Trojan
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After watching yesterdays cup final(congrats to the wire by the way, your team was superb and by far the better team) i can't help wondering why warrington would want to sign a 32 year old aussie looking for a pension pay off rather than keep a 26 year old richie mathers ? Who imho was the lance todd winner by a country mile.Any thoughts ?
I thought he kept them in the game early doors. And it wasn't his fault that his try was disallowed.
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Is it the same lot as counted the crowds at the Shay t'other week??
No I think they may have borrowed the famous Rugby Union calculator
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Nope. We had to send them an e-mail and your reg. number.
And the rest of us?
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Not one mention of Wakefield, kick them out of Super League!
I saw some Wakey ones and missed them out on my original post - sorry.
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That one always puzzles us.
We don't like cod.
No but you sold it to the rest of the country before the Cod War - with exception of the West Riding, where we wouldn't be paid to eat cod.
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You can rest well tonight knowing that there were at least half a dozen Quins shirts on show in Block 141
lower tier near the Press Box. Saw a couple wearing Crusaders shirts in Wembley Way afterwards.
Didnt think overall though there were as many neutrals as in previous years.
Main venue for viewing tops before venturing down Wembley Way was Wok & Roe Chippy, Haddock and Chips for a fiver, not bad I thought. However, that could explain the number of Codheads I saw
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II wanted neither team to win because i) it's Leeds, ii) mouthy Wires on TRL and on the pitch. But hand on heart I just wanted a close game, so when one team took a huge lead, I wanted the gap to close. The overall winning side deserved it though, which was a big plus.
I wanted Leeds to win. i) for the reason highlighted & ii) because I'm from Leeds.
I used to hate Leeds, but since we no longer play them on a regular basis I've mellowed a little.
I suppose based on Maslow I could have a hierarchy of hate.
1. Cas
2. Cas
3 Cas
4 Wire
5 Pies
6 Saints
I hate the rest about equally
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Who plans these things? The slip road off the M1 joins a dual carriageway, which narrows to single carriageway and then a roundabout - already a recipe for a jam. But there were also temporary lights - no one working mind. And on the way back they'd gone. Event at Wembley, bottlneck, I know let's dig the road up. Do they do it deliberately?
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...I saw loads of Hull tops, a smattering of Hull KR, a few Bulls, Wigan, Saints and Salford - quite a few Giants, quite a few Cas. I didn't see any Crusaders or Harlequins, which given that it was played in London was a bit odd.
Non SL clubs - well me (although I was wearing blue and yellow to blend in
) Fev, Fev Lions, Cougars, and quite a few from 'Fax, plus one from Siddal - that's the lot from non SL. -
As a Leeds fan, I just made it to the final hooter, but I was tempted to leave long before then
I left on the hooter too. We were sat in the tier that Dave Woods called "the ring of indifference"
courtesy of Carnegie (my lad's mate works there - he was at Watford cheering on LUFC - gave us the tickets)I'm not a Leeds fan (no!
) but I was cheering for them. I wasn't keen on the old Wembley, I reckon this one's not much better - it'll be another slum in 20/30 years.
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which season did widnes have their 9 points deducted for going into administration? because rule three is " No insolvency event has occurred during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons."
But didn't the insolvency occur in 2007 immediately after C*s beat them at Headingley?
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I'm not from Featherstone. I'm from Morley. My mother's family are from the Featherstone area, and when I was a kid and the results were given out on Grandstand, she would always remark on the fact.
I was a Wakey fan from being about 14 to being 33. And then I switched.
For the reasons above Fev were always my second team. I went to Wembley with them in 1973.
But in 1980 I switched.
There've been some ups (winning at Wembley in '83, beating Halifax with 11 mean in 1991) and downs (being relegated to the third tier) but I've never regretted it. For me Fev represent what Rugby League is about. Fighting against the odds and the powers that be in order to be successful. The epitome of Rugby League - those in power said "you can't do that" but Rugby League (and Featherstone Rovers) have done.
It was great last Sunday. I'll be away a week on Thursday, but I'm sure I'll find a way of getting the result.
Good luck to Fev.
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It was thirty years ago today (well Wednesday really) that Fulham played Wigan at Craven Cottage. They've and the RFL have had thirty years trying to establish the game in Greater London. Given that the game was 85 years old at the time, that's a third of the life of the game given over these attempts.
Surely it's time to pack it in. The Londoners aren't interested. At one time I thought that there must be enough ex pat Lankys, Yorkies, Aussies and Kiwis to support a RL club in London. But if after thirty years the best they can offer is 2/3k out of a 10m. population then it's time to pack it in.
Lets face it Londoners are not that interested in Rugby of either code - most of the top Union clubs have moved away from London, to Watford or Reading. The Stoop itself is not exactly convenient for away supporters either, most of whom will be coming from the North.
Unless you have a sugar daddy willing to pour millions in for years, there's no way that top down expansion will work. Celtic Crusaders proved that.
I'm very in favour of expansion. But by the London Skolars and South Wales Scorpions route. Develop the game at grass roots, build a team of local players. That's the way to expand.
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Instead of Amersham, head for Aylesbury, Princes Risboro, High Wycombe, or similar on the Chiltern line, for a train to Wembley Stadium Station.
I'll be in the Green Man, Aylesbury Market sq, less than a 5 min walk to the station for pre-train (12:33 dep, arrive 13:25) drinkies.
2 real ales, food, stunning landlady, perfect venue....
Oh yeah, Ben Westwood.
How much from Aylesbury on the train, thinking of driving to Northolt.
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Saw this in the Letters Section of Private Eye today, thought it might appeal to some.....
"Sir, So Rupert Murdoch is claiming that he owns the "SKY" in "SKYPE". One wonders whether he is preparing a similar claim of ownership over the relevant section of the word "Scunthorpe".
I was dying to try this out with the people behind the Sky stand in the Arndale, but failed to attract their attention.
Personally I wondered whether he would lay claim to part of the word "Penistone" as being more appropriate.
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Spoke to several of them at half time. They were strongly under the impression that there is something radically wrong behind the scenes involving wages.
On paper they should have given us a better game than they did, but that is not taking anything away from our performance.
We performed well. But as far as tackling went they appeared to be just going through the motions. Something definitely wrong somewhere at Barrow. They owed their fans a better perfomance than they produced today.
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The folk group "The Oldham Tinkers" have a song which includes Eddie:
"At Watersheddin's it used t'be good"
"Ter watch 'em feight for t'ball i' t' mud"
"But now the game has changed tha sees"
"They can't play dirty on TV"
"Eddie Warin' is a bum, Eddie Warin' is a bum"
"Ee aye addy Eddie Warin' is a bum"
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I'm not a fan of seafood generally. I have eaten squid (fresh, but definitely dead) but to me, it was like a mouthful of salty elastic bands.
I'm not keen on crustaceans, in fact I avoid them if I can. I like mussels (moules & frites - delish)
And I enjoy spaghetti vongole (clams) I've eaten squid but I agree about the rubbery texture. I once had whelks in a spicey gravy in Ostende off a stall on the prom (a bit like those at Scarboro) - I had to throw them away.
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Get thi sen to Pusan, South Korea and have baby octopus.
They're alive when you eat them.
I've been to Pusan. I wasn't offered live octopus, but I was offered live prawns, as part of a huge raw fish dinner. The fish was served on a block of ice. The prawns were brought it later in the meal, and I could see that they were raw, I then noticed that they were still moving
It was all served with the usual Korean accompaniments - raw garlic, hot sauce and the mandatory kimchi.
My favourite Korean meal is the meat barbecued at the table - is it bulgagi? Whatever - I've been to S. Korea twice and had it several times on both occasions.
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Fullertons on Queen Street in Morley, as recommended by TV chef Brian Turner.
Brilliant Yorkshire curd tarts. Great breadcakes, great bread, fantastic home made potted meat, a real old fashioned bakers. Ususally a queue.
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I'll be in France -do they get Sky in France?
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Been told today by a relative of a well known name in RL that Quins are in all kinds of trouble and will be the team to drop down, will the Rfl really admit failure down in London?! I'm not so sure but I'd much prefer a local derby in 2 years time lol x
If Harlequins have to drop out of SL doesn't that remove the whole reason for having a club in London? "National coverage"
TBH I'm not sure that there are enough people in London to support even one rugby team of either code. Harlequins RU play at Twickenham, the others either play at Watford or Reading don't they? They were all London clubs when they didn't need speccies, but they're not now.
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Rovers winning the league got a brief mention on "look north" between Leeds winning the semi final and Batley parading the Northern rail cup.
But no actual footage of our celebrations afterwards.
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Probably my fav away venue.
I was speaking from the point of view of having to play on it. One former pro player I know says that most pros call it Mount Unpleasant. It's a huge advantage to Batley. You could tell second half they knew just where to kick the ball to get maximum advantage from the myriad angles of the pitch.
Can Wire do the Cup and League Double?
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Hopefully not if only to shut you up. C'mon the pies (cant' believe I've just said that)