Why show RU prices as a comparison? You might as well show prices for the ballet for all I care. Also, where is the evidence that all RU fans are happy with these prices? Also, I note whilst 1 or 2 have chosen to respond to the element of my post concerning price, no-one has responded re the choice of venues for the first 2 games. If an indication of "ambition" is that the best game of the tournament is played 200 miles away from the diehard fans they can shove it for me.

The diehard fans of the two teams that played are 200 miles aways.

No Andy, the diehard fans of the game as it stands today, not of the 2 particular teams in question - as you well know.

JJ,
Do you think we would have got many more live spectators (if any) had we played last Saturdays Aus v NZ "up North"?

Seeing the diehard fans of the game can't even fill the DW for their own team against one of those teams containing a majority of the world's best players - I don't see what the problem was staging the Aus v NZ game where their fans are based.

My only gripe with the Aus v NZ game is they didn't play it at a bigger ground in London, like QPR, where they've played before.

Well you would've gone for starters! The attendance was IIRC less than 13K. If correct, there is a very good possibility that it would have been bettered had the game been played up here.

My biggest gripe is where are these 12K or so southern based RL fans week in, week out? I believe that the huge majority of that crowd were London based antipodeans who won't go to another game in the next 12 months, whereas we have many more deserving cases up here, people who go week in, week out, all weathers, home and away, first grade and reserve - ring any bells?

That's always been your problem IMO judging off you past posts, but each to their own I suppose.

No-one yet knows the attendance for the Wigan game, but rest assured it will be a good 70% up on last week's turnout to watch what may well be an inferior product - now I'm pre-judging, too!

My point and opinion , which you obviously disagree with, is that there are better, more deserving fans up here, and by "better" I mean giving more to the game.

I didn't realise you took such an interest in my past posts. Send me the book you've obviously started collecting them, and I'll sign it for you.



Seeing you can still buy groups of tickets for the game on Saturday in any stand I'm happy to put money on my prediction it won't sell out.

Unless you've missed something aren't both teams playing where the "diehard" fans are in the next two weeks and unless a miracle happens the "diehard" fans will get to see the same two teams play each other in a few weeks. That will be three weeks on the trot "more deserving fans" will get to see the two best teams.

I'm sure the "diehard" fans will prove they aren't a bunch of insular, chip on shoulder, miserable gits and sell out the DW, Galpharm and Elland Road.

As if further proof were needed. I take no interest whatsoever in your posts, merely recognise the somewhat dubious content.

FWIW I accept we may well see these 2 contest the final. In some ways I hope we do, because watching them perform against other teams in unlikely to be as entertaining as watching them pummell each other. Will you accept that we may well have already seen the best game of the comp and it was played in a part of the country with virtually no interest in the sport as far as the indigenous population is concerned?

Probably not, so goodbye.

quick question - what time do pubs open in town?

got to collect tickets from the ticket office from 10am, rather get that out of the way early on and have a few beers rather than standing in a queue at 5 past 2.

How to prove yourself wrong in one sentence. You take no interest whatsoever yet recognise them.



Seeing as the Aus v NZ game got a better attendance than the "indigenous" team did the night before, looks like it was right to play it in London.

Hmm. The 2 best teams in the world generate a bigger crowd shock.How many of the superior (by 800 odd) attendance are likely to get involved in British RL as regular spectators of the game at club level? How has playing that game in London benefitted the core support of the sport?

If you believe it was the right decision purely because they got 800 more fans than turned up at Doncaster you are a fool.

Have the last word. The debate is over pal.

Surely this fantastic, indigenous, diehard, core support would have supported their own team by more than the 800 fans? Or maybe not.

The debate was over long ago because the facts show you've been talking bollox.

You moron. How can you talk about core support and quote figures for an attendance in Doncaster FFS?

And just to prove my insular point. I know they've got an airport, but you don't need to get on a plane to get to Donny you know, not even from Wigan.

Dear me - having to resort to name calling. Tut tut. A sure sign you've lost the argument, although you never really had one in the first place.