I have watched Fc since the fifties my first game was at Wakefield a week before the Cup final ,remember getting free tickets for the Wigan after clearing straw and snow of the pitch which we laid on to watch the game and seeing the great Arthur keegan break his collar bone tackling Billy Boston. Have some great memories and hope i live much longer to achieve many more .My point is the big difference then and now is the fans ,who were not afraid to voice an opinion were nothing like some fans now who at the first chance moan and in some cases talk absolute rubbish.I would never stop supporting the Club but reading and hearing some it makes you wonder if your on the same planet and wonder if my passion takes over from reality.The Rl and the match officials are ruining our game the latter being the worst bunch of incompetent, gutless officials to ever to blow a whistle.I can take losing but without doubt they do have a great bearing on the outcome of some games none of them referee to the same rules.This is spoiling the game and after almost every game the topic is the official and that cannot be right and the RL sit back and do nothing. I hope we got out and hammer Leeds on Friday and get to Wembley again and get the monkey of our back.

not sure , hokeydokey, if your involving me in your fans talking rubbish etc but its just the way I feel at the moment, and of course I will never stop going to the matches and supporting the team

I honestly think that with the advent of social media those who wish to spout off, now have a much larger audience. As opposed to pre social media when it was simply the other sad lonely folks stood at the bar.

Social media has now created a society where we openly "hate" the opposition. We "hate " the opposition players. This causes tensions which is all a nonsense really, but is allowed to bubble away under the surface. (I am not implying this everybody, but I'm sure you understand where I am coming from)

The feelings that I see on social media towards certain players and teams is laughable. No longer is it possible to have a sensible discussion its all about abuse and who can shout the loudest.

This and all the rest of the nonsense we have to endure, rule changes, inept referees (Oh for a Lindop today) terrible TV commentary, even our local BBC radio station with its one eyed presenters. It all adds up to a general feeling of doom for some of the older supporters who have seen different eras.

That said it might just be the old gits harking back to a golden era that was in fact far from golden

Think most people are feeling the same Wilf,we never feel part of the KC like we did at the Boulevard.That was a proper community ground with a proper supporters club that you felt part of,the KC is just a big stadium with no feeling of home.We have no proper supporters club now so when you leave the ground thats it while the next game,no chance to go and meet fellow supporters and talk rugby.Its the one thing our friends across the river have that i envy,a community stadium with input from ex players and local business men.I like many others have been going for 50 odd years and it is the most fed up i have been,how many times do we bring good players through and they are sold for whatever reason,funny how the top clubs always seem to hang on to their stars.And as for the coaching,if i hear Radford say "our skill and execution is not good enough"one more time, i'll scream.He is the coach after all, maybe after all this time he should do what he said he was going to do and look in the mirror.Funny how the Cas coach never seems to have these problems.Thats it rant over and i can't see anything changing fast.

When your main TV sponsor keeps airing a fck1ng meaningless womans HOCKEY match than sooner put on the Super League match at it's allotted time.....THAT SUMS UP THE STATE OF OUR GAME AND IT'S POSITION OF IMPORTANCE.

Why the hell should we bother.

no subway.. talking about all the hearsay and personal comments made at players coach ect..we all want to see our team do well ,we all have opinions what others dont agree with but some go over the top

oh right, no I don't like all that personal abuse to players and coach either.

Sorry to read that your stepping down your FC Voices duties. Youve done a cracking job and i know how hard youve worked on stuff, a lot has come off and not been fully recognised and on the other side i know how much banging your head against a brick wall there is in there too, some big shoes to fill in your absensce.

Thanks for the nod on the Cash Cow stuff, ah the good old days and even the threat of legal action, all in the name of the club we love.

As for being a visionary, ive been called quite a few things in my time but they normally begin with W not V

Catch you Friday if i get chance mate

Welcome back Wilf and thanks for your efforts. I feel rather sad reading the diary as it pains me that such a loyal supporter as yourself feels distanced from the club he has devoted his life to. Like yourself I've been following them since the late 40's and have suffered the bad times and enjoyed the good ones and whilst we'll never give up on the boys on the field, you do suspect that we're not regarded in the same light by those responsible for our team or indeed those responsible for the game as a whole. I sincerely hope that, as you say, everyone turns up in large numbers on Friday to cheer the team over the line and 1 step nearer to Wembley. We really do need something for the loyal fans to hang on to. Keep fighting the fight mate.