My concern with the shoulder charge, is that current players are so much bigger, faster, and stronger than in years gone by... In my view it was wise to control it before someone got seriously injured..

Correct
Let's make America great again
Let's take back control (brexit)
Footballs not as good as it used to be
Kids these days! Exams are easier
Etc etc

All longing for mythical pasts that didn't exist as they remember them.

Quote The_Enforcer="The_Enforcer"Why do you think crowds are dwindling? People want excitement not a boring sterile game. The game is missing bruisers like Skerrett. This is a tough game not tiddly winks. Watch an 80/90s game and tell me that isnt more exciting than most of todays bore fests. Listen to the crowd when theres is a scuffle, the whole stadium lifts and so do the players. Whilst we are at it, bring back the shoulder charge then we can see some proper big hits. If we carry on the way we are, we will be playing tick rugby.'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5SnxkvkG4 Is this what we really want? There used to be a better version on YouTube but it has gone now. I imagine that a game like that would end up in police charges today. Or try this if that is a bit modern, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=br ... ORM=VRDGAR Or if you like a scrum after every tackle https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=no ... ORM=VRDGAR

Quote The_Enforcer="The_Enforcer"Why do you think crowds are dwindling? People want excitement not a boring sterile game. The game is missing bruisers like Skerrett. This is a tough game not tiddly winks. Watch an 80/90s game and tell me that isnt more exciting than most of todays bore fests. Listen to the crowd when theres is a scuffle, the whole stadium lifts and so do the players. Whilst we are at it, bring back the shoulder charge then we can see some proper big hits. If we carry on the way we are, we will be playing tick rugby.'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5SnxkvkG4 Is this what we really want? There used to be a better version on YouTube but it has gone now. I imagine that a game like that would end up in police charges today. Or try this if that is a bit modern, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=br ... ORM=VRDGAR Or if you like a scrum after every tackle https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=no ... ORM=VRDGAR

Honestly all I’d change would be no automatic red for a punch.

Obviously I’m not meaning king hits or punching prone players.

But if two lads want to go toe to toe, let them crack on.

This shirt grabbing and face pushing is bloody embarrassing.

They seem to allow it for internationals and SOO, so why not the domestic game.

I miss shoulder charges but agree, lads are beasts these days so it’s pribsbky for the best.

Agree with this. Some games need a dust up and a straight red for me is spoiling it as a spectacle.

Most of the players are bigger these days so should be able to shoulder charge each other

And who are you to question somebody elses memory of the past? I know the kind of games i watched back in the day and i much preferred watching in the winter for example. I preferred the game as a whole back then and im not imagining it as you seem to think. Things have changed for the worse and the crowds are proof of that. You only need to look at how some our own fans have spent the last few years saying they have been bored at games. Who wants to pay to be bored at games? I cant remember a single time i came away from central park thinking i was bored. If it was an error ridden game you would usually have the excitement of a bit of biff to get both sets of fans excited.

And since you mentioned it.....

Make America Great Again means fixing bad trade deals that have drained Americas wealth, stopping pointless wars, fixing broken immigration policy that rewards illegal immigration, putting America first etc. Its simply a slogan for fixing the direction of the country.

Taking back control (Brexit) means running the UK ourselves and removing power from an unelected EU commission and giving it back to the people of the UK. What is wrong with that?

Football is not as good as it used to be. You mean you like all the constant diving and rolling in agony on the floor? I dont even watch it anymore, its become so pitiful. The players are now judged just as much on their celeb status as they are on their ability.

Kids these days, less said the better on that one.

Exams, ive no idea if their easier so cant comment.

So no, theres no mythical past as you put it, just real memories of how things used to be.

I dont remember anybody ever getting seriously injured because of a shoulder charge. I remember a lot of players getting the stuffing knocked out of them and lying prone on the ground but they usually got back up and carried on. It meant that the ball carrier had to be more alert to avoid being on the receiving end of a big hit.

Skulls ain't any thicker.... Well, there are exceptions..

Twenty years of reduced prosperity by which time those who voted for this stupidity will be dead and their grandchildren will be left to sort out the mess.

Well, as you live in a parliamentary democracy, a vote for Brexit is a vote to "Give back control" to parliament, not "The people".... How is that looking currently?

no they arent, in fact forwards are smaller