfort zone! In their 'league utopia' we'll have the usual challenge cup finalists every year, Grand finalist must be one of the big clubs. Lower teams must roll over as required for the 'big clubs'. and let them put fifty past you. No-one can lay on apart from those that have been doing it for years, and use the so-called tactics of the giants' unless it's your own team doing it, then its fine!

There are some very jealous folk out there, for sure. Thankfully there are also some very gracious folk that far outweigh the small minded oiks.

There's a fan coming over from Australia to watch the game.

and If I don't get a chance to say it later this week, I hope you enjoy the event just not the result

As I said to my dad (who is like a giddy 3 year old at the moment) if we are going to lose then I don't mind it being Huddersfield, their fans would appreciate it as much as we would. Their a good bunch.

I also love going to The Grove!!

Nice to see some mutual respect in the RL world still