A piece of p!ss on the motorway when you're stuck in one lane limited to 56 and not able to pass anything. In and around towns though I think they can be very dangerous for inexperienced drivers, especially these young uns who get behind a wheel and think they are Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button.

Potential death traps in those circumstances if you ask me, and the correct decision to introduce the proper training and courses..

Thats a great cat WF4 !

Driving through London on my way back to Wakey recently, I was shocked by the amount of hype surrounding the whole tournament - England adverstising posters, England flags, "50 million Englishmen and 1 Italian", the "official England World Cup supermarket", and all the rest of the crap that goes with it. As usual, the weight of expectation is way out of proportion to the chance of actually achieving anything. 4 weeks of "England blindness", or at this rate, 2 weeks of England blindness and 2 weeks of hoping the Germans don't win it (again).

My 5 year-old daughter told me last night that she hopes Germany win. When I asked her why, she said "I was born here, so Germany is my team". Fair play to her - at least one of the family will have something to cheer about. I still have hopes for the boy. He prefers throwing balls around to kicking them, and it's a habit I'm only too keen to encourage.

Couldn't agree more; I'm quite happy to get involved in the spectacle (such as it is when England play) but the level of hype and furious marketing activity that surrounds the thing is almost bound to create an anticlimax.

Watched the England v USA game with my 10 yr old son, who has just started playing amateur RL; he was genuinely shocked to see grown men rolling around on the floor after innocuous challenges, as if they'd been sprayed with semi-automatic gunfire. His take 'what's wrong with him Dad - I got hit harder than that on Saturday morning'. From the mouths of babes, and all that.

TBH I'd prefer Sam Tomkin's wrist slapping my forehead then Stevie Gerrard sliding across the floor for 10 foot and smashing my ankle with his studs. I can't believe some of the football players can walk let alone play on after watching some of the slo mo replays.

Sometimes RL players look softer than football players when they are throwing themselves down at the play the ball to milk a penalty.

You've given two very extreme examples that don't really support the argument; for example, I'd prefer FuiFui MoiMoi tickling my ar5e with a feather, than PeeWee Herman stamping on my testicles. What does that prove?



I can't agree; footballers are pansies - fact.

A lot of what you post is spot on.........that is total rubbish



They might not all be in the mould of Peacock or Morley etc........but to label ALL Footballers as pansies is just stupid or trying to provoke a reaction???? - fact

Truth be told, a bit of both; I'm not a fan of the game and I abhor the type of role models it produces for our youth, so I'm not a good source of insightful or intellectual debate on the subject.

And I still think they're pansies. Over-paid, over-indulged, over-rated pansies at that!

And if you'd said 'most'....i would agree

Just not ALL





Some set a good example, just most don't.

need some help from my fellow wakefield fans.

is there any fairs or anything on in the wakefield area at the moment?
that would be suitable for an autistic child??

need to take my foster brother out and i know he enjoys them.

Mods, if this is not something you want on here please feel free to remove it not wanting to upset people just after some information.

cheers guys and gals

Moved it to the chat thread - you can post all O/T stuff in here mate

cheers pal..... take it you dont know of one though

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't. I don't even know if there's such a thing as an autistic child-friendly fair, tbh, but if your foster brother likes fairs in general, where's the problem (other than finding [ia [/ifair, of course)?

"Horbury Gala 27th June" fella, lived in Horbury most of my life but I don't think I've ever attended, sounds like a hell of a lot going on though this year by all accounts!

I attended a few in my childhood days, seemed good from what I could remember. Queen Street closed to traffic, good choice of stalls, bouncy castle in front of the church. Although that said, my dad used to work at Pegasus Youth Club and sometimes volunteered to be on the stalls, can't exactly which stall though?

Bet its change massively since then...

coming up in July is the thornes park relay for the cars and bikes, last year I saw some classic oldies and put up some pics, I'll do the same this year

And this year you are a year older.

A real good vintage

Agreed, just a tad rusty round the edges

German v England in the last 16. The sound of car horns tooting outside is deafening. My personal nightmare is about to become reality.

Can't wait!!! Happy it's sunday aft and not a fri/sat night as the people in my village are pretty simple.

dont worry mate , we got private ryan out so if needs be a crack team of forum members shall save you if we win ...

I don't want saving IF we win, mate... I need someone to get me and the family out of here if we lose. I reckon I could handle winning, rare experience though it is these days.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 772418.stm Not sure I agree fully with the amount but Cas fans have had Karma coming their way for a long time now.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 772418.stm Not sure I agree fully with the amount but Cas fans have had Karma coming their way for a long time now.

More good publicity for Cas. Saw a programme on telly when I was home recently about gay men and women in sport. Thomas was interviewed and mentioned the incident again there.

Have to say, I do feel a bit sorry for the club. A few idiots have really dragged them through the mud over the last year or so. Don't know what efforts Cas have made to prevent these individuals from attending games in the meantime. Hope they've been successful, though. The sport doesn't need them around.